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Would anyone care to share a comment on whether Pollan has gone off the deep end wit this one? I really enjoyed "The Omnivore's Dilemma," but this sounds from the dust jacket/publisher blurb to the reader being treated to an experience of the author's high without doing the drug.

Susan Haines I don't like his leaving the door open about maybe there is an external common consciousness or gods. As he admits, the high suggestibility with these…moreI don't like his leaving the door open about maybe there is an external common consciousness or gods. As he admits, the high suggestibility with these drugs means people will use their own metaphors and those given to them to make their own interpretations. It doesn't mean those experiences are scientifically valid, however helpful they may be.(less)

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