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Midsommar: Folk Horror Trip of the Year

Posted on August 5, 2019

BY ROGER KEEN The noun ‘trip’ and the adjective ‘trippy’ have long been embedded in the language as generalised indicators of anything that is weird, far out, u...

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Psychedelic Manifesto

Posted on May 9, 2019

BY STURE JOHANNESSON Written over 50 years ago, “Psychedelic Manifesto” by Swedish graphic artist Sture Johannesson (1935-2018) remains an illuminat...

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Wicked Ecstasy: Altered States in The Name of the Rose

Posted on March 27, 2019

BY HENRIK DAHL Scratch the surface, and it soon becomes evident that Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose is much more than a murder mystery set in a Medieval abb...

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An Introduction to Eroto-Psychedelic Art

Posted on September 3, 2018

BY HENRIK DAHL When psychedelic art first appeared as an artistic genre in the mid to late sixties, a wave of sexual liberation was sweeping the west. The era o...

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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 R...

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We Ate the Acid: A Note on Psychedelic Imagery

Posted on January 21, 2018

BY HENRIK DAHL Symbols – symbols everywhere. All along my journey they flashed forth the apocalypse of utterly unimagined truths. – Fitz Hugh Ludlow Psychedelic...

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Featured Writings

Midsommar: Folk Horror Trip of the Year
Psychedelic Manifesto
Wicked Ecstasy: Altered States in The Name of the Rose

Writings

  • 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: A Correspondence with Owsley Stanley
  • 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
  • A Correspondence with Owsley Stanley
  • A Correspondence with Tim Scully
  • Skip’s Story: The Beginnings of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love

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The intent of this website is to investigate the many branches of psychedelic culture throughout history. Special interest is taken in its manifestations in art and literature.
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