
Erik Davis | LSD, Drug Portals, Psychedelic Animism, & The Alien Interface
Reality as an Interface, The Trash Can Analogy and Serious Non-Literalism
Davis proposes that visionary experiences act as an "interface" similar to a computer's graphical user interface. Just as a "trash can" icon allows a human to interact with complex machine code, religious archetypes like Mary or Jesus allow the mind to interact with abstract cosmic information. He advocates for the philosophy of taking these experiences "seriously but not literally" to avoid the traps of delusion or dismissive materialism.

