BoxRadish

Thanks for doing this, Seti. A few questions for you:

1. What do you think of Benny Shannon's Antipodes of the Mind?
2. Do you anticipate that the increased acceptance of hallucinogens in our culture will have any particular effects on our largest social institutions, like religious organizations, political groups or the government? How?
3. This is really far out, but I've read about Amazonian people describing an experience in which they're "kidnapped" by spirits of some kind, and this starts them along the path toward shamanism. Some observers have related this with alien abduction experiences, particularly because some Ayahuasca inspired art depicts things similar to flying saucers. Could you please comment on this?

Was this during an ayahuasca experience?