Almost invariably, my experiments with psychedelics have had four dominant characteristics. I shall try to explain them— in the expectation that the reader will say, at least of the second and third, “Why, that’s obvious! No one needs a drug to see that.” Quite so, but every insight has degrees of intensity. There can be obvious1 and obvious2—and the latter comes on with shattering clarity, manifesting its implications in every sphere and dimension of our existence.