Psychedelic era

The Psychedelic era refers to the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, generally described as occurring during early 1960s to the mid 1970s. [cite book|title=St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture |first=Sara last=Pendergast |coauthors=Tom Pendergast |year=2000 |publisher=St. James Press |pages=p129] Some consider the psychedelic era to be more tightly limited to the years of 1965-1969. [cite book|title=I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era, 1965-1969 |first=James |last=Henke |coauthors=Parke Puterbaugh, Charles Perry, Barry Miles, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |publisher=Chronicle Books LLC |year=1997 |isbn=0811817253] 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". [cite book|title=The Psychedelic Reader: Classic Selections from the Psychedelic Review |first=Timothy |last=Leary |coauthors=Ralph Metzner, Gunther M. Weil |year=1993 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=0806514515]

References

* Stafford, Peter. (2003). "Psychedlics". Ronin Publishing, Oakland, California. ISBN 0-914171-18-6.

Notes

See also

*Psychedelic
*Psychedelic music
*Psychedelic art
*Psychedelic experience
*The Sixties

External links

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