QUOTE(draconic chronicler @ Apr 17 2007, 03:42 AM) [snapback]1632977[/snapback]
Good point, but the only problem is that ancient men all over the world believed "great dragons" taught them technology. Why is it always a reptilian creature that talks to them when they eat the magic muchrooms?
This is true, go almost anywhere in the world and you will find ancient cultures referring to reptilians/snakes/serpents/dragons as bringers of knowledge/technology/enlightenment.
Not always but many times it is reptilians of some form that are encountered(if anything is encountered), other times these encounters are with a clown/gnome/jester/elf type thingies or even insect/arachnid type thingies. But many times and in the vast majority of ancient traditions it is the reptilians that are the main focus.
Now I dont pretend that everything seen or become known in altered states is the truth, I dont believe in truth but see probabilities, archetypes, concepts, individual perceptions. But there is a definite pattern throughout the world that seems to have inspired cultural traditions/religions involving reptilians and even traditions/religions that seem to be a reaction to these reptilian traditions. That said if one were to even just temporarily believe that these reptialians were "gods" or the basis for emerging traditions built around these "godly" encounters, the craziest part, the most mind-blowing thing is if one were so inclined to do so anyone, and I mean anyone, can go face to face with these things, however and this is a big one, if someone were to make this choice they are also making the choice to break today's laws and face imprisonment for doing so. Now to some it may seem outrageous that someone who wishes to take a "spiritual" journey should face such harsh consequences, and even now I find myself having to choose my words carefully, but in my opinion of today's world it makes complete sense. In my opinion the only things holding people back from an earth shattering experiece, in more ways than one, is that the tools needed to do so are seen as "wrong" and "bad" in this part of the world at this time in history. But there will always be outlaws lol.
A small excerpt from an interesting book titled
The Cosmic Serpent, that like anything of this nature should take into account individual perceptions and underlying concepts....
Maybe I would find the answer by looking at both perspectives simultaneously, one eye on science and the other on shamanism. The solution would therefore consist in posing the question differently: It was not a matter of asking whether the source of hallucinations is internal or external, but of considering that it might be both at the same time. I could not see how this idea would work in practice, but I liked it because it reconciled two points of view that were apparently divergent. My research revealed that in the early 1960s, anthropologist Michael Harner had gone to the Peruvian Amazon to study the culture of the Conibo Indians. After a year or so he had made little headway in understanding their religious system when the Conibo told him that if he really wanted to learn, he had to drink ayahuasca. Harner accepted, not without fear, because the people had warned him that the experience was terrifying.
The following evening, under the strict supervision of his indigenous friends, he drank the equivalent of a third of a bottle. After several minutes he found himself falling into a world of true hallucinations.
He saw that his visions emanated from "giant reptilian creatures" resting at the lowest depths of his brain. These creatures began projecting scenes in front of his eyes. "First they showed me the planet Earth as it was eons ago, before there was any life on it. I saw an ocean, barren land, and a bright blue sky. Then black specks dropped from the sky by the hundreds and landed in front of me on the barren landscape. I could see the ‘specks’ were actually large, shiny, black creatures with stubby pterodactyl-like wings and huge whale-like bodies.... They explained to me in a kind of thought language that they were fleeing from something out in space. They had come to the planet Earth to escape their enemy. The creatures then showed me how they had created life on the planet in order to hide within the multitudinous forms and thus disguise their presence. Before me, the magnificence of plant and animal creation and speciation–hundreds of millions of years of activity–took place on a scale and with a vividness impossible to describe. I learned that the dragon-like creatures were thus inside all forms of life, including man."
From Dr. Rick Strassman's
DMT: The Spirit Molecule...
With eyes open or closed, he saw colored patterns of an extremely complex geometric structure that gradually began to resemble reptilian structures such as scales and bones. After around five minutes, Ernesto got up from his seat and laid down under a blanket. There, for around the next 1-1/2 hours, he continued to experience a reptilian presence. This reptilian presence was somewhat disturbing to Ernesto, because of the conditioning we have against reptiles, but the reptile presence spoke to him gently, encouraging him to appreciate the reptilian history in his body, and its great strength and resilience. The reptilian spirit told him that it was a source of his strength, that he needed in order to succeed as a living being. Ernesto accepted this understanding, and gradually dealt with the tension between conditioned repulsion and wholesome self-acceptance. He saw images of primitive spears, the extensions of reptilian talons and claws.