By Jonah Raskin   Whether you’re stoned or straight right now, picture this, if you will: white-haired Ralph Metzner – Mr. Psychedelic himself – on a rainy winter night before an audience of mostly older men and women who have come to hear him describe his halcyon days with Dr. Timothy Leary,...

An entire French town mysteriously went insane in the summer of 1951, and for nearly 60 years, there’s been no concrete explanation of exactly what happened. Until now – according to a new book, the incident was the result of a Cold War experiment gone horribly wrong, an experiment using...

  Psychedelic non-profit's event brings Rick Doblin, Alex Grey, Andrew Weil, Ralph Metzner, Stanislav Grof and leading psychedelic scientists together in San Jose, California - April 15-18     MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, has announced its international conference on psychedelic research. The conference will bring together international experts on psychedelic substances...

The January 2010 issue of HIGH TIMES featured a conversation with James Oroc, author of Tryptamine Palace, titled “Psychedelic Desert Toads.” The following is the complete and uncut interview with Oroc.     HT: What are the differences between 5-MeO-DMT and DMT?   JO: There’s a lot of confusion here because there’s very little information...

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Source: dailybreeze.com   Professional skateboarder Jereme Rogers said Wednesday he was sorry for disturbing his Redondo Beach neighbors this week when he "ate some `mushrooms' and bugged out," preaching naked on his rooftop.   Rogers, a high school dropout who attributes his skateboarding skills to God, was eventually grabbed by police officers and brought...

Sky Picnic: With a love of music, a penchant for exploration, and a history of elaborate and intense live performances, Sky Picnic bridges the gap between experimental and straightforward music. Described as “dark and eerie layered psychedelia” (Low Cut Magazine) and “highly textured psychedelic space-rock ... a major point of comparison...

There I stood, a few years ago in San Francisco, with my feet spread apart and my arms outstretched against the side of a car. As I was being frisked by a police officer, I realized that he was facing the back of my Mad magazine jacket, the face of...

In my last post, I continued posting the first chapter of my new book, Memes for Making a New Culture. In this post, I will explain the concept of how what I am writing here is a living book. I...

Links for this Post: Memes for Making A New Culture -- A Work in Progress Part 1 Still Blogging and Some Changes Way back in January, I wrote the first part of this post. Now in the dog days of...

Link for this Post: Five Ways to Become Happier Today Video by Tal Ben-Shahar Psychology Lecturer, Harvard University embedded below:Big Think is a global forum connecting people and ideas. I found this video on the Think Big website. According to...