"But there were no "right hands" in the Western world when the psychedelic beast exploded, and there are still none today. We have no legitimate shamen to show us the way, we have no experts to tell us what to do when hordes of privileged kids start getting off and demanding real change, or start dropping out of society en masse and living reckless, carefree lives. Nope, no help there. What we get instead is self-styled gurus and media creations that preach of a glorious path to higher consciousness while conveniently forgetting the dark side of the psychedelic coin. And instead of getting the truth, we get two polar sides of a contrived debate: Psychedelics make you crazy; Psychedelics make you enlightened " .
Well which is it?
Well, hello....part of his problem is that HE presumes to say that there are no experts or 'legitimate' shamans...what is he waiting for the government seal of competence?
An 'official' proclamation of ability from the very entity that fuels the entire resistance movement????
Make no mistake, people...WE ARE ALL AT WAR !
You are allowed to stick your head in the sand if you like, but you may find that your ass got shot off while you were doing the silicone shuffle.
Leary, Mckenna, Lilly, and my mentor, Dr. Shulgin are all coming from the same place with their perspectives.
The legitimacy of their thoughts and opinions are supported by many decades of 'official' education, the very seals of legitimacy he seems to seek exists within the framework of his 'critique'.
He is, at the least, guilty of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
There hasn't been enough time passed to proselytize on whether or not the contributions of these GIANTS was valuble or not.
You must assume that they were, because of a few reasons. Primarily,
the fact that the government was UTTERLY TERRIFIED of their agendas should be a signpost ( adorned with flashing neon lights )
that says they were headed in the right direction.
No one needs to believe that everything they ( Leary, et al ) said,
but one needs to be able to spot a ' ruby in a mountain of rock '
...and this requires a fine sense of discernment, and educated judgment.
Believe one thing and believe it well,
we are all messiahs, if we CHOOSE to be.
Just like we are all followers, if we choose to be.
He speaks of brainwashing, and then goes on to slur the entire concept of metaprogramming.
I take great offense at this and Mr. Kent will do well to evaluate just where his core ethics and values come from.
I detect an uncertainty in his subconscious. One should never go the lengths he did to criticize , unless he has a better answer, and that aint there.
