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Posted on 05/04/2021 8:54:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
>>The psychedelic renaissance will resemble the 1960s, only this time, it will take place under medical authorities and state supervision, with the corporate sheen of celebrity endorsement.
It was originally released by big pharma (Sandoz) and advocated by medical authorities and academics (1950s and 1960s).
Gee, I guess Sandoz can get back into the LSD business after how many years?
(cues up Eric Burdon’s song: “A Girl Called Sandoz”)
The Sixties 2.0. And then, the Seventies 2.0. Ugh.
How do you market hallucinogenic toads?......................Asking for a friend.....................
The vegans won’t allow it. They don’t even like you stealing bees’ honey.
You make DMT as well.
I wonder how many people reading your post have the song on CD along with box sets and remastered versions of most of Eric Burdon's work early and late? Plus his memoir book. Saw him perform only once and was impressed. I had never taken him seriously until then.
That was Leary’s approach to acid. Controlled set and setting. The free-wheeling West Coast acid heads...Alan Watts and Ken Kesey...were the ones that advocated for doing psychedelics out in the world. And out in the world, people mix alcohol, meth, and who knows what with their psychedelics, and circumstances beyond anyone’s control...”realities” like traffic, dogs, the police...intrude upon their trip. The mistake that both camps made was to believe that people are universally intelligent and high-minded. This ends badly.
All those day-glo freaks who used to paint the face
They’ve joined the human race
Is there gas in the car?
I think the people down the hall know who you are
With “fatality rates at basically zero” what could go wrong?
There is a fascinating book The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD
by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis (2018).
They went thought new source materials and interviews. Each of the men thought the other was the most dangerous.
I really do not know what to believe about Leary. I saw him speak once. A showman as well as a seeker. Could work a room.
Hunter Thompson believed Leary was the biggest CIA double agent and liar in the country. Hated his guts.
He made a deal to let his sweet wife go to prison instead of him at one point. That probably sums him up for me.
I wonder how many people were led into the danger of LSD use and never came back. Suicide, worsened existing mental illness, prison record, destroyed relationships.
I saw Eric Burdon with War.
It was far better than I expected.
Saw Eric Burdon with War....
Sorry I missed that phase.
My time was when “Skypilot” was out. They had rear screen projection movie scenes of various wars, some in Scotland with bagpipe music added on speakers, and they sent out white smoke for the battle scenes.
All the songs were well rehearsed and tightly performed and Burdon himself was at his peak, probably.
“The mistake that both camps made was to believe that people are universally intelligent and high-minded. This ends badly. “
Back in the olden days I saw a lot of people take a lot of acid.
Nearly universally those of weak mind had a bad experience. And those of greater mental capacity almost always did it again.
A hit of window pane, a bottle of whiskey and an IQ under 90...what could go wrong?
It takes a strong mind to be able to enjoy 500 micrograms of LSD. Most others are miserable. Or dangerous.
These are times for strong clear headed people. Increasingly the government wants everybody doped up and juiced up.
Just say No!
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