sex, drugs, and, altered states of consciousness

it's an academic sort of paper, removed from a book manuscript because of its subjects.

what the publisher didn't want you to know.

the overall book takes a systems theory approach to the subjects of high sexual arousal, vs. just getting high.

i find the wording of part of his summation to be telling:

Insofar as people are not sufficiently gratified within their ordinary d-SoC [discrete State of Consciousness] and consensus reality, the d-ASCs [discrete Altered State of Consciousness] can appear to offer more satisfying ways of functioning.

it's all about getting gratified...