Tag: LSD

LSD and Ayahuasca in Argentina: The Pioneering Work of a Psychoanalyst in the 1950s

Luisa Rebeca Gambier de Álvarez de Toledo was a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis...

CIA-Funded Research Exploited Black Americans in Search of “Mind-Control” Drug

The CIA project, “MK Ultra” exploited people of color and other vulnerable groups to test...

Susi’s Tram Ride: Recognizing the First Woman to Take LSD

Susi Ramstein was the first woman to take LSD and the first psychedelic guide, yet...

Anaïs Nin and the Vocabulary of the Psychedelic Experience

Anaïs Nin was critical of the Western psychedelic experience and its reliance on the appropriation...

Lauretta Bender: Seminal Psychiatrist & Forgotten Psychedelic Pioneer

The story of Loretta Bender reveals a series of triumphs against adversity that led to...

Psychedelic Saskatchewan: Kay Parley

Artist and Author Kay Parley and Her Amazing Journey through Manic-Depressive Psychosis to Psychiatric Nursing...

“A ‘Dose’ of Radical Christianity”: Psychedelic Therapy with Dr. Florence Nichols

Florence Nichols was a Canadian missionary and pioneer of psychedelic therapy, using LSD to treat...

Kin Spruijt: A Psychedelic Nurse in a Dutch Psychiatric Clinic

Since at least the 1840s psychiatrists have administered psychedelics to treat their patients. From the...

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...

Historian Explains How Women Have been Excluded from the Field of Psychedelic Science

Chacruna interviews historian Erika Dyck, who was invited to come join us on the Women...

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