DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide

educe the amount of cruelty and violence between people. As working
examples of this theory one can examine the environments where
psychedelic use is popular: such as the "rave" scene, Grateful Dead
concerts, or San Francisco during the "Summer of Love." Within each of
these environments there is virtually no hostility or violence, and there is a
feeling of goodwill between people. A psychedelic experience also shows
one the variability of perspectives. After a psychedelic trip one is likely to
hold their own perspectives less rigidly, and also be more tolerant of the
perspectives of others.
APPRECIATION OF NATURE, RECOGNITION OF HUMANITY'S
SMALLNESS AND OF OUR BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
UNIVERSE - Humans have developed a state of mind that is very
self-centered. This has resulted in humanity's thrashing of the environment
which has only gained public attention in recent years. Humanity has
decided to live for today only, without giving much thought to the future.
Many people appear to feel that they are above nature in such a manner as
that they will get more from watching a weekly TV series than anything
nature might have to offer them. Psychedelics frequently change one's
perspectives in these regards. The psychedelic user is likely to have an
appreciation of the vastness of the universe, the finiteness of humanity's
current knowledge, and the myriad possible experiences of life. The user of
psychedelic plants is likely to be awed by the incredible power and
knowledge contained within the vegetable kingdom, and abandon the
perspective of humankind as the sole dominator of nature. Furthermore,
psychedelics can actually make one sensitive to the point of perceiving the
feelings of "insentient" life such as plants, producing a sense of kinship, and
a desire to share the planet with other life forms.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT ON NUMEROUS FRONTS - Psychedelics can
help the user develop in many ways. The primary development that tends to
occur is a general broadening of perspectives and life experience. Each time
one embarks on a psychedelic voyage the familiar mode of viewing the
world is temporarily set aside and the voyager has a chance to view life with
the "filter of conditioning" removed. Although a new filter is created as the
psychedelic state fades, the tripper's post-session reality should be
permanently changed, at least to a small degree. After a psychedelic trip one
has the vantage point of having experienced life as though he or she had
been a different entity. One's "filter of conditioning" should become less
biased as one experiences life through a multitude of viewpoints. It is also
likely for a tripper's filter to become less rigid as he or she becomes familiar
with its underlying fluidity
It is not uncommon for psychedelic users to come to the realization that