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 What Are Psychonauts & Altered States of Consciousness? Psychonauts and altered states of consciousness When I was reading Bob Thurman's translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, I was struck by the term that was used to describe Tibetan spiritual explorers: psychedelics. Rather than Western-style space travelers who adventure out of Planet Earth to investigate the actual universe to understand what lies past, psychonauts were "inward world globe-trotters of the greatest trying, who by and by journeyed to the uttermost wildernesses of that universe which their general public considered crucial to investigate - the internal boondocks of cognizance itself, in the entirety of its changes throughout everyday life and past death." The term "psychonautics," which comes from the Greek word for "navigating the mind," is a beautiful way to say that we need to know more about ourselves than we need to know about the universe. Additionally, a compass,...