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Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008)

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008)

Documentary

The untold story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation.

Release Date: 2008, April 19
Directors: Peter von Puttkamer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Gryphon Productions
Cast: Timothy Leary, Andrew Weil, Bob Weir, Ralph Metzner, Jeremy Narby, Ken Kesey, Randy Borman, Martin A. Lee, Jonathan Ott, Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann, Robert Forte

Overview:

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

Keywords:

magic mushroom amazon rainforest explorer new mexico botanist anthropologist indigenous peoples lsd peyote ayahuasca oaxaca traditional medicine