Barbelith Underground > Temple > Pinchbeck book ties it all together.

Inspired by my own exeriences with entheogens and by this thread I have just bought a copy of the book. I'm only a couple of chapters in but it seems an interesting look at the issues surrounding the uses of these drugs.
As for the whole question of whether a spiritual experience achieved through drugs is any less worthy than one achieved through other means I am undecided.
I myself have to say that I am on a day to day basis a pretty hard edged materialist, though I have a certain curiousity about the existence of forces beyond the western scientific world view. I have seen little to convince me of the existence of these forces and the nearest I have come to believing in them has been due to experiences I have undergone while under the influence.
This post seems to have got away from me, and I have lost the point I was trying to make. I shall probably get back to you once I am away from work and have some time to marshall my thoughts.