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Review: The Rose of Paracelsus by William Leonard Pickard

Posted on April 14, 2021

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

Posted on February 15, 2021

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

Posted on April 16, 2018

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...

Interviews

Sea of Radiance: An Interview with William Leonard Pickard

Posted on April 16, 2017

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

Posted on February 19, 2017

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

Posted on February 2, 2017

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

Posted on April 5, 2012

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

Posted on January 18, 2012

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

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

Posted on May 9, 2009

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 California....

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Tim Scully on the Brotherhood and Making LSD with Bear

Posted on May 9, 2009

BY HENRIK DAHL In 1966, Tim Scully lived with and built sound equipment for the Grateful Dead. He is also known as the sidekick of Owsley “Bear” Stanley, perhap...

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WRITINGS

  • Pantheistic Insights: Vegetarianism in Psychedelic Culture
  • Review: The Rose of Paracelsus by William Leonard Pickard
  • Psychedelics in the Age of Sexual Liberation
  • Midsommar: Folk Horror Trip of the Year
  • Psychedelic Manifesto
  • Wicked Ecstasy: Altered States in The Name of the Rose
  • An Introduction to Eroto-Psychedelic Art
  • Indigo’s Delivery: An Excerpt from The Rose of Paracelsus
  • We Ate the Acid: A Note on Psychedelic Imagery
  • Apolitical Pharmacology: From Altruism to Terrorism in Psychedelic Culture
  • Sea of Radiance: An Interview with William Leonard Pickard
  • The Beat Writers and the Psychedelic Movement
  • A Brief History of Swedish Psychedelia
  • Survive Yourself: A Note on Drugs and Time
  • Visionary Design: An Exposition of Book Covers in Psychedelic Literature
  • Art for the Third Eye: The Visionary Drawings of Emma Kunz
  • Struck by White Lightning: Owsley on Acid
  • The Continuous Trip: An Essay on Deadheads
  • Yeah, Yeah, Right! Right! Right! On the Bus with Merry Prankster Ken Babbs
  • Getting to the Core of Swedish Neoshamanism
  • “Wolfe is Useless”: Owsley Stanley on the Merry Pranksters and the Acid Tests
  • Tim Scully on the Brotherhood and Making LSD with Bear
  • Skip’s Story: The Beginnings of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love

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