Negative Space: LSD
- Drugs and Drug Abuse
- James Cassens wrote this for “The Christian Encounters” series. Some interesting information culled from a variety of sources.
- General Considerations
- We take drugs because we have achieved our cultural goals. We are at the “end of a myth” and are searching for a new one.
- Hallucinogens
- Hallucinogens have a long history with religion, from peyote to mushrooms and iboga.
- Lysergic Acid Derivatives
- For treating mental disorder, LSD is just as good as psychotherapy. However, that is literally saying that it’s as good as nothing.
- The Natural Mind
- Andrew Weil’s Natural Mind is mostly about the mind’s apparently amazing ability to trigger healing in the body, and that’s a fascinating topic in itself. Among these, he also discusses some of the bad research on LSD and the “damage” it purportedly causes in the laboratory.