DM Turner- The Esseential psychedelic guide

perceptions which I feel led to my experience. I had been closely observing
some small lizards which move at an amazing speed in the hot desert sun. In
trying to synchronize with a lizard's mind, it was quite apparent that its time
sense, as well as the flow of information from its sense organs to its
responding muscles, was worlds apart from that of a human. Then, while
hiking in a canyon, I noticed what appeared as webbing strewn across the
canyon walls. Upon looking closer this turned out to be a harder material
than the rock below eroding at a slower pace and standing out in ridges of
web-shaped formations. It appeared to have been created during volcanic
eruptions of molten minerals at the time the mountains were formed. The
canyon, cutting ever deeper into the mountain's side, was revealing the
history of the terrain.
As I sat back to rest and closed my eyes, my visual sphere became filled
with visions of desert animals like snakes and scorpions, images which are
typical of a session in the desert. The next vision that appeared was a
distinct image of a saber tooth tiger. I thought of early humans who were
hunted by such animals, and the strength of the impression this must have
made on the minds of my ancient ancestors. This train of thought progressed
and I saw large, hairy, bear-like forest animals who probably left similar
impressions on the species consciousness. As my mind progressed further
back in time I began to see creatures of the dinosaur era which in ancient
times had roamed the ground I was now resting on. And I was aware that
going back along the evolutionary line I must have evolved from such
creatures. I began to feel that in times past I had been each of the animals
that I saw, the predators who hunted, and the victims who fled from the
predators with fear and were eaten. Then my mind's eye opened up and time
spread out to infinity. I saw and experienced all the manifestations that the
land around me had been through over millions of years, and the lives of all
creatures that had lived there. This myriad detailed lives and visions was
simultaneously present in my mind with startling clarity for a timeless
moment. I had become the One Mind onto which all the experiences of time
have been etched. I went past this fulcrum and saw myself retreating to my
individual perspective. The afterglow of this experience infused the next
several hours of the acid high, and left me awed with the magic of the desert
environment.
By the time the full moon was high in the sky I had hiked to the salt flats
and administered Ketamine while at the lowest elevation in the United
States. I felt that I became part of the earth and penetrated to levels deep
within the "mind" of the planetary consciousness. Becoming part of the
earth's spirit is something frequently experienced by myself and others
while on Ketamine.