Something very strange happened to me the other day. I won't go into too much detail, in order to protect my anonymity, but I met this person completely unexpectedly and in an entirely random setting. The person to whom I was introduced the other day was Casey William Hardison.

Some of you may have heard of Casey. Here is a little background, quoted from Erowid:


Being a person who lives in a relatively remote and small community, it has proven to be very difficult for me to connect with other like-minded psychonauts in the "real world". Much less those who are relatively well-known contributors to the psychonaut/entheogenic community. It would be foolish of me to pass on this opportunity to sit down with Casey and pick his brain, so hopefully I will be doing so some time in the next couple of weeks.

Another idea I have considered is to write out some questions and conduct the discussion in the format of an interview, then either submit the interview to an issue of The Nexian or just share it with you folks on the forum. If you have any thoughts on the matter, or any questions you would like to ask Casey given the opportunity, please feel free to share them here.

Thanks for reading, my friends. I am very excited about this situation which I have found myself in. Much love and respect to you all.

I don't want to jump the gun in suggesting a topic for a formal interview, but it's likely we'll eventually do a Nexian issue focused on psychedelic activism. Let's start talking about this with the editors and take it from there. I agree that this sounds like a great opportunity- perhaps when you speak with him you could ask if he'd be open to doing a more formal interview with member- submitted questions.

Right on. I really like the idea of doing a Nexian issue with a "psychedelic activism" theme. I think what I will probably do is try to set up an informal discussion with him soon, perhaps even ask him if he's comfortable with me transcribing it and sharing it on the forum, then ask him how he would feel about a more formal member-submitted interview at a later date. I think that is a good idea. Thanks, Guyo!

That's cool! I had a bit of back and forth with Casey when he was in prison, have also had a few exchanges with his partner Charlotte, haven't met either of them though. Comes across as a really nice guy, and clearly very smart, I think you'll have some interesting chats with him! Would make a great interview piece for the Nexian.

Awesome!

I once sent a postcard to him in prison, wonder if he ever received that

Seems like a very nice guy, I´d love to talk to him, so cool you`re having this opportunity!

I´ll definitely think about some questions you could ask him, whether he wants to make it a formal interview or not... I´ll post some ideas in the next couple of days here

Awesome, thanks guys! It is a little overwhelming trying to pinpoint a few questions out of all the things I want to ask/talk to him about! Luckily we have a few mutual friends, so I think I will have some good opportunities to speak with him. Please, by all means bring on the questions!