People use the word 'natural' ... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the sunday school teachings.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author redefines 'natural' as plant-based psychoactives and labels mainstream cultural institutions as artificial.
- In plain terms
- Plants are natural; schools and churches are artificial.
- What can you take from it?
- Challenge conventional definitions of nature versus culture.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What determines what is truly natural?
Another view
It dismisses the organic roots of human culture and religion.
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