Harvard Goes Psychedelic

[Hornbein]

https://mahindrahumanities.harvard....elic-literature-conversation-elastic-magazine

Harvard's Psychedelics in Society and Culture program supports Elastic magazine. This issue circles the porousness of the self, ecological entanglements, and how strange and sublime it is to be a living thing among other living things.

 

[sbrothy]

https://mahindrahumanities.harvard....elic-literature-conversation-elastic-magazine

Harvard's Psychedelics in Society and Culture program supports Elastic magazine. This issue circles the porousness of the self, ecological entanglements, and how strange and sublime it is to be a living thing among other living things.

The seriousness can probably be debated. It smells a little new-age-ish. Interesting nonetheless though.

If this topic interests you you should have a look at erowid.org if you haven't already. (Hope this site isn't prohibited. It seems serious and SFW to me. Depending on how deep you dig.)

 

[BillTre]

Wasn't Timothy Leary from Harvard?

 

[sbrothy]

Wasn't Timothy Leary from Harvard?

I remember he made some pretty tasteless experiments on inmates using pure psilocybin or something very similar. That can't possibly be even remotely funny being locked in a cell with no view.

 

[BillTre]

I remember he made some pretty tasteless experiments on inmates using pure psilocybin or something very similar. That can't possibly be even remotely funny being locked in a cell with no view.

Big advocate of LSD.

 

[sbrothy]

Big advocate of LSD.

Yeah. Can't say I personally think it's a good idea. Microdosing for therapy perhaps, but it has to be people who really really know what they're doing.

Reminded me I need to include LSD (or hallucinogens generally) here.

https://omecc.dk/disclaimer.php

Sorry for the 3D stuff not working right now (if indeed anything works!). I'm fighting with it after my main laptop decided to almost go up in flames.

 

[Hornbein]

Wasn't Timothy Leary from Harvard?

Yes. He and Richard Alpert. They did LSD experiments with divinity students.

 

[sbrothy]

Concord Prison Experiment

EDIT: Sorry for the wiki link, then again this is General Discussion.

 

[Mayhem]

Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world entire world, discovers the ancient concept of mysticism. This seems antithetical to an intellectual institution. What's next, the Peace Corp looking into thermonuclear weapons?

 

[sbrothy]

A lot of these experiments has been "falsified". Using unscientific methods.


Sorry I'm again on this public computer which disables copy/paste. You can find it if you want.

 

[sbrothy]

Concord Prison Experiment

EDIT: Sorry for the wiki link, then again this is General Discussion.

Without being able to coy/pate I habe to do this manually:

https://www.ovid.com/jnls/jonmd/abs...s-to_-silocybjn-administered-in-a-supportive-

EDIT: I’m not sure Dr Hofman would agree.

 

[sbrothy]

at the height of the counterculture movement, Leary was arrested 36 times

---- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

He may have been a psychologist but I think his "experiments" (wthout control groups etc) was irresponsible.

 

[sbrothy]

Sorry wrong link (Nice solo though)

 

[sbrothy]

Fun fact: their vocalist is an educated opera singer

 

[Mark44]

Richard Alpert

AKA Baba Ram Dass -- author of the book "Be Here Now," which was published along about 1971 or so.

 

[sbrothy]

I didn’t know him.