I may be misunderstanding what you refer to when you use the word psychedelics, but with regard to LSD, I just had (what seemed like hours) of uncontrolled laughter, colors, and of course the "speed" effect. But I was never one to see what happened if one were to keep increasing the dosage. Pot had similar but lessened affects to "vitamin A".
Correct me if I'm wrong (because I will yield to your knowledge of the subject since you're a chemist), but aren't psychedelics merely drugs which interact with chemicals in our brains causing the most common funhouse or in lesser incidents a bludgeoning effect? If your answer is "yes", then I disagree with your definition of soul even in instances where the personality of a person is dramatically changed after some drug activities - short or long term. Couldn't your definition also be applied to those who suffer certain head traumas? (People becoming much more aggressive in nature than previously noticed before such trauma). Additionally, what about Ahlshiemer's disease? Don't those who suffer from it lose track of who they were?
<<I haven't seen the alien docudrama, but that seems to be a different situation. Did the involved parties lose track of who they were?>>
The movie ("The Haunted") was about a paranormal situation which happened to a family in PA.
Incidentally, I wasn't aware of it until watching The Discovery Channel, but the movie "The Exorcist" was based in part on a true story which happened in the late 40's or early 50's. It was called "In the Grip of Evil".
I guess what I'm trying to say in a round about way, is that your position leaves much which cannot be explained using the five senses which is basically what I get from reading others with a similar position. It also seems to me that for people very intelligent (admittedly much more than myself) in nature, that this leaves one vulnerable in an eternal sense.
But yes, I know where you stand on the subject, and I would be foolhardy to challenge it.
I just disagree with your definition of "soul" since there is much in my opinion which cannot be explained using any traditional methods to do so especially in light of my own experiences which leads me to wonder - why not others?. Why me? |
