…and that which was of the Auseland, the howling unknown, that which was beyond the pale. I think it was Weston Labar, great old anthropologist, who felt, he said, hallucinogens can only be used in hunting and gathering cultures, because when agriculturalists…

…one place, we're going to redirect the flow of water and we're going to become agriculturalists. It's an entirely different psychology. Weston Labar said that psychedelic shamanism died when it became important to get up in the morning and go out and hoe…

…usage seems to disappear very early in human history. Hallucinogens are hardly even welcome in agricultural societies. I think it was Weston Labar made the point that once you learn how to grow plants, your God shifts from the ecstatic God of the…

…hallucinogens are concentrated in the Amazon basin, even though the flora of the old world jungle of Indonesia is equally rich. And Weston, Labar and a number of people have written about this, trying to say that perhaps it is because the people of the…