”Generally, one might argue, writers and musicians are more associated with psychedelics than are visual artists.” – Robert C. Morgan (Rubin 2010, 44) Psychedelics often trigger a rich flood of visual content. One may for instance experience highly intricate patterns,...
The following article, written by Eric Turner, was first published in the Psychedelic Press UK journal. To the many people who frequent music festivals and raves, and generally rejoice in creating temporary communities in diverse settings, the protest encampments which...
Psychedelic Press UK: Hi James, I’d like to begin by thanking you for putting together Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years, it’s a brilliant and, in my opinion, much-required collection of his papers. Why did you yourself consider such a collection...
Following in the footsteps of her playwright father, Daisy Eris Campbell has been passed the blazing torch to invoke a new generation of cosmic caperers. She brings her stage adaptation of Robert Anton Wilson’s Cosmic Trigger to Liverpool this weekend...
The following article has been written by Alex Robertson (@dcalexrobertson / http://www.doncharles.org ) For most people the concept of a shamanic healing retreat does not necessarily evoke images of its participants smoking big tobacco cigars throughout the course of...
This article, by Alison Terry, was originally published in the Psychedelic Press UK journal (2013 Vol.2) Looking back on it, my friend (“Jim”) and I still can’t remember how we decided to go to Peru to experience Ayahuasca. Whose idea...
This article originally appeared in the Psychedelic Press journal (2013) and also appears in Andy Roberts’ essay collection Acid Drops: Adventures in Psychedelia (2016) As a historian of LSD culture in Britain, I can honestly say I haven’t come across much...
This article, by Roger Keen, was originally published in the Psychedelic Press UK print journal (2013 Vol.2) Mostly everyone has heard of William Burroughs’ drug-inspired masterpiece Naked Lunch, but far fewer have actually read it from cover to cover and...
This article, by Malcolm Davy-Barnes, was originally published in the Psychedelic Press UK print journal (2013 Vol.2) Once, for half an hour or more, I was a lion. The kind of lion you might see in a Sixteenth Century alchemical...
Do you choose to use psychedelics to cultivate ‘spiritual growth’? Here’s a perspective to consider: Having the big experience means nothing compared to applying the small insights. Psychedelic experiences, or one could say, “intentionally catalyzed mystical experiences”, are like large...
