And now for something completely different...

[Mark Kohut]

Since we are on a topic I know nothing about, I'll send this:

http://hyperallergic.com/250322/the-lsd-inspired-photographs-of-a-salvador-dali-protege/

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 6:13 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Shaman takes a big dose to voyage in the spirit world, with the danger
> that his soul may not return; the concotion that he gave to the rest of the
> tribe had to have a lower level so that there was a group-be-in and not a
> group of people freaking out. Those girls seem pretty smart to me.
>
>    Wasn't it in one of the Austin letters where TP writes inquiring whether
> the recipient had not ever "found himself on the ground chewing on the
> carpet", or something like that? Sounds like something written by one who
> has been on the carpet, chewing. I can relate.
>
> That shift in the 80's is correct, but it has so many complex variables
> going into it (Reagan's war on drugs, coke/crack explosion, musical
> developments - this would arch from Berlin to Detroit, crossing over the UK
> and its Manchester scene - as well as technological advances and the
> changing mode of music consumption (MTV)...). A period well worth study.
> Perhaps one of the most important factors is that MDMA appeared much later
> than Hoffman's little chemical. (It was first found on the streets in 1970,
> and LSD had already been around since the late 50's.)
>
> I'm from rural Illinois so it took longer for the Rave scene to hit where i
> was growing up. However, there was a superabundance of that other hedonistic
> slave drug: cocaine. In the Reagan 80's of Studio 54 and all the rest there
> was not much introspection or expanding of consciousness, just feel good
> consumption. usa. usa. usa...
>
> By the way, have you read much from Helmut Kuzmics? I have just come across
> him but haven't had a chance to look at his work.
>
> ciao
> mc
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
> <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This reminds me of two girls I knew in the late 1980s. By that time there
>> were excellent blotters around --- they had a golden five pointed star on an
>> aquamarine ground - which were sold in two different forms: With 125 and
>> with 250 micrograms LSD. While some people took the opportunity to really go
>> for the full sized Acid Test by taking two or three of the high volume
>> dosages, those girls did it the other way round: They always shared just one
>> of the blotters with the small dosage and then sat for hours and hours in
>> the kitchen. Giggling, talking, giggling. When I asked them why they never
>> joined the magical quest they uttered that they didn't like the heavy
>> hallucinations and the fear that often goes along with it. "A tiny dosage is
>> so much better, all things are extraordinarily funny and I can feel and use
>> the whole capacity of my brain," is what the girl named Jana said. Well, I
>> think this attitude is not just a personal thing but characteristic for a
>> time where substances like MDMA are the more merchantable ones. The 1980s
>> were the decade where this shift took place. What does it say about our
>> culture?
>>
>>
>> On 09.12.2015 20:46, Keith Davis wrote:
>>
>> Thought you might find this interesting...
>>
>>
>> http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/how-lsd-microdosing-became-the-hot-new-business-trip-20151120
>>
>> --
>> www.innergroovemusic.com
>>
>>
>
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