“The individual tuned into this experiential area [i.e. the full-blown psychedelic experience] usually discovers within himself or herself genuinely positive values, such as a sense of justice, appreciation of beauty, feelings of love, and self-respect as well as respect for others. These values, as well as the motivations to pursue them and live in accordance with them, appear on this level to be intrinsic to human nature.”

“The insights emerging from high-dose psychedelic sessions are of a global, intuitive and holographic nature. The transcendental ‘aha!’ experience of this kind cannot be dissected easily by the Western analytical mind, nor can it be exploited in a pragmatic sense. It is an illuminating insight into the very essence of existence. The experient does not gain rational understanding of the cosmic process, but reaches instant comprehension by losing his or her separate identity and literally becoming the process.”

“Beyond this point [the completion of the process of ego death and rebirth] . . . sessions are transpersonal in nature and represent a continuing philosophical and spiritual search. Whether the process was originally approached as therapy or for another reason, it becomes at this stage a cosmic adventure in consciousness aimed at solving the riddles of personal identity, human existence, and the universal scheme.” – Stanislav Grof