Psychedelic

The history of hallucinogenic drugs goes as far back as the ancient civilizations. Such as the Chinese, Egyptians, and Sumerians. They used opium s, cannabis, coca leaves, alcohol, peyote, and psychedelic mushrooms. The middle-ages is when we mainly used these drugs for healing. Many where plants such as belladonna and mushrooms. Other things we used to change or mental state or to give a person a boost is coffee and distilled alcohol. Then we have an early industrial revolution during this era…

late 1950’s after R. Gordon wasson participated in a mushroom ritual and wrote about his experiences which later were published to Life magazine. According to research by Teri S Krebs and Pål-Ørjan Johansen there are an estimated 30 million psychedelic…

Some kids live and breathe for animals, and that was always me. My first word was “bullet ant,” or so the story goes. By the time I sussed I was a human being and not some weird sea lion, I was four. At zoos I actually asked my mom to read the information panels and sat there, thumb in mouth, while she sounded out tongue-twisters like “chances lupus.” I had my collection of stuffed animals, my copy of Amphibians of the Americas, and my career goals. I was going to be a vet, James Elliot-style.…

The history of hallucinogenic drugs go as far back as the ancient civilizations. Such as the Chinese, Egyptians, and Sumerians. They used opium s, cannabis, coca leaves, alcohol, peyote, and psychedelic mushrooms. The middle-ages is when we mainly used these drugs for healing. Many where plants such as belladonna and mushrooms. Other things we used to change or mental state or to give a person a boost is coffee and distilled alcohol. Then we have early industrial revolution during this era…

From the highest peaks of the mountains to the deepest places of the ocean, animals are scattered all across the face of the earth. They can range from as large as 100 feet or so small that they can barely be seen through a microscope. Millions of animals can be found in the coldest and hottest regions of the world. Animals are divine species with many purposes, whether they are roaming the wild, held in captivity, or domesticated. Across the nation more than 600 million people visit one of the…

Written by Siri Carpenter, “Everyday fantasia: The world of synesthesia” gives me some background knowledge into past studies of synesthesia. Carpenter gave a translation of synesthesia, stating that it derives from the greek language with the meaning “to perceive together.” She also gave some ratios declaring that almost 1 in 2000 are synesthetes and that as many as 1 in 300 have a variation of it. This article also starts by giving some wonderful examples on how synesthesia impacts…

The hippie movement was the common title Americans used to define the out casted individuals and their actions that began to take place in the early 1960s and continued on through the 1970s. The movement started as vocal opposition to the United States taking part in the Vietnam War. Soon after, this generation ultimately transformed into a liberal counterculture. A counterculture is a subculture that has values and behavioral norms that are substantially different from those of the mainstream…

Synesthesia: Crossed Responses to Inducers and Who is Affected Sylveria McCue Red Rocks Community College Abstract Synesthesia is a condition where the brain crosses the signals from the five senses resulting in letters, numbers, and words having colors, tastes having the feeling or vision of shapes in a synaesthetes mind, and sounds including physical responses of pain or pleasure. Acute studies on grapheme-color synesthesia provides the most research on who has this condition. Once believed…

In the summer of 1967, young people came from all over the world to San Francisco. The idea of having a utopia world of peace and love has inspired many of the younger generation. Hippies are youngsters that wanted a new way of life, a new begging, and a new turn over. The developing new ways of living in which they believed that money was the root of all evil. Sharing peace and love listing to the music, smoking marijuana and taken LSD. The hippie’s dreams developed into misinterpretation by…

Pink Floyd is to acid rock as Ford is to cars. Drugs played an important roll in their creation of music. Pink Floyd still has some members living and making music. Floyds fans were getting tired of waiting for new music so on July 2nd, 2005 Pink Floyd was on stage with Rodger Waters for a fundraiser. In 2016 David Gilmour put on a concert for his fans. Pink Floyd had an interesting career. They helped create acid rock and earned several awards. Pink Floyd won 3 grammys and they were brought…