ACID ACCENTUATES YOUR MIND

Proper LSD Use Helps Open the Floodgates of Perception

"If you take acid, you can see God."

What is this strange, magical, wondrous substance? It is the catalyst
for the summer of love. One of the most potent drugs known to mankind.
Greatly misunderstood, yet a key to The Doors of Perception. Exploited
by the CIA in a secret mind-control program. A physical connection to
the spirit. One of the greatest inventions of mankind.

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is often called a hallucinogen by the
uninformed. Those in the know call it a psychedelic. I call it the
dissolver and creator of reality. Yes, LSD can create hallucinations,
but labeling it a hallucinogen is like calling the sun "a thing that
makes light." Psychedelics allow the user to connect to states of
"non-ordinary reality." They have the potential for creating
ego-shattering, soul-cleansing, spirit-soaring, life-altering states,
insights, connections and deconstructions. Being on LSD is like
letting the director of consciousness go on vacation. No longer will
thoughts, emotions, sights, sounds, patterns happen in a logical
progression of time. Suddenly, things become much simpler as you
realize that flowers you pass by every day are actually the most
beautiful expression of creation ever. Gone is the need or the urge to
understand, categorize, explain and contain things. Exuberant
happiness billows and raises you up to the heavens.

Color, art, music, people -- all seen for the first time again. Sure,
red is still just red, but how did it get to be SO FUCKING RED?!?!?!
And how is it that the red is also blue now that it's a representation
of the vibrations emanating from the speakers? Strange interconnecting
energies emanate from all levels of awareness.

It does not make sense that people would eat mushrooms but not try
acid. Many have said, "It's not natural." Yeah, neither is packing
over 20,000 people into a half square mile. Why is our community an
acceptable "unnatural" state? The point is that mushrooms, though
natural, are a much heavier, more intense, trickier entheogen than
acid. Acid trips are more likely to be light, happy and uplifting.
Mushrooms will take you to the dark side much more quickly.

Acid itself is fairly natural in its origins. Lysergic acid is a
natural substance found in many plants seeds such as morning glory
flower seeds. Originally, LSD was synthesized from Lysergic acid by
Dr. Albert Hofmann. On the infamous bicycle day (the eve of 4/20,
1943) Dr. Hofmann ingested LSD to explore what possible effects the
drug might have. What he found fueled a revolution of our culture, and
of our minds.

Artists, therapists, writers, musicians, scientists and many others
have found LSD to be useful to them in life's endeavors. This drug
facilitates profound insights into the workings of the universe and
the human psyche. Doctors have long used this tool for therapeutic
psychological healing and scientific exploration. Francis Crick
discovered the double-helix nature of DNA under the influence of LSD.
Likewise, the polymerase chain reaction, an important scientific tool
used in biology for replicating genetic strands, was thought of under
the influence. Both scientists received the Nobel Prize for their
efforts. Perhaps the awards should have gone to acid instead.

How would the government tap into the infinite potential of LSD? For
subjugation and oppression of course! MK-ULTRA was a secret program
run by the CIA whose goal was to discover a method to control a
person's mind. =46rom the early 1950s through the late '60s, different
types of drugs and techniques were used in hopes of achieving this
aim. Private citizens were given doses of LSD without their knowledge
or permission.

"Accidentally" receiving LSD could lead to a very scary and dramatic
experience. It is important to treat this special material with the
respect it deserves. LSD will reveal and amplify thoughts and
feelings. A person taking an unknown dose in a loud, crowded concert
venue alone is tempting fate. A user should inquire about the dose.
Having too little rather than too much is better for first timers.
Also consider mental, emotional, physical and social state before
tripping. A happy, healthy person who is with friends is much more
likely to have a pleasant, meaningful journey. It is possible to
experience heaven, so long as we recognize that fear is hell.

Daily Nexus drug columnist Alex Coffman sees rainbows each time the
bells in Storke Tower play their sweet song.