…ecstasy, and it was these weekly or bi weekly psychedelic orgy ecstasy picnics that people used to have that gave way. And Weston Labar makes the point that ecstasy is not at a premium in agricultural societies because it's disruptive that what is at a…

…ecstasy and it was these weekly or biweekly psychedelic orgy ecstasy picnics that people used to have that gave way. And Weston Labar makes the point that ecstasy is not at a premium in agricultural societies because it's disruptive. What is at a premium…

…of time in ashrams and was brought up in that guru based European Tradition of spiritual ascendancy. Gordon Wasson, Weston Labar and others who've looked at this have reached exactly the opposite conclusion: that shamanism without psychoactive plants is…

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

…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…

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

…palestinogens 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…

…place and 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…