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When Daniel Kottke reminisces about his college days in the early '70s, he describes them as pretty prosaic. A freshman dorm room filled with books on spirituality, Pink Floyd playing in the background, a pastoral college campus -- and hallucinogens. <\/p>\n
The only thing, he says, that was in any way remarkable about his LSD trips was his fellow traveler: Steve Jobs. <\/p>\n
Kottke was one of Apple's first employees, and before the world knew Steve Jobs as the creator of Apple, Kottke knew him as a friend he used to trip with at Reed College. <\/p>\n
He was uncomfortable discussing these experiences while Jobs was alive, but was willing to share them with CNNMoney now. <\/p>\n
\"We would take psychedelics and whole new vistas opened up,\" Kottke said. <\/p>\n
The two initially bonded over their interest in \"Be Here Now,\" a book on things like psychedelics and spirituality. This became the foundation for a fast friendship. <\/p>\n
\"We were monk-wannabes,\" Kottke said. They were on a quest to better understand consciousness using an LSD varietal known as Orange Sunshine as their Sherpa. <\/p>\n
\"We were ... in a meditative space,\" Kottke said. \"But that's partly because we were reading books about chakras and psychic energy and the chi and the Kundalini serpent that was going to rise up our spine.\" <\/p>\n
Kottke had access to LSD, and Jobs was an enthusiast. They would read, go on hikes and wander the rose gardens at Reed College. Jobs has been quoted as saying that LSD was one of the most profound experiences of his life, and the name for Apple came from his experience working on the apple farm of another fellow tripper from Reed. <\/p>\n
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