Nina Graboi, A Forgotten Woman in Psychedelic Lore
November 2012. I have just started my research on the history of LSD and this is my first time in the US. I’m heading...
Of Mediums and Mind-Manifestors: Eileen Garrett and Psychedelic Experience
Eileen J. Garrett (1893-1970) is reputed to be the greatest psychic and “trance” medium of the twentieth century. Less known is her role as...
Acid and Orgasms: Why LSD Failed to Sexually Liberate Women
Was LSD ever a “sex drug” for women? In the 1960s, the answer appeared to be yes, but the drug could not overcome the sexual anxieties of the period.
Women’s Historical Influence on “Set and Setting”
It is striking that the work of Joyce Martin, Margot Cutner, and Betty Eisner is so little known in the history of 'set and setting.' Their work is essential to understanding the major changes brought to LSD-assisted therapy during the mid-twentieth century.
An Interview with Mariavittoria Mangini
How does one describe the ways in which a person’s life is touched by psychedelics? And, even if I could capture that accurately, how...
Women in the History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines
Chacruna is proud to host this series of reflections on women in the history of psychedelic plant medicines. Our inspiration for these posts came...
Chacruna’s Women in the History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines Call for...
The history of psychedelics has often emphasized the contributions made by leading researchers, breakthrough therapists, and champions of a psychedelic ethos. It just so...
Women, Spirituality, and Plant-Based Medicines
In thinking about women, plants, and spirituality, I thought about the traditional West African Yoruba relationship to the plant realm as articulated in their...
Historian Explains How Women Have been Excluded from the Field of...
Chacruna interviews historian
Erika Dyck, who was invited to come join us on the Women and Psychedelics
Forum, but whose agenda did not
allow. The interview addresses...
