Jake Blues wrote:
> Maybe this is something I should tell my shrink, who I haven't seen in a
> few weeks. But noone here knows who the hell I am, so WTF. I'm posting
to
> alt.drugs.pot because pot is psychedelic, if only mildly so.
>
> I just woke up from a dream which was both happy and sad. In this dream,
I
> was with a bunch a friends, having a blast on psychedelics, mushrooms
and
> LSD in particular. I haven't had a full-blown psychedelic experience in
> about a year now, so it's not too surprising that I'd have such a dream.
> But everyone in this dream was in the 18-25 crowd, college students
> mostly. But what made a lasting impression on me was the ending of the
> dream. Like I said, everyone was enjoying themselves, having a great
time
> --- but then the party ended. Everyone eventually left with their
degrees
> and quit doing any kind of psychedelic. They had their fun, and then
they
> went off to join the "establishment," as some put it.
>
> I woke up and was almost crying. I'll be 33 in a few weeks. Both bro and
> sis took the exact path as the people in the dream; 'nuff said. I've
never
> been to a rave, and have only been fortunate enough to get hold of LSD a
> very few times. Part of me feels like I've sorta missed out, and part of
> me thinks I've just gotten too ****ing old to have any right to want
> anything like that, that "trip drugs" are only for the young, that by
this
> time you either do more harmful things like cocaine or heroin or booze,
or
> you quit.
>
> Why I'd get so emotional over this I have no idea. Maybe I should just
try
> to get some pot and chill out. Or maybe I should just accept my age and
> move on, as it were. I mean, even Timothy Leary didn't do any
psychedelics
> for the last twenty years of his life and said that psychedelics are a
> good school, but they're one to graduate from. At least that's what
> someone told me. Could anyone, particularly those over thirty, respond?
In the Native American Church, where they believe that Peyote is a Deity,
the members ingest Peyote for their whole life. And when they are sick,
they consult Peyote for help in finding a cure.
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