Kurt clipped articles like crazy, but infrequently went to the trouble to make photocopies of them. An exception is this piece by Roland Fischer, professor of experimental psychiatry and associate professor of pharmacology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, written in 1972, exploring psychic states ranging from ecstasy to samadhi produced by various psychotropic substances, including Psilocybin, Mescaline and LSD. Kurt’s interest in Fischer’s observations was natural; his own experience and curiosity melded perfectly into the premise of Fischer’s work.
Fischer states, “Our credo affirms, then, that there is nothing but the universe becoming aware of itself through little islands of 'I's'-and-'Selves', which are experienced in, and recognized as, 'normal' and exalted states. Man, the self-referential micro-cosmos, is conscious of himself, although his 'l'-and 'Self' awareness is but a re-presentation of the universe (which it creates).”
