Was the psychedelic art movement worth it?
This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of hippie culture itself
Lsd
Wednesday
Monday
How LSD helped me find God
Historically, many psychedelics were used as divinatory tools
Thursday
Might LSD be good for you?
When Peregrine Worsthorne was on Desert Island Discs in 1992, he chose as his luxury item a lifetime supply of LSD. He may, according to the American journalist Michael Pollan’s fiercely interesting new book, have been on to something. Acid has a bad name these days: either a threat to the sanity of your children, … Read more
Friday
In 1968, even Boston was ankle-deep in LSD
‘And this is good old Boston/, The home of the bean and the cod,’ John Collins Bossidy quipped in 1910, ‘Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots/, And the Cabots talk only to God.’ Also home, in 1968, to Mel Lyman, a folk musician turned LSD guru who believed he was God, and to Van … Read more
