tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post1870898937777956170..comments2024-03-27T17:20:17.463-04:00Comments on The Gnostic World Of Candy Minx: Albert Hofman, R.I.P.Candy Minxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-49172384858870131002008-05-09T07:51:00.000-04:002008-05-09T07:51:00.000-04:00That was a very well written and informative post....That was a very well written and informative post. I think Albert Hoffman was right to say that LSD is a tool to help us become who we are supposed to be. Gardenia was also right about the mental health field-as a psych nurse I can tell you with some "authority" that the study of the mind/brain would be twenty or maybe a hundred years ahead of where it is now if psychedelics were more thoroughly researched. Thanks for the great post!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549973448018093802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-25675766562379834522008-05-07T23:26:00.000-04:002008-05-07T23:26:00.000-04:00Candy, so interesting. I have been through specia...Candy, so interesting. I have been through specialized curriculum (years ago) for alcoholism counseling and did not run across any of this - but it seems almost like some puzzle pieces fitting together. I haven't read up on anything recent for years. I can relate that LSD did give me an awakening - it was pretty amazing - it was like a sorting machine that put past experiences in the right place - very hard to put into words. I think, sadly, LSD was put out to pasture before adequate research was done and perhaps the field of mental health was done an injustice.Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233358355888022857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-87785768271742754732008-05-07T14:43:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:43:00.000-04:00interesting post, candy.definitely know more about...interesting post, candy.<BR/><BR/>definitely know more about LSD now :)Martha Elaine Beldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384371364553515474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-11397813719458635182008-05-07T08:39:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:39:00.000-04:00sounds interesting even though you will never catc...sounds interesting even though you will never catch me taking anything like this...tweetey30https://www.blogger.com/profile/04780963604845788306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-73164613709194440222008-05-06T13:25:00.000-04:002008-05-06T13:25:00.000-04:00Hi, Went to a small "celebration of life" on the w...Hi, <BR/>Went to a small "celebration of life" on the weekend for Lyle. There was a video of the 50th party. It was so good to have a ritual to let him go in my mind. <BR/>It was also good that it was small...I get so easily distracted at the big affairs...all those toasts!Underground Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264338355668672900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-13541326108212274172008-05-06T09:53:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:53:00.000-04:00Underground Baker, glad you enjoyed this post. Wel...Underground Baker, glad you enjoyed this post. Well, the thing about alcohol is that it has another name "spirit" and I think that in many wyas the addictive aspect of booze is that it has the "yes facility" people do have a sense of well being from a drink or two. the problem is it is also a pain killer and people who have pain residual from their past are easily relieved by drinking alcohol...and it is easy to get addicted if that is ones history...often abuse or damaged family dynamics left un-recovered.<BR/><BR/>In AA an alcoholic is sometimes considered a "wounded mystic".<BR/><BR/>Yes, the poem articel was a lot of fun wasn't it?<BR/><BR/>Anonymous...what if I am already a spook myself? Regardless there isn't any harm in the history of my posts on healing, mental health, addictions and the agricultural economy that surrounds family dynamic collapse and dysfunction...and the bigger picture of the lack of focus put on the spirit in our industrialized society.<BR/><BR/>When we realize we no longer need the evolutionary adaptation of the "ego" we will be able to heal such things as conspiracy theories and paranoia, corrupt corporate mindsets and the harm done by the totalitarian agricultural construct preventing us from seeing outside of Plato's Cave.<BR/><BR/>What I have to say about the disaster of adapting to farming is much more disturbing to our culture than the death of a scientist noted on my blog...<BR/><BR/>p.s. Hey Anonymous, have a nice day!Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-72363036169129365222008-05-06T07:18:00.000-04:002008-05-06T07:18:00.000-04:00The spooks are watching you now!The spooks are watching you now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-45072678681693518682008-05-05T14:25:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:25:00.000-04:00I just read your "why don't poems rhyme" link by P...I just read your "why don't poems rhyme" link by Pinsky. I am still laughing at it! A perfect mix of discussing poems and being funny. Gotta love that!Underground Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264338355668672900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-32087793149585260612008-05-05T13:58:00.000-04:002008-05-05T13:58:00.000-04:00Great post Candy. I didn't know about the early di...Great post Candy. I didn't know about the early diagnosis of alcoholism as a disease. And I love the spiritual aspect. <BR/>The thing I find interesting is that LSD seemes to create spiritual awareness, where as alcohol seems to deaden it, or maybe perpetuate it. <BR/>(Perhaps its just my imagination that alcholics tend to be spiritually flailing)<BR/>I wonder if this is why AA has such a strong spiritual aspect to it?Underground Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264338355668672900noreply@blogger.com