Hallucinogenic agents have the ability to amalgamate or terminate certain neural activities. The psychedelic experience has been described as consisting of visions of new dimensions … to fantasies of eternal loneliness. LSD is a modern sacrament of the so-called drug culture which psychologically represents the snow-fort of a capricious army facing hell-fire. What can be done about the use of LSD? Plainly, understanding it offers a beginning.
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