Personally I don’t even consider acid (perhaps others in its family, haven’t tried them so I can’t say) a ‘drug’. Alcohol, pot -yeah, drugs. Things like that seem to add a layer, a cloud, a haze, on top of your regular mind state. For me, acid removes layers, leaves you laid bare as opposed to hovering around in your mind like the haze of, say, weed. When I smoke pot or drink alcohol, it’s for a different reason than I would use an entheogen. It’s to escape boredom usually, or sometimes to escape stress. It’s really sad to me when I see people treat something like LSD, which can have such a profound effect on an individual, like a ‘drug’ to ‘get fucked up’ on, to ‘feel good’, etc. It’s almost abuse, and that mindset denies one the possibility of the full experience of the journey, and I guess I'm like Conceit in that I treat these substances in a very respectful way, would never dare to group them in with the other 'drugs', or treat them if they were only a feelgoodchemical.
I’d like to emphasize a point Conceit made: ‘
whenever I reject what the substance is doing to me’. I think that’s important to keep in mind- an attitude of complete submission and acceptance, resistance and rejection will deny the possibilities of the experience (either in a trip or without, really). “I make sure I
surrender completely”- this is dead-on, exactly the mindset one needs to cultivate in this context, lest they miss the train.
This discussion prompted me to write about my experiences with LSD, so I might as well share
if anyone’s interested. (be warned, it’s quite long, and at times might seem like I’ve really lost my marbles. Some parts might be completely incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the experience.)