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The White Panthers

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

“The White Panthers were a far-left anti-racist white American political collective founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, … Continue reading →

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My Adventures With the Trip Doctors

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

“My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft in a suburb of a small city on the Eastern Seaboard. On this adventure I would have a guide, a therapist who, like an unknown … Continue reading →

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Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal (1968)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

“Myra Breckinridge is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. Described by the critic Dennis Altman as ‘part of a major cultural assault on the assumed norms of gender and sexuality which swept … Continue reading →

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Fear & Clothing: Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

“Countless writers have attempted to copy Hunter S Thompson’s distinctive style of gonzo wordsmithery. The opening paragraph of his book Hell’s Angels is, in fact, often taught in journalism classes as a prime example of ‘The Five Ws’ — What, … Continue reading →

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Gandalf’s Garden

Posted on December 26, 2018 by

“Gandalf’s Garden was a mystical community which flourished at the end of the 1960s as part of the London hippie-underground movement, and ran a shop and a magazine of the same name. It emphasised the mystical interests of the period, … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

“Steve has cops in his family, so he doesn’t tell many people about his work as an underground psychedelic guide. The work takes up a significant amount of his time – around once a week, he’ll meet a client in … Continue reading →

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GI Junkies: The Forgotten Veterans – Richard Kotuk (1971)

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

GI Junkies: The Forgotten Veterans “In the summer of 1971, when United States involvement in the Vietnam war was near its peak, Richard Nixon’s government commissioned a research project. The Pentagon knew that, confronted by the trauma of losing a … Continue reading →

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