> Joseph Humming wrote:

>> Well, you present a convincing picture. And I take your point about
>> some of the benefits of LSD. And I take your point about the mind
>> requiring care - though I wonder if LSD, for all its benefits, is the
>> best caring agent. But even if all of this is true it is almost
>> peripheral to the main thrust of human management of society and the
>> planet. Increased knowledge and hard-won agreement on the issues that
>> have divided us down the years are hardly helped by LSD.

>
> I dont pretend it is best for everyone, just the most effective tool to
> destroy Christian or Muslim faith, which puts all of the rest of us at
> risk.
>
> In traditional use, whether the Heirophants from Eleusis or the witches
> in practice today, there is a period of what we'd call 'psychological
> evaluation' prior to ritual so that the cleric is confident they are
> providing the proper dose. As in any other pharmaceutical, the power of
> effects vary, and part of the problem with recreational drugs has been
> is the unexpected results in the hands of amateurs.
>
> Recently, I've been experimenting with LSA, a similar compound found in
> Morning Glory seed. Which grows ubiquitously and obscurely, all over the
> Eastern USA. There's been no attempt to try to control it, and give the
> failure to control cannibis, I dont expect one. But it seems to have
> some of the same spiritually enlightening effect. You can buy it online.
>
> We grew some this year, and have enuf seed for commercial production
> next year. Young people surfing find out about these, increasing numbers
> try it, and decreasing numbers remain Christian. Young women in
> particular are creating a schism in "wicca", reclaiming the worship of
> the Great Earth Mother, but adding sacred potions and sacred sex to
> ritual that others find outrageous.