`== ternece mckenna ethnobotanist ==  my intention was to open up a debate about the context for understanding the role of psychadelic mushrooms in the evolution of homo sapiens and  the language , symbol formation ; environment synethesic gehstalt which may have been the altered state triggered by the cubensis straphora which engendered the beginnings of language / symbol / object connection which transformed dull homonids into self reflective , shamanising , artful , creative homo sapiens , as discussed in mckennas book `` food of the gods`` . and , as you should already know , the wider use of hallucinogens in shamanic ritual since the beginning of time etc.     thus follow the extended connections to pop culture and altered states and timothy leary  and robert anton wilson and the theoretical background for understanding for these highly unusual phenomena as covered by lylle watson and his hundredth monkey research and ken wilbers integrated philosophy and the holographic theory of the universe posited by dr. david bohm and barbara brennan ( ex nasa scientist`s ) work on higher states of consciousness and altered reality including her long experience directly of such thing etc .    newtonian mechanics is no longer an acceptable model for understanding the universe , all things are connected , ask einstein , spacetime is one thing forwards backwards in all directions . this is now applied science . environmental models of rainforests , micro habitats and in fact th whole biosphere are known to be one connected system . thus my posted text was an apeal for interdisciplinary dicussion , as takes place at any university or other hive of creativity and innovation . a violation  or vandalism is much more like what is going on in south america where rainforests are being torn down and clean rivers at to be forever polluted with cyanide for the extraction of gold while a glacier is to be permanetly destroyed for king midas and his yellow ore .    `