On the surface, qualiadelic experiences exist within the cracks of acceptability. They rearrange the signs and symbols we use to define our world. Below the surface they can be mystical explorations—deep dives into the essence of subjective experience.  Such journeys are conscious rituals, transformations of our sense of order, reshapingContinue Reading

As the great philosopher of language and meaning, Ernst Cassirer revealed: “Every impression that man receives, every wish that stirs in him, every hope that lures him, every danger that threatens him, can affect him thus religiously. Just let spontaneous feeling invest the object before him, or his own personalContinue Reading

A grain of sand is filled with crystal patterns – smaller and smaller they seem to grow, but when scientists get to the point at which things are so small that they cannot be measured, it is time to acknowledge that they are beginning to study qualia. It is uselessContinue Reading

You can’t you can’t wipe out good qualia any more than we were able to wipe out wolves and coyotes. Good qualia has deep roots, and, it can adapt. We can suppress it a little bit, but it comes back. The human landscape is no match for ecosystems. 

We often use metaphors to frame our understanding: a revolutionary metaphor, an erotic metaphor, an economic metaphor, or a religious metaphor. Problems arise when metaphors are mixed, as people struggle to reconcile them. How can you claim the mother of the messiah was a virgin? How can the son ofContinue Reading