Hallucinogenic Drugs: Perils and Possibilities Source: The Hastings Center Studies Vol 2 No 1 (Jan 1974) Author: Dr. Louis Joylon West West was an odd character indeed. As chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma during the 1950s and 1960s, he secretly received money from the CIAContinue Reading
Memo on the Religious Implications of the Conscious-Changing Drugs Source: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol 3 No 2 (1964) Author: Joseph Havens Joseph Havens began his work into psychedelia with the Leary group before its unceremonious dismissal from Harvard. During his tenure with the Harvard group, Havens gaveContinue Reading
Hallucinogenic Drugs Source: The Lancet Vol 268 No ( May 21 1955) Author: H. Astley Cooper During the heyday of LSD research (1950s) well-known and lesser known doctors played a role in shaping the paradigms surrounding psychedelia. One of the lesser knowns was H. Astley Cooper, who worked at Rainhill Hospital,Continue Reading
The First Trip: Life Crisis and the First Experience with Hallucinogenic Drugs Source: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 154 (1972) Author: Herta A. Guttman Summary (from article) In this paper it is suggested that the first use of hallucinogenic drugs often occurs during a life crisis which requires a moreContinue Reading
LSD and Mystical Experiences Source: Journal of Bible and Religion (Vol 31 No 2 April 1963) Author: G Ray Jordan Jr. Summary In this article Jordan explores the similarities between LSD-induced experiences and mystical experiences. While such correlations seem self-evidence to us today, such was not the case in the earlyContinue Reading
Mescaline, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and Psilocybin: Comparison of Clinical Syndromes, Effects on Color Perception, and Biochemical Measures Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry (Vol 3 No 4 1962) Author: Leo E. Hollister MD and Alan M. Hartman PhD Summary In the early 1960s, most clinical volunteers took only one kind of psychedelic. If oneContinue Reading
Ergot research began in around 1920 with the isolation of ergotamine.Continue Reading
The author outlines the use of drugs by the SRS (Security Research Staff) and other “unconventional” interrogation techniques.Continue Reading
Six male schizophrenic patients received 60 micrograms of LSD after they did not respond to traditional treatment.Continue Reading
During the 1950s, the CIA financed myriad studies to test psychedelics and report back to the Agency.Continue Reading
