Thomas HatsisLSD -- The Wonder Child
The Golden Age of Psychedelic Research in the 1950s
Thomas Hatsis is a historian of psychedelia, witchcraft, magic, pagan religions, alternative Christianities, and the cultural intersection of those areas, who holds a master’s degree in history from Queens College. The author of The Witches’ Ointment and Psychedelic Mystery Traditions, he runs psychedelichistorian.com, a site dedicated to promoting the latest and best information pertaining to the Psychedelic Renaissance. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Foreword by Martin A. Lee
Before I Forget . . . Again
1 Pharmacies of Fairyland
Victorian Psychedelia
2 Mother’s Grain
A Brief History of the Ergot Fungus
3 A Peculiar Presentiment
Birth of the Wonder Child
4 Delysid
Seeking a Model Psychosis
5 The Great Lips
An Intentional Approach to Set and Setting
6 Mind Fields
Weaponizing LSD
7 Academic Espionage
Lucy in Disguise with Doctors
8 Enlightened Operatives
The Blood of Patriots
9 The World Where Everything Is Known
María Sabina’s Gift
10 Voices from Behind the Veil
ESP and LSD
11 To Soar Angelic
Birth of the Psychedelic Renaissance
12 The Vitalist Heretic
Critics of Chemical Mysticism
13 Altar at the Center of the Universe
Psychedelics as Sacred Medicine
14 Scoundrels and Explorers
Eternity in an Hour
15 Something Different than Madness
Hollywood, Popular Media, and LSD
16 The Madonna and the Gingerbread Man
LSD, Psychotherapy, and Alcoholics Anonymous
17 An Intellectual, Fun Drug
A Strange Fraternity
18 The Fall
The Tragedy of Timothy Leary
19 A Far-Gone Conclusion
Resurrecting the Renaissance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
