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1 " Finally, there are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs. First, use of thesedrugs may be dangerous. However, every worth-while exploration is dangerous--climbingmountains, testing aircraft, rocketing into outer space, skin diving, or collecting botanicalspecimens in jungles. But if you value knowledge and the actual delight of exploration morethan mere duration of uneventful life, you are willing to take the risks. It is not really healthyfor monks to practice fasting, and it was hardly hygienic for Jesus to get himself crucified,but these are risks taken in the course of spiritual adventures. "
― Alan W. Watts , Zen: A Lecture