In the novel, the two main characters — Dylan, 34, and his cousin Yale, 23 — share in a psychedelic experience, Dylan’s first and Yale’s second. (This is before Dylan meets Dr. Stanislav Grof.) This is in what we might call the “basic range” of a psychedelic experience; I’d guess that tens of millions of people around the world have had a psychedelic experience in this basic range.
Thanks Mike for the vicarious morning trip. Your characters are often exploring the most interesting edges of consciousness.
One thought on the history of psychedelics, while it was before my time, I don't think "liquid psilocybin" was a thing in the 70's. Liquid LSD most certainly, but had not heard of psilocybin in liquid form in that time aside from making tea or home brew. Do you have a personal experience or fact check on that one?
It sounds like contrast is magnified but not in a way that is divisive; rather it highlights the way all things, with great nuance, actually fit.
Thanks Mike for the vicarious morning trip. Your characters are often exploring the most interesting edges of consciousness.
One thought on the history of psychedelics, while it was before my time, I don't think "liquid psilocybin" was a thing in the 70's. Liquid LSD most certainly, but had not heard of psilocybin in liquid form in that time aside from making tea or home brew. Do you have a personal experience or fact check on that one?