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Acid Awareness: The LSD Trip Turns 80

BY HENRIK DAHL Today, April 16, 2023, marks the 80th anniversary of the discovery of LSD’s psychedelic properties. Naturally, this is a cause for celebrat...

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Review: The Rose of Paracelsus by William Leonard Pickard

BY HENRIK DAHL The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments is something of a rare find when it comes to books on psychedelics. Described by its aut...

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Psychedelics in the Age of Sexual Liberation

BY HENRIK DAHL In the mid-1950s, artists and writers with a penchant for the erotic—some occultists, others belonging to the Beat contingent—got interested in p...

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Indigo’s Delivery: An Excerpt from The Rose of Paracelsus

BY WILLIAM LEONARD PICKARD Presented on the 75th anniversary of the discovery of LSD’s psychedelic properties, this article contains an excerpt from The Rose of...

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Sea of Radiance: An Interview with William Leonard Pickard

BY HENRIK DAHL The following long-form interview is the first extended Q&A with Harvard and UCLA drug policy researcher turned writer William Leonard Pickar...

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A Brief History of Swedish Psychedelia

BY HENRIK DAHL Whenever Sweden is discussed in books, the media or in conversation, very rarely is anything said of its psychedelic culture. Yet if one takes a ...

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Visionary Design: An Exposition of Book Covers in Psychedelic Literature

BY HENRIK DAHL Book covers in psychedelic literature are rarely discussed. Yet they are part of a design tradition that goes back at least to the mid 20th Centu...

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Struck by White Lightning: Owsley on Acid

BY HENRIK DAHL In January 2003, I was making research on The Merry Pranksters and especially their Acid Tests, and decided to get in touch with legendary counte...

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The Continuous Trip: An Essay on Deadheads

BY HENRIK DAHL Subcultures within music tend to be associated with a specific genre. Examples include Punk, Rockabilly and Heavy Metal. But it also happens that...

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“Wolfe is Useless”: Owsley Stanley on the Merry Pranksters and the Acid Tests

BY HENRIK DAHL It was January 2003 and I was making research on The Merry Pranksters and, in particular, the so-called Acid Tests they were staging in Californi...

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