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...Alpert said it was impossible to recount the drug experiences to persons who have not taken the drugs. This 'breakdown in communications," he suggested, was partially responsible for the "fear and hostility" he has encountered...
Trying to explain his dilemma in communicating results, Alpert drew on Plato's cave analogy, implying that those who had taken the drugs had seen the sun, and persons still enchained in the cave were unable to believe their story. The drug experience, he said, is "nonverbal, without space and time coordinates...
Defending his research methods, Alpert said it was "absolutely essential" that the experimenter take the drugs with the subject in order to be able to provide proper guidance of the experience. He said the subject often feels he is losing his identify, or that he is "melting away physically." When this occurs, the subject must be encouraged to "let himself go" in order to "gain significant insights" into his existence...
...other had, if he is told he will see great color pattern, or have a religious revelation, that is what will happen. Physical surroundings also affect the reactions, Alpert said...
Because the individual, who sometimes emerges from a drug experience with a desire to "change his life patterns", is thwarted by society from taking advantage of his insights, Alpert said he hoped to set up "centers across the country where groups of people could live together" While taking the drugs...