In Psychedelics, Peter Stafford offers a framework for understanding the enormous amount of information available on psychoactive substances. In addition to the photographs, illustrations, charts, and tables, he writes about the origins, varieties, physical and mental effects, societal benefits, complications, and drawbacks of psychedelics, particularly LSD, the most potent and representative of this class of drugs. Stafford also summarizes the promising studies that were halted in the 1960s, along with developments since that time, and offers a fascinating exploration of these drugs.
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entheogenic lite,
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an entertaining and informed primer that achieves a lot with a friendly manner and a concise approach. Features some interesting sidelines on the various personalities involved through the years and contains some fascinating images and photos.
Most who will be attracted to this book (government officials notwithstanding) will already have a lot of this information in their libraries; Stafford does, however, deliver an amusing and informative overview that can be taken in a manageable but worthwhile dose. I enjoyed it!
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Title grossly mislabeled,
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When i saw this copy in the book store I was really excited. It has a artsy cover and on the back it says " Psychedelics is a wealth of information about one of the most controversial issues of modern times. Stafford weaves scientific research, personal accounts and popular literature into".. oh hell, you can read the back cover for yourself here on amazon.com. Trouble is,it purports to be a book about general psychedelics. Its not. A better title would have been LSD emerging, history and development of LSD or something similar. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the writing, style and the information. Perhaps it was a publishers decision and Stafford was left out of the decision process. But if your looking for a good book on the history, development, major player in LSD this is a great start. My 2003 copy has 191 pages.
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AUMPHRY OSMOND PROPOSED THE TERM psychedelic while in correspondence with the novelist Aldous Huxley. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
psychedelic experience, psychedelic drugs, lysergic acid Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Timothy Leary, New York, Albert Hofmann, Morning Glories, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert, Stanislav Grof, Aldous Huxley, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Eisner, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience, Alexander Shulgin, Palo Alto, Sidney Cohen, Stanley Krippner, The Farm, University of California, Abram Hoffer, Alan Watts, Andrew Weil, Arthur Stoll, Frank Barron New!
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AUMPHRY OSMOND PROPOSED THE TERM psychedelic while in correspondence with the novelist Aldous Huxley. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
psychedelic experience, psychedelic drugs, lysergic acid Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Timothy Leary, New York, Albert Hofmann, Morning Glories, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert, Stanislav Grof, Aldous Huxley, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Eisner, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience, Alexander Shulgin, Palo Alto, Sidney Cohen, Stanley Krippner, The Farm, University of California, Abram Hoffer, Alan Watts, Andrew Weil, Arthur Stoll, Frank Barron New!
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- The varieties of psychedelic experience, by Robert E. L Masters on 6 pages
- The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Citadel Underground) by Timothy Leary on 5 pages
- The Beyond Within: The L.S.D. Story by Sidney Cohen on page 77, page 119, and Back Matter
- Biology of Plants by Peter H. Raven on page 28, and Back Matter
- Altered states of consciousness by Charles T. Tart on page 138, and Back Matter
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