[MD] What is SOM?

[Krimel]

[Marsha]
You've asked about mystical experiences in a 
culture that doesn't accept them.  You might 
better ask about irrational experiences, which 
are quickly dismissed as drug induced, or brain chemistry.

[Krimel]
Saying that an experience is drug induces or a product of brain chemistry
does not detract in the least from the experience itself. It may however
cause us to be cautious about the cosmic significance we want to attach to
such experiences.

Beyond that I would say this culture does embrace mystical experiences. From
speaking in tongues and snake handling to Bud Lite and Raves; from trances
induced by cathode rays to jingles that stick in our heads; roller coasters,
novels, paintings, hot and spicy and scratch and sniff; we live in a culture
that thrives on the manipulation of experience.