What most fear those who defend a non-working Luddit solution like “just say no ” is a world in which all traditional social values ​​will dissolve in a clash with individuals and populations obsessed with psychoactive substances and an endless search for self-satisfaction. We should not rule out this too real possibility. But one should reject the idea that such a worrisome, in general opinion, future can be avoided by witch-hunts, a ban on research and the hysterical spread of misinformation and lies.

Since time immemorial, psychoactive substances have been part of the galaxy culture. And only with the advent of technologies capable of purifying and concentrating the active components of plants and herbal preparations, these substances are separated from the common fabric of culture and become a kind of scourge instead.

In a sense, our problem is not a problem of psychoactive substances, but a problem of managing our technology. Are new synthetic substances, one hundred or even a thousand times more likely to cause addiction than heroin or crack, awaiting us in the future? The answer will be an absolute “yes” if we do not realize and do not investigate the inherent human need for chemical dependence, and then we will not find and approve any ways of expressing this need. We discover that human beings are creatures of chemical habits, with the same terrible distrust with which the Victorians discovered that people are creatures of sexual fantasy and obsession. This process of meeting with oneself as a species is a necessary precondition for creating a more humane social and natural order. Important to remember,that the adventure of such a meeting with oneself does not begin with Freud and Jung and does not end with them. The argument diligently developed in this book is that the next step in understanding ourselves can arise only when we take into account our innate and legitimate need to live in an atmosphere rich in mental states caused by our own will. I am confident that we can begin this process by revising our sources of origin. Indeed, I made great efforts to show that in the environment of Archaic, in which self-reflection first arose, we find the keys to the sources of our troubled history.when we take into account our innate and legitimate need to live in an atmosphere rich in mental states caused by our will. I am confident that we can begin this process by revising our sources of origin. Indeed, I made great efforts to show that in the environment of Archaic, in which self-reflection first arose, we find the keys to the sources of our troubled history.when we take into account our innate and legitimate need to live in an atmosphere rich in mental states caused by our will. I am confident that we can begin this process by revising our sources of origin. Indeed, I made great efforts to show that in the environment of Archaic, in which self-reflection first arose, we find the keys to the sources of our troubled history.

WHAT HERE IS NEW

Hallucinogenic indoles, unexplored and prohibited by law, are presented here as agents of evolutionary change. These are biochemical agents, whose final impact is carried out not on the direct experience of the individual, but on the genetic constitution of the species. In the first chapters, attention was paid to the fact that improving visual acuity, improving the ability of reproduction and enhancing the stimulation of the protolinguistic functions of the brain are logical consequences of the inclusion of psilocybin in the food of an ancient person. If it were possible to prove the idea of ​​the emergence of human consciousness in connection with the mediated indoles synergy of neurodevelopment, then our image of ourselves, our attitude to nature, and the current dilemma regarding the consumption of psychoactive substances in society would change.

We cannot solve neither the “drug problem”, nor the problem of the destruction of the environment, nor the problem of stocks of nuclear weapons, until our image of ourselves as a species is again associated with the Earth. This case, in the first place, begins with an analysis of the unique combination of conditions that are necessary for the organization of the animal, in order to make a leap towards conscious self-reflection. When the main meaning of the hallucinogen-mediated symbiosis “man-plant” in the scenario of our origins is understood, we are able to understand our present state of neurosis. Learning the lessons contained in those long-standing and formative events can lay the foundation for making decisions not only about the need to control the consumption and abuse of substances in society, but also about our deep and growing need for a spiritual dimension of life.