Psychedelic era
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The Psychedelic era refers to the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, generally described as occuring during early 1960s to the mid 1970s.[1] Some consider the psychedelic era to be more tightly limited to the years of 1965-1969.[2] Psychedelic drug use encouraged unity, oneness, the breaking down of boundaries, the heightening of political awareness, empathy with others, and the questioning of authority.
Writers who explored the potentials of consciousness exploration in the psychedlic era included Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Ram Das among others; an important journal of the time was The Psychedelic Review.[3]
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[edit] References
- Stafford, Peter. (2003). Psychedlics. Ronin Publishing, Oakland, California. ISBN 0-914171-18-6.
[edit] Notes
- ^ (2000) St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. St. James Press, p129.
- ^ Henke, James; Parke Puterbaugh, Charles Perry, Barry Miles, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1997). I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era, 1965-1969. Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 0811817253.
- ^ Leary, Timothy; Ralph Metzner, Gunther M. Weil (1993). The Psychedelic Reader: Classic Selections from the Psychedelic Review. Citadel Press. ISBN 0806514515.
