Psychedelic Defined More Closely According to Me

High Everyone, well a couple of entries ago, I set out to define the word psychedelic. Athough it is hard to put a definite answer to what experiences, perceptions, feelings and emotions actually constitute psychedelic and which ones don’t, it is at least safe to say that psychedelic is a state of mind.

But how can one say that certain perceptions are psychedelic and others aren’t? It seems absurd and even silly to tell some one, “Oh, what you’re feeling is psychedelic.” or “What you’re feeling is not psychedelic.”

I did give the dictionary definition of psychedelic in my last blog on the subject.  But even the Dictionary.com definition is elusive at best.  If I am experiencing feelings of euphoria for example, for whatever reason, who is to say that it is or is not part of my psychedelic life?

One thing for sure, if psychedelic is a state of mind, who is to say that it has to be brought on by a chemical? It doesn’t. Maybe my feelings of euphoria come from holding my baby daughter. –what a joy!!  Who would argue that euphoria resulting from a situation of love for my daughter is any less of a psychedelic experience than if I had the same euphoria sparked by a drug?

Wouldn’t that be kind of a silly argument? It doesn’t matter what the catalyst is for a psychedelic experience. 

Carlos Castanada, in his writings, the most famous of which is probably, his book “The Teachings of Don Juan,” explores the American Indian rites that include the use of peyote.  Peyote is a part of a cactus that causes psychedelic experiences.

He uses the drug to find a certain truth and reality that he is searching for. But even Castanada learns at the end of it that you really don’t need the drug to arrive at what you are searching for. Although peyote did serve as a catalyst for him, it really was not the answer in and of itself , only a vehicle for the “Separate Reality” of which he wrote in his book, “A Separate Reality.”

As John Lennon sang in The Beatles ‘ song, “Tomorrow Never Knows,” on the Revolver album, “Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.” I heard John Lennon say in an interview that he got that line from Timothy Leary.

But you can turn off your mind, relax and float downstream by kicking back with an herbal tea and just being at one with your environment.

That’s why we have designed this web site. –to be an open forum for any one who embraces, Peace, Love and the Psychedelic. When you log on, you can communicate with others who embrace the same.

Whatever your vehicle for getting to that state in your mind, you can be at one with other like minded people here. Enjoy Friends!

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