Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!toad.com!tim From: tim@toad.com (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: alt.magick Subject: Re: LSD-25, A Cautionary Tale Message-ID: <80978@toad.com> Date: 28 Dec 95 09:26:45 GMT References: <4bhltj$hm3@maureen.teleport.com> Reply-To: tim@toad.com.UUCP (Tim Maroney) Organization: As Little As Possible Lines: 12 Magick Addict writes: > Yes, if your going to take LSD it helps to have someone you trust >there with you to keep you from hurting yourself. Actually, given the role of set (expectations) in the psychedelic experience, saying stuff like this to people makes it much more likely that they will hurt themselves. LSD is not normally a substance which inspires self-destructive behavior, but someone indoctrinated in the urban myth about people jumping out of windows because they think they can fly is much more likely to find that big jump strangely tempting. -- Tim Maroney. Please CC all public responses to tim@toad.com.