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1968 A. Watts
THE EXPERIENCES resulting from the use of psychedelic drugs are often described in terms. They are therefore of interest to those like myself who, in the tradition of William James,x are concerned with the psychology of religion. For more than thirty years I have been studying the causes, the consequences, and the conditions of those peculiar states in which the individual discovers himself to...
American Journal of Psychiatry April 1, 1967 Albert A. Kurland, Sanford M. Unger, John W. Shaffer et al. 56 citations
The rationale of psychedelic therapy with alcoholic patients is focused on the alienation-breaking potential of "peak" or psychedelic experiences induced with the aid of LSD. An exemplary LSD session report and MMPI data on 69 pilot patients are presented for illustration. While all present results indicate that psychedelic therapy does add significantly to presently available alcoholic...
Religious Studies April 1, 1966 R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
A considerable part of mystical literature deals with, or reports on, experiences that are of a cognitive and not merely of an emotive nature. Information is alleged to have been received not only from higher spheres but also about these higher spheres. Detailed, and at times highly complex, theories are put forward regarding the nature and evolution of the cosmos, the essence of man and his...
JAMA July 12, 1965 Donald E. Widmann 37 citations
The medical community was alarmed recently by the uncontrolled and somewhat-promiscuous use of "hallucinogens" in one of our major cities. The lay press contained many accounts suggesting the various hallucinogenic properties, but emphasized that the drugs seemed to provide the user with something of a mystic experience— what has been called "instant Zen." InThe Beyond Withinthe author places...
The Psychology of Religion January 23, 1965 R. Stark
* This is pubication A-29 of the Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. The paper was written as part of a five-year program of research on various aspects of anti-Semitism being conducted at the Survey Center, under the general direction of Charles Y. Glock. The research is supported by a grant from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. I should like to thank...
JAMA January 11, 1965 Arnold M. Ludwig 55 citations
The use of hallucinogenic (psychotomimetic, dysleptic, psychedelic) substances to produce altered states of consciousness is not new,1-3but recently there has been increased interest and publicity given these agents. This renewed attention has been spurred by the discovery of several new substances, such as d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin, and psilocin, which have potencies far...
The Journal of Philosophy October 1, 1964 Huston Smith 113 citations
Until six months ago, if I picked up my phone in Cambridge area and dialed KISS-BIG a voice would answer, Ifif. These were coincidences: KISS-BIG simply happened to be letter equivalents of an arbitrarily assigned telephone number, while I.F.I.F. represented initials of an organization with improbable name of International Federation for Internal Freedom. But coincidences were apposite to point...
JAMA March 7, 1964 Jonathan Cole, Martin M. Katz 16 citations
FOR MANY YEARS several pharmacologically similar drugs—lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25), psilocybin, and mescaline, among others—have been of special scientific interest. In volunteer subjects, they have been known to produce a variety of intense and unusual psychic effects. These include bizarre visual phenomena, ranging from a heightening of the apparent brightness or beauty of colored...
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1964 Joseph Havens 5 citations
Joseph Havens, A Working Paper: Memo on the Religious Implications of the Consciousness-Changing Drugs (LSD, Mescalin, Psilocybin), Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring, 1964), pp. 216-226
PSYCHOLOGIA 1962 G. R. Jordan, Jr.
In the March 1961 issue of Psychologia Dr. Wilson Van Dusen presented LSD as a new means of arriving at satori, the Zen experience of sudden enlightenment. He said that the use of LSD is a faster method than years of meditation and suggested that the drug "could perhaps be used in a monastery in conjunction with conventional Zen practices to facilitate the student's development. ... " (1). From...