Albert Hofmann in America by Bruce Eisner and Peter Stafford Way back inn October of 1988, Omni Magazine editor-at-large Dick Teresi commissioned Peter Stafford and I to write an article about the visit of Dr. Albert Hofmann to Los Angeles for inaugural ceremonies for a foundation established in his name. Peter and I wrote and submitted the following article which we got paid well for. However, Terasi left the magazine shortly after we submitted the piece and it was never published. Here it is, freshly edited. A gold plaque with the words “Albert Hofmann Foundation” glistening in the afternoon sun on Read more »
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Timothy Leary’s Ultimate Trip — Leary Interviewed by Bruce Eisner
Timothy Leary's Ultimate Trip — an Interview –by Bruce EisnerThursday, June 08, 1995
Note: We humbly apologize for not crediting David Banton for his transcription of Ram Dass' “Brave World or Island?” published in the last Island Views. We thank David for the transcript that follows.
My car pulled up to the large ranch house on a cul-de-sac in the Beverly Hills neighborhood — a house that I have visited scores of times in the past 12 years — since Timothy Leary had moved there from Laurel Canyon in 1984. In the past year, Leary has put up a web site offering a Read more »
By Bruce Eisner
Psychedelic Culture An Interview with Terence Mckenna
Psychedelic CultureAn Interview with Terence Mckenna
Bruce Eisner: When I was first talking about this issue, I wanted you to do something about psychedelics and culture. So the first question I have is, "How do you think psychedelics should be sensibly used in a culture or society?"
Terence McKenna: Well, it depends upon whether you’re talking about a very small, racially coherent and homogeneous culture like a rain forest tribe, or a mega-culture like the contemporary United States. The ways in which psychedelics are to be used are obviously very different. In a small, aboriginal culture there’s usually Read more »
By Bruce Eisner
Modern Alchemy: Interview with Ann and Sasha Shulgin
Modern Alchemy with Minds and MatterAn Interview with Ann & Sasha Shulgin
It was almost mid-day as Peter Stafford and I made our way up the hill to a small house with – on this clear December day – a stunning panoramic view of the east San Francisco Bay complete with bridges. It is a unique home because unlike most, it a laboratory in the back. The laboratory, filled with racks and glass and the smells of sharp-smelling chemicals is the place where the experiments in synthesis that Sasha Shulgin, one of the two subjects of this interview has conducted.
By Bruce Eisner
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Why We Get High - Interview with an Alchemist: Bear Owsley Interview
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LSD and Aldous Huxley’s Island: Setting Sail for a Better Country -
LSD Purity — From High Times 1977 — Updated Graphics
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Mystery of Time -
Albert Hofmann in America October 1988 -
Who Turned on Whom -
A Summer of New Beginnings
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Lukey: Very interesting. Thank you Bear for your contribu...
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