We already have drugs of various kinds. I think a determined person today could create a “God drug” that mirrors the experiences Crowley describes. Today’s technology would suffice but you’d need lower ethical standards for experimentation.
Most drugs are extremely crude. Pleasure drugs usually work simply by inducing your body to dump all its supply of endorphins into your system at once.
NLP includes a technique for mentally recreating some drug-induced states; I’ve never tried it myself, since I’ve never taken any drugs. But perhaps those people here who have tried drugs might give it a shot and see if it works. It’s in chapter 9 of the book, “Change Your Mind… And Keep The Change”. You might be able to find it in a library near you.
If it works, be sure to report back with the specific kinesthetic strategies you discover for useful or interesting states. ;-)
We already have drugs of various kinds. I think a determined person today could create a “God drug” that mirrors the experiences Crowley describes. Today’s technology would suffice but you’d need lower ethical standards for experimentation.
Most drugs are extremely crude. Pleasure drugs usually work simply by inducing your body to dump all its supply of endorphins into your system at once.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/meditation/
I think at some point we’ll be able to induce brain states without such crude methods (think of the inducer in The Lathe of Heaven if you’ve read it)
NLP includes a technique for mentally recreating some drug-induced states; I’ve never tried it myself, since I’ve never taken any drugs. But perhaps those people here who have tried drugs might give it a shot and see if it works. It’s in chapter 9 of the book, “Change Your Mind… And Keep The Change”. You might be able to find it in a library near you.
If it works, be sure to report back with the specific kinesthetic strategies you discover for useful or interesting states. ;-)