Tag Archives: Psychedelics

Paul Krassner : My Encounter with Owsley

Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley, left, with the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in 1969. Photo by Ho / Reuters. “Investigative satirist” and former Realist editor Paul Krassner will join Thorne Dreyer on Friday, April 1, for a Rag Radio April Fool’s Special. … Continue reading

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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test

The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : The Psychedelic Revolutionaries

The psychedelic revolutionaries…‘White Hand Society:The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg’ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 12, 2010 [White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg, by Peter Conners (City … Continue reading

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‘Magic’ Poet, ‘Weed Ambassador’ Simon Vinkenoog Dead at 80

Poet Simon Vinkenoog, a Sixties icon. With the death of Simon Vinkenoog Amsterdam loses one more of its iconic ambassadors of the ‘Swinging Sixties’… when the Dutch capital gained its reputation as a drugs-friendly Magic Centre… By Rob Kievit / … Continue reading

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Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival

Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading

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Medical Study on Psilocybin : Lasting Positive Effects

‘Shrooms.Heck, they could have just asked us… Magic Mushrooms produce long-termsense of well-beingBy John Lazarou / July 1, 2008 In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in “sacred mushrooms,” produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins … Continue reading

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