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psychedelic sixties

Coming of Age in the Psychedelic Sixties

What was it like to come of age during the psychedelic sixties? Yvonne Negrin recounts...
Mercedes de la Garza

Dream and Ecstasy in Mesoamerican Worldview: An Interview with Mercedes de la Garza

Mercedes de la Garza is a recognized researcher on shamanism & the ritual uses of...
DIY Mycology

DIY Mycology in a Psychedelic World

This essay explores the relatonship between the recent boom in DIY (do-it-yourself) mushroom growing and...
the psychoactive mushrooms of Mexico

The “Unsung History” of Psilocybin Research: Gastón Guzmán and His Scientific Contribution

Mycologist Gastón Guzmán Huerta dedicated his life to discovering and researching mushrooms of the genus...
Rosemary Leary

The Wonderful and Absurd Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part Two: Freedom and Unfreedom)

After playing a key part in breaking Timothy Leary out of prison, Rosemary Woodruff Leary...
Rosemary Woodruff Leary

The Wonderful and Absurd Adventures of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part One)

On the surface it appears that Rosemary Woodruff Leary led a charmed and exciting life,...
Mescaline

Is Peyote the same as mescaline?: A Cultural History

The history of transforming peyote into mescaline is a story of separating plants from people....

A Century of Mescaline

This paper provides a history of the process in which mescaline was synthesized, and 100...
Eileen Garrett

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...

Psychedelic art representing female orgasm while on lsd

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...
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