psychedelic - what does it mean?

Psychedelic

Psychedelic (psychotomimetic, hallucinogen): 1. (..)pertaining to a change in the normal state of conciousness, usually with some accompanying changes in the acuity of the senses. Also, "mind-manifesting".
2. (..) A drug that can allow such changes to occur. The word was coined by Dr. Humphrey Osmond in the 1950's.
Shulgin, Thikal Transform Press

The "Classic" psychedelics are: LSD , mescaline and psilocybin. Other psychedelics include: 2-CB , 2-CT-2 and 2-CT-7 . See also magic mushrooms and chemical psychedelics .

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Tihkal
On line version of Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved: The Chemistry Continues, By Alexander and Ann Shulgin - An overview of more than hundred tryptamines (psilocybin is a tryptamine) containing lots of substances with psychedelic properties.

Pihkal
On line version of Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved: A Chemical Lovestory, By Alexander and Ann Shulgin - An overview of more than hundred phenethylamines (mescaline is a phenethylamine) containing lots of substances with psychedelic properties.

Psychedelic-library.org
Hundreds of articles in the catogories: Psychotherapy and Psychedelic Drugs, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics and Culture, Psychedelics and Social Policy, Psychedelics and the Religious Experience, Psychedelic Experience and Personal Growth and more.

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
MAPS is a membership-based non-profit research and educational organization with about 1800 members. We assist scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the healing and spiritual potentials of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana.

Medical Possibilities for Psychedelic Drugs
Article: Scientists at the Orenda Institute in Baltimore are taking a novel approach to treating drug addiction: They plan to give patients LSD.

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