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The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet

in Cinema, News, Politics, Radical, Video

The connections between Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, the 60s counterculture and the internet are explored in this documentary directed by Lutz Dammbeck. 2003. Title: The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet Duration: 1:54:58

LSD Propaganda film from 1960′s

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LSD Propaganda film from 1960′sRelated PostsColin MacCabe: Performance (1998) Chto delat, No. 35: Language at/of the Border (2013) Tomáš Pospiszyl, Eric Rosenzveig (eds.): CAS: What is it? (2013) [English/Czech]

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‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug Shows Promise in Treating Addictions and Cancer Anxiety

Suspended for decades after controversial results, research on the hallucinogen psilocybin is showing early promise in a new series of small studies. In research presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), scientists highlighted the latest findings on the use of psilocybin, the synthetic version of the active compound in “magic [...]

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The Doctor Behind the Army’s Psychedelic Manhattan Project Has Some Regrets (Weed Isn’t One of Them)

ou’ve probably heard a little bit about the top secret experiment the Army conducted during the Cold War. A room glowing that flourescent blue, with an unwitting soldier seated in the middle. A doctor wearing horn-rimmed glasses and smoking a cigarette walks in with a syringe. He mutters something softly as the needle goes into [...]

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Lewis Lapham’s Drug Diary

Better living through chemistry, from LSD to alcohol to Viagra. This essay will appear in “Intoxication,” the Winter 2012 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch and here with the kind permission of that magazine. The question that tempts mankind to the use of substances controlled and uncontrolled is next [...]

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Undoing the Dogmas of Science: A Talk with Rupert Sheldrake

In his explorations for a better understanding of consciousness, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake challenges the mechanistic dogma of contemporary mainstream science. He has recently released a new book, Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery, which addresses the ideas that have become dogmas in modern scientific thought, exposes their weaknesses, and offers intriguing solutions for [...]

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LSD Is First Synthesized by Swiss Chemist Albert Hofmann (1938)

History of LSD The psychedelic drug/entheogen LSD was first synthesized by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz (now Novartis) laboratories in Basel, Switzerland November 16, 1938.[1] It was not until five years later on April 16, 1943, that the psychedelic properties were discovered. Discovery Hofmann, born in Baden, Switzerland, joined the [...]

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S.F. Nudists to Memorialize Naked Teen Shot to Death by Alabama Cops

Turns out, public nudity isn’t all pink elephants and lemonade. San Francisco’s Castro nudists are planning to rally today, but this one is about something far more tragic than naked people being forced to wear clothes. These local exhibitionist are rightfully disturbed by the news that a naked Alabama teen was shot to death last [...]

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280-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews Albert Hofmann"

Today’s program features what I consider to be the finest interview of Dr. Albert Hofmann that there is. It was conducted in 1993 via telephone by Peter Gorman, then the editor of “High Times” magazine. Thanks to Peter’s excellent handling of this…

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279-Various: "Peter Gorman Interviews the Elders"

As us Monty Python fans love to hear, “Now for something completely different.” Well, not really. But today’s program is a little different in that instead of featuring just one speaker we have an audio collage that includes Allen Ginsberg, Ram Das…

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238-Various: "A Tribute to Albert Hofmann" Part 2

Dr. Lilly begins with a description of his first LSD experience in an isolation chamber (300mg IM) in the Virgin Islands in 1964, saying about it, “I was scared stiff, absolutely terrified.” He is followed by Dr. Oscar Janiger who gives a few brief rem…

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237-Various: "A Tribute to Albert Hofmann" Part 1

This is the first part of an event that was held at The Scottish
Rite Temple in Los Angeles on October 2, 1988 to honor Dr. Albert Hofmann on the 50th anniversary of his discovery of LSD. The MC that night was none other than Terence McKenna, and besid…

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199-Leary: "Timothy Leary at MIT – 1967"

In 1967 Dr. Timothy Leary gave a lecture to a group of MIT students in which he said, among other scandalous things: “The educational system, at the present time in the United States does neurological damage to the nervous system and functions as a nar…

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172-Mind States: "The State of LSD in 2003"

In today’s program we hear from Earth & Fire Erowid, Ralph Metzner, Stan Grof, Nick Sand, and David Nichols who were on a panel at the Mind States Conference in 2003 where they discussed the psychoactive compound, LSD. This is a follow up of podcast #1…

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160-Leary: "The League for Spiritual Discovery"

In this January 1966 radio interview, Dr. Timothy Leary talks about his new religion, one whose sacrament is LSD. Among other provocative things he has to say is, “When the time comes, let your kids turn you on. That’s my message to the middle-age, mid…

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154-Sand-Stolaroff: "Mind States 2003 LSD Panel"

The legendary alchemist who created Orange Sunshine in the 60′s, Nick Sand, and psychedelic pioneer, Myron Stolaroff, are featured in today’s program. Nick talks about alchemy and LSD, and Myron speakes to the spiritual heights that may be reached thro…

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130-Leary: 1966 Radio Interview

In this podcast we feature a radio interview of Dr. Timothy Leary conducted by the infamous conservative talk show host, Alan Burke, who did his best to abuse and discredit Dr. Leary. It is truly a sign of the 1960s panic about the interest young peopl…

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127-Leary: "How To Use Your Head"

This podcasat features Dr. Timothy Leary in his famous Cooper Union address when he told the American public about a chemical called LSD. Delivered in November 1964, this talk was one of the opening salvos of the cultural revolution of the Sixties.

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