I respect Alan Watts (1915-73), widely known for his books and speeches on Oriental philosophy. He speaks openly and clearly, always intending to get the listener to understand the heart of his message. And I think he only really had one, but all…
The great scientist Albert Hofmann should be taken seriously — much more seriously than is being done today. Hofmann clearly understood that LSD or psychedelics, in general, carry a great mystery. Psychedelics are not just medicine for the mentally anxious and distressed,…
Quite a few years ago, I accidentally was drawn from philosophy into the sphere of human evolution, mysticism and psychedelics. It all started with a single remark. I was stuck with the psychic world of the Neanderthal man in a science documentary,…
Modern neuroscience has come to realise a curious thing: the complex human nervous system creates an artificial reality in the human mind. Anil Seth, a British professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, rightly questions the human concept…
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The power of psychedelics is gaining increasing interest in several fields of science. Some professional philosophers are attracted to the impact of psychedelics on philosophical thinking, particularly on metaphysics, which is the science of the most fundamental questions of knowledge.…
How similar were Alan Watts and Ludwig Wittgenstein?