As Human Beings We Are

Practice Giving Things Away, Not Just Things You Don't Care About, But Things You Do Like.

A Religion Made Up Solely Of Heightened Religious Experiences Would Not Be A Religion At All. ...the Major Religious Traditions Address The Mysteries (with Or Without Entheogens), But They Have Other Business To Do: Widen Understanding, Give Meaning, Provide Solace, Promote Loving-kindness, And Connect Human Being To Human Being.

It Must Have Been Providence That Directed Joel Morwood To Dig In The Right Place, For He Struck A Lode Of Pure Gold, As Wide (comprehensive) As It Is Deep (profound). What He Mined From That Lode Is A Spiritual Treasure.

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.

It Has Been Estimated That One Third Of Our Western Civilization Bears The Mark Of Its Jewish Ancestry.