Sartre’s Rite of Passage SARTRE’S RITE OF PASSAGE Thomas J. Riedlinger [On the interpretation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s mescaline experience.] The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 1982, Vol.14. No.2 ‘a lobster was pursuing him; it haunted Sartre for manymonths.’ – Simone de Beauvoir Back to Psychoactive Philosophy