DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide

what they have called "reality" is but an arbitrary view of life. The next step
in this sequence is acknowledgment that one's experience of life can be
consciously changed to their will. For me this has resulted in an expansion
of my abilities and what I consider possible to do. Psychedelics should also
expand one's ambitions and desire to obtain the most out of life. Once
you've experienced heaven it is difficult to remain satisfied with a mediocre
state of existence. For one's life to be strongly affected by psychedelics it is
usually necessary to make the insights gained during the psychedelic
experience part of their regular frame of mind. This requires some type of
follow through after one's Journeys, possibly a spiritual or psychological
practice that will help avoid slipping back into routine patterns. This can
take much more effort than the psychedelic experience itself, but the
rewards can be well worth the effort.
The ability of psychedelics to stimulate artistic creativity is well known.
The cultural revolution that began in the Sixties has many outstanding
examples. In the Psychedelics Encyclopedia Peter Stafford describes several
surveys of artists who tried psychedelics and how it affected their work.
TAPPING NORMALLY DORMANT ABILITIES OF OUR MINDS
AND DEVELOPING "ULTRA-CONSCIOUSNESS" - Psychedelics are
fascinating because they allow people to have experiences outside the
realms we normally consider possible. This can include such experiences as
telepathy, astral travel, visibility into the past and future evolutionary
blueprint, increased sensitivity of the senses, increased range of the senses
such as visibility in the infrared spectrum and audibility beyond the normal
range of human hearing, communication with non-physical entities, access
to the mind's "programming" or "machine" language, and access to
normally unconscious realms via Ketamine and DMT.
Psychedelics can also give one's mind a focusing and resolving ability
comparable to a microscope's ability to render visible what could not
otherwise be seen. One can focus the mind into the realm of thought for
deep philosophizing, or turn it toward perceptions for a richer experience.
The enhanced perception common while listening to music on psychedelics
makes a good example of this resolving ability. The sound of a large
musical ensemble is normally too thick to distinguish all the details of the
sound. Listening to the same piece of music on LSD one is able to hear
many more distinct instruments, possibly down to the individual notes.
Frequently LSD will help me to distinguish Iyrics in music which I could
not distinguish in a sober state of mind. Listening to music in a
psychedelicized state can also allow one to gain a deeper experience of the
music and a greater understanding of what the musicians are trying to
convey. This clearer perception of the artist's intent results from more of a