Allen Ginsberg — "I took a lot of LSD and Psilocybin previous to leaving for India and…well, I was…"

I took a lot of LSD and Psilocybin previous to leaving for India and…well, I was in a slightly disordered state of mind. I thought it was absolutely necessary for me to drop dead in order to obtain complete enlightenment—for my ego to vanish entirely and for my person to vanish entirely and everything about me to vanish entirely in order to be perfect.
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Interview with Fifth Estate Magazine, discussing his intense psychedelic experiences and spiritual quest

Date: 1966

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