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183. The Immortality Key; Psychedelics and the Ancient Age | Brian Muraresku & Prof. Carl Ruck

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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What Is the Value of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness?

In the case of LSD, you build up an immediate immunity to it so that you take it the second day, nothing happens at all. And something similar has been reported with psilocybin and with DMT. So these seem to be self-limiting substances, at least to some degree, as opposed to drugs like cocaine or opiates. What do you think was the value of non-ordinary states of consciousness and classical antiquity? The value for us is that we would not have the great works of sculpture and literature and painting if that society did not have access to this awareness of spiritual entities.

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