"There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

People, Will

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"There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon."

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