I went ahead and removed the section. In case there was anything useful in there, putting the list here:

Notable psychonauts

 William S. Burroughs
 Peter J. Carroll
 Carlos Castaneda
 Aleister Crowley
 Ram Dass
 Philip K. Dick
 Rob Dickins
 Havelock Ellis
 Antonio Escohotado
 Amanda Feilding
 Stanislav Grof
 Arthur Heffter
 Bill Hicks
 Albert Hofmann
 Aldous Huxley
 William James
 Jack Kerouac
 Ken Kesey

 Timothy Leary
 Egor Letov
 John Lilly
 Fitz Hugh Ludlow
 Terence McKenna
 Robert Monroe
 Grant Morrison
 Daniel O'Brien
 Victor Pelevin
 Daniel Pinchbeck
 Maria Sabina
 Joe Rogan
 Benny Shanon
 Alexander Shulgin
 Huston Smith
 Hunter S. Thompson
 D. M. Turner
 Alan Watts
 William White
 Robert Anton Wilson

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