Andrew Weil - Psychoactive drugs through human history (5/5)

[Harikrishnalove]

Remember Dr. Weil is a physician as Carlos Castaneda was a graduate student pf Anthopology and created a sinister cult of his own personality surrounded himself (Castaneda) with young women that he brainwached. Be careful with two separate issues: a ) the pharmacological side of the uso of drugs and b) the cultural interpretation of the use of drugs. Both issues are correlated in a sinister way since medical drugs represent a billion dollar business in the "cult of money".

Marlen Arguedas

[gopherusagassizii]

The most important thing to learn from Andrew Weil is how gullible people can be when a fat guy with a beard and a Ph.D. opens his mouth and starts talking about "health."

[gopherusagassizii]

No, my dear. I'm glad that you find this quack interesting, but when he starts to advocate that we listen to these uneducated dopers and their self-reported sources of "visions," I start to think this is nothing but voodoo to sell "Healing CDs" to the unwashed but well-healed masses of Americans.

[smok3yo]

Different perspectives are ok.  People can learn from everything good or bad.

[noodletropic]

Modern day Hippocrates educating the masses. Excellent work. Thank you.

[19ufo47]

I have Dr. Andrew Weil's Healing CD, and it really works. There's much more to the human body and mind than medical science will ever know. The CD actually caused me to have an out-of-body experience mid-sleep.

[gopherusagassizii]

He gets a number of things correct, but he tends to mix in his voodoo with what is sound. And those areas where there is uncertainty, he tends to step in with something tribal or "spiritual."

[5147848amp]

@gopherusagassizii

I didn't hear him mention anything about voodoo.

Did you accidentally comment on the wrong page?

[atlienstyle]

this guys got the chicken and the egg all wrong

[definemaybe]

HOW SO?

[csylvester123]

wouldn't such a comment infer that there's a definitive answer to the 'chicken egg' paradox? Try keeping an open mind..