Ellcrys все записи автора At one point we turned  out the lights  and looked at  the patterns of light cast on the ceiling from the street.  I cannot  begin to express
the deep beauty of those patches of  light.  I  stared and stared with my eyes boggled out muttering "oh my God! oh my God!"  I swore I would never   take patterns    of light  for  granted again!    I  could see fantastically complex latticework  patterns in the  dark  which became very vivid when I  closed my eyes.  I tried  to describe these visions to my tape recorder because I knew I could never  remember them in all their beauty and complexity, but  the visions rushed by  so  fast  and furiously that I could not begin to keep up with them, even if I could find words to  describe them.

Throughout  these experiences I  remembered an  insight I had  had ten years ago  when I  had  last taken  LSD.    I remember thinking   that although  the experience is  novel and  fantastic beyond   the wildest imagination, that there is also an element of familiarity to it all, a sense of deja vu,  that at some past  time I had  seen these kinds  of things before.  After much thought it  came to  me.  Remember when you were a  kid,  and could  see  patterns in clouds?  I   remember seeing things in every random pattern.  In the linoleum of the bathroom floor there was a man's head, and a little girl, and a horse.   In the trees across   the street from  the house  I  could see  goofy  and the snap crackle and pop characters.  When I first learned numbers in school, 6 was a little fat boy with a big stomach, and  7  was tall and straight with  creased pants, while 3  and 8 were  little girls.   Now they are just numbers to me, they have lost their fanciful connotations, but on LSD I see images again, like I did as a young boy.  And  near  the end of the trip  when thoughts  and  sensations become  more 'fundamental' (how else  can I word it?)   and you feel spasms pulsing  through your whole body and shaking you to your very foundations, it brings to mind the convulsions of  a very young  infant, and  the boggled  eyes  with their expression of  uncomprehending wonder  and fascination.  Is this the reason for the familiarity?  Is this the way the world looked when I first cast eyes on it?

If I  were an alien  intelligence come  to  visit the  earth, to get a taste of life  among these  primitive semi-intelligent  self-important
pompous ape men,  if I wanted  to really know what  it was  like to be human,  to have human  thoughts and perceptions and   I slipped into a human brain and viewed the earth  through an earth  mans eyes and ears and body, this is the  way it would look.   This is the wild distorted narrow visioned perspective on  the world as seen  from within a human mind, but seen with an alien detachment and objectivity.  LSD gives me an opportunity to experience what  being human is  all about.  To step back and see my world  from a  perspective  that cannot be gained  any other way.  To gain deep insights into the nature of what I am.

Should  LSD  be legal?  Absolutely!  Would  I  recommend it   for just anyone?   Absolutely not!  I am an  easy-going happy person, satisfied with my life, so the  experience has  always been a good one  for  me. But  the    psychedelic  experience forces you  to  face  up  to  some fundamental issues about your own life and mind, and if you are at all mentally unstable, unhappy with your life or yourself, if you have any unresolved  mental   conflicts, then the  experience  could    well be disasterous beyond your  most horrific  nightmares!  Anyone who  takes this drug  does so at their own  risk, and it   should never  be taken lightly or pushed on people who arn't sure  whether they want it.  For those who are suited for it however the experience can  be so rich and rewarding in a multitude of ways, that no man should have the right to deny it to them.  It is a truely priceless  experience!

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