Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds: The Bhagavad Gita as Psychedelic Guide
“The Bhagavad Gita is a classical spiritual text, but whoever would have imagined that it could serve as a guide to psychedelic experience?Krishna in the Sky with Diamondsis a tribute to the insight and creativity of its author, Scott Teitsworth, a longtime scholar of Indian philosophy. Teitsworth takes his readers on a tour of Vedic teachings, one that avoids simplification. But the challenge is worth it; with or without the use of mind-altering substances, an immersion in this work cannot help but open the door to that intangible goal known as enlightenment.” (Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Alan Watts Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University and coauthor of P)“This book is a fresh appraisal of The Song of God. Teitsworth bravely ventures into the as yet terra incognita: science of consciousness. Unlike Carlos Castaneda, there is no question of the authenticity of Teitsworth’s scholarship. Speaking from my own experiences, the psychedelic experience should always be done with care and guidance. There is no better place to start for guidance in this exploration than Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds.” (John Henley, author of The Buchmans and professor, Portland State University)“...the book becomes invaluable to entheogenicists whose tastes are tempered by Vedantic and Hindu schema.” (Psychedelic Press UK, June 2012)“The whimsically titledKrishna in the Sky With Diamondstakes an essential and much-welcomed place among books measuring the psychedelic experience against Eastern religion and spirituality, such as Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey's fine compilationZig Zag Zenand the Leary et al. classic,The Psychedelic Experience. And the ancient poetry of the Gita is still spectacular!” (David Arnson, Erowid, June 2012)