in some ways i kinda think it might be good if psychedelic therapy isn't legalized. slightly breaking the law is actually part of the set and setting and that part actually matters. i think weed's effects got worse when it was legalized and alcohol tasted better before we were 21
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i just can't imagine taking psychedelics in an Official Room at an Official Institution with Official Approval by an Official Authority will be a conducive set and setting for doing any serious work involving cultural conditioning. iirc the MDMA solo guide points this out
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main benefit of legalization i can see off the top of my head is to make access easier for veterans, people with severe PTSD, people who can't afford to figure out how to get access any other way. and that does seem real and important and significant. hmm
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i guess mass-scale psychological intervention is in some way an inherently political project. you sort of need to have a normative idea of what a psychologically healthy person thinks, acts, talks, feels, believes, doesn't believe. i don't think i trust any institution with this
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i do think the psychological projects we have going on here - feel your feelings, shadow work, deep okayness etc. - are also political projects. i think if you take this stuff seriously enough you end up disqualifying yourself from belonging to any side of the culture war
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nice thread here
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medical access is the government saying, you are not to be entrusted with the exploration nor healing of your own mind, you simply must go through these social portals
there are some good arguments for guided use. and credentialed supervision/ advice can be helpful, but…
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I had a potential tweet that I’m trying to come up with the right phrasing for that’s something like:
“If 2021 was the year everyone figured out how good inner work is for personal well-being, 2022 will be the year everyone figures out that it’s insanely politically subversive.”
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it’s a paradox though because without going through an institutional social portal, you’re pretty much on your own. the paid access is as much a barrier as much as it is an opportunity for the legitimate transmission of wisdom
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