When I say that these worldly institutions have failed me. I mean in so much
as they fail anyone interested in the realms that plant allies reveal.
And I take these revelations, these experiences, to be essential in
gaining a fuller understanding of reality. So, while these institutions make
claims as to an understanding of what’s going on, and in so far as they teach
on the basis of their ideologies, I see them as poison.
Let me re-phrase. I see that these worldly institutions have failed. Period.
This is not a hindrance for me in the sense of it being me who feels
as if they have been let down. It’s not something that’s been done to
me; I don’t take it that personally. It’s just a statement of fact.
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The failure is not with me it’s with the institutions. Specifically,
because and in so far as these institutions fail to attempt to integrate the
psychedelic experience, let’s be clear - by and large they fail even to acknowledge
the psychedelic experience.