“We enjoy none of this give-and-take when we cast out bread upon the waters by sending a written missive out into the world. The recipients are invisible and inscrutable, and we have to…”

“The category of the Other is as primordial as consciousness itself. In the most primitive societies, in the most ancient mythologies, one finds…”

“It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book…”

“Typically, Ayahuasca visions—notably those that are most powerful—present scenarios that are…”

“There is one very important and at first apparently paradoxical relationship between…”

“At times, I contemplated devoting the entire book to each life I have written about…”

“While on that bus ride, and perhaps because of my heightened interest in how…”

“The patient’s essential being is very relevant in the higher reaches of neurology…”

“I believe that most of us are too quick to name things…”

“By 30 minutes, she spoke more clearly:

I felt the DMT go in and…”

“In the serene world of mental illness, modern man no longer communicates with…”

“But whatever I am, or have since become. I know now that…”

“Dreams can produce similar pictures of great catastrophes. They can manifest all stages of…”

“Our hosts are keen to know how we have fared. Was the experience too strong? Were we…”

“The un-cageable vine reminded me of that first psilocybin trip, when I felt…”

“It was all unknown to me then, as I sat on that white bench on the day…”

“Virginia Woolf’s 1927 essay ‘Street Haunting’ is an attempt to claim…”

“The rigidity of delusional form contrasts dramatically with the elastic nature of…”

“To this day I’m not sure where I found the strength to leave…”

“As a society, we put our trust in the medical profession to develop…”