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Masters and Houston - Never ending stairs
Identifier
015542
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience – Dr Robert Masters and Dr Jean Houston
Case Study S female university instructor age 24 , LSD '225 micrograms
We began to descend the two flights of stairs and they never ended. Down, down, down, down, down, down, down – into the bowels of some ultimate cavern - into the centre of the earth, no doubt – or perhaps into nowhere – to descend the stairs forever and ever. 'Will they never end?' I asked, starting to panic. 'Only one more flight’ I was assured. And then an infinity of stair steps later, we arrived and entered the roomful of Buddhas and everything brightened