Why should we say that the history of present-day plant use must be dictated by the past? What if we did not explore space because no ancient civilizations had ever tried to launch a rocket to the moon?

I've added a few notes about historic shamanic practices...

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Sacred Plants in the Age of Cynicism

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Later today an essay on the three kinds of drug use: sacred, profane, and scientific.

Even drug war critics agree that past psychedelic use has been all about excess. But that is a censored image. We could say just as well that it was a glorious era wherein LSD helped Crick to identify DNA and Steve Jobs to grasp the potential for personal computers.