“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

Tag: Aldous Huxley

  • The Place of Psychedelic Chemistry/Alchemical Consciousness in Philosophy

    The Place of Psychedelic Chemistry/Alchemical Consciousness in Philosophy

    Transcript: I wanted to see if you guys might help me think through Aldous Huxley’s psychedelic phenomenology, because I’m writing about it, preparing a draft of what will become a chapter in an anthology on the philosophy of psychedelics. I’m also writing about Descartes’ famous Meditations on First Philosophy and interpreting his experience as a…