About 20 years ago, I was fascinated by Neanderthal man and how it differed from modern man. I then wrote the text below to describe the speciality of our kindred species. Despite the poetic tone of the text, I find it beneficial…
Mysticism and Philosophy is a book on mystical experience published by Walter Terence Stace in 1960. Stace's work is, as its name implies, a philosophical work. It is not about life skills, nor is it an ethical guide, but it clarifies concepts…
Sometimes, very rarely, though, it happens that unexpectedly our mind behaves strangely and, for a while, we experience something called a mystical experience. However, our consciousness does not expand or rise to a higher level even though it may seem so. On…
Certain peculiarities in our personal growth and development offer an exciting opportunity for the interpretation of consciousness. First, it is worth noting that, unlike psychedelic experiences, the spontaneous changes in the state of consciousness provide us with the key to the causes…
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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.…
We can discuss psychedelics in two different ways, either distorting or revealing reality. If we treat them as distorting or hallucinogens, there is no point in looking for their logic because substances that distort reality have nothing to do with understanding reality.…
Paleoanthropology explores modern human evolution. Bone fossils speak of structural changes in species but not of mental development. Unfortunately, the mind is not retained in the soil sediments. There is still a path to the ancient mental landscape. From time to time,…