I just found this topic.
Like Demosthenes Fan (hi, new people!!!) said, if you take yage or other hallucinogens, it's not any big surprise if you "talk to demons" while you're trippin'. Back in 1969 I sat outside the bowling alley in Bentonville, Arkansas, and watched the cars coming down the bypass turn into running tigers and lions as they went by.....Modern synthetic stuff instead of
Harmala sp., but the same effect. There are dozens of examples of people "seeing demons" or "angels" when they are known to have ingested some such stuff - ergot-infested rye in medieval France, absinthe, peyote - or when they've gone on a three-day fast like the Plains Indians here in the US used to do.
It's brain chemistry. It doesn't necessarily have to involve taking anything - our bodies can manufacture the chemicals. Cultural context is what determines the difference between "God spoke to me!" and "Whoa! That was weird!"
El sueo de la razn produce monstruos. - Francisco Goya
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