DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide

I consider my research a work in process, by no means definitive or
complete. With psychedelics we are taking our first steps into a realm of
infinite possibilities, like the first amphibians stepping on dry land, or a
more accurate metaphor, like the first humans leaving earth's atmosphere
and venturing into space. I believe there will come a day when humanity
recognizes psychedelics as the universal medicine, ambrosia of the heavens,
and keys to higher intelligence.
There are numerous other methods for entering altered states being toted
about, from meditation and yoga to brain machines and virtual reality. I've
tried many of these methods, enjoy them, and have found them most
valuable used with psychedelics. But to compare the experience of these
methods on their own to the experience of psychedelics is like comparing a
candle to the sun. Other methods don't even approach the realm of liquid,
flowing, digital dreams which can be accessed by psychedelics like DMT!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELICS
FROM THE CREATION OF
GODS TO THE DEMISE OF
PSYCHEDELIC REVERENCE
IN MODERN TIMES
As prehistoric men and women foraged for food they must have eaten the
psychedelic plants which grow in nearly all regions of the world. Ingesting
these plants would have produced awe inspiring experiences, and it is quite
likely that the origin of ideas about gods, heavens and hells, life after death,
etc. began with the ingestion of psychedelic plants.
Try to imagine yourself as a neolithic human, most of your attention given
to day-by-day survival, the more complex areas of your brain just beginning
to develop. Now ingest say, a handful of psilocybin mushrooms, or the
psychedelic root of the African Iboga plant. Imagine what wealth of images
and information would now be flowing through your mind! In his recent
book, Food of the Gods, Terence McKenna presents a plausible hypothesis
that homosapiens descended from psychedelic-using hominids. The ability