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POV in text under photo of Aldous Huxley[edit]

The phrase considered by some a leader of modern thought and an intellectual of the highest rank is POV, not to mention vague (who is it that considers him such?). Perhaps it should explain why he is significant in terms of the subject rather than using such language. (I.e. what has he done to be considered a psychonaut.) Autarch (talk) 18:53, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notable psychonauts[edit]

I propose removing that section entirely. I doubt that all these people are especially known for their psychonaucy, in some cases I doubt we're allowed to call them psychonauts at all; the actually notable ones can be covered in the article, indeed one or more are already linked to in the text. If really necessary and accurate, I think we can add a sentence including a handful of names someplace else in the article. The list gives no explanations as to what makes these people notable psychonauts, like whether they have written about the topic extensively or if they just like to get high every now and then. — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 23:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's been nagging at me since I first did some cleanup and watchlisted this article. Seems like rather than Psychonaut, the relevant category on the associated articles is usually Category:Psychedelic drug advocates, not always directly supported in the article but usually commonly known to be true. I suggest that the best solution would be to create List of psychedelic drug advocates and reference that here. At least that's a more objective criteria; psychonaut as it is used here is relatively subjective, and for living people shouldn't be used I think unless the subject uses the term themselves. Yworo (talk) 00:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Extended content

Notable psychonauts[edit]

Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)

Timothy Leary (1920 - 1996)

Two iconic psychonautical researchers and advocates of the 20th century.

— Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 07:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Psychonauts Missing[edit]

The Notable Psychonauts seem to address only those who explored via drugs, yet there are citations that meditation and prayer are also valid methods.

For example, Rabbi Akiva should surely be considered a notable psychonaut as he used meditation and prayer to access levels that others were incapable of achieving. See for example http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=pardes - "[only] Rabbi Akiva entered in peace and left in peace. "

Should I add him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.182.201.166 (talk) 08:22, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@79.182.201.166: He seems to be less a psychonaut and more a (more or less normal) religious person. I'd oppose adding him besides if you have a ver ygood WP:RS explicitly calling him a psychonaut. --Fixuture (talk) 19:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see Hamilton Morris on the list, But i dont want to add due to maybe unwelcome reception DANIELTHEDON (talk) 21:04, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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NOT TRUE![edit]

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Wow i actually laughed trying to understand this (no offense meant), either this is Writing under influence, or just some type of talk i dont understand DANIELTHEDON (talk) 21:07, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]