Ralph Metzner: Visionary Experiences and Divination

Techniques of Discovery Conference

"Leary said that in order to give this experience to people you have to have had it first. So we tried it out. From that point I realized that my mind was completely conditioned; it was completely automatic. And that I could change that, I could choose otherwise. I could choose how to direct my mind. I could choose what to look at. I could choose what to think."

Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., has been exploring states of consciousness and transformational practices ever since he helped found the Harvard Psilocybin Project in 1960. He is a psychotherapist and professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he teaches courses on ecopsychology and ecological worldviews.