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NEW YOaK PROVO, a magazine of psychedel ic re vol u t i on , i s

i s pub l i she d irregula r __ , if a t a l l , s omewhere on th u l owe rEast S id e . t will accept any a r t i c l e s on psychedel i c pheno mena wi th an a n arch i s t or lfla rx i s t por s pcc t i ve, vvi t h th eproviso t ha t yhc ~ o l · <lL:"e:es to r emain anonymou s . Id ea s a r c

m p o ~ t a n t ; ego contosts are not .

NEW YORK PROVO ux i s t :-: because it::'3 i mposs ib l e to expre sssom e i deas on but tons or handbi l l s . Wu apologize :o r our1i cold media 1; , l1 i l l u s t r a t i ons , single - spa c ed lin e format .Unfortuna t e ly we arc stoned poor , b e s d ~ s be i ng ston ed .I f you Nant to d i g wha t we have to say , you ' ll hav t: to r ead

s i n l s p a c e d mimeod copy .:: :: -·- -

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Aru you a Pr ovo? A Provo i s a Provo bucause he doe s , notb ~ c a u s h o b e l o n

We a re lookin g fo r thu ~ b s L e N ~ A n a r c h i s t In t e rna t i ona l .¥

Conten t s :

p 1- - PROVOS - -·a r t i c l o.p . 2 - -HAROLD HEI·.PHILL ANO HI::> PSYCHEDELIC LINGJ-I.M- - f i c t ion .

p. S- - DUTCH PROVO - - passage uxcu r pt ed fro m a t ransl a t i onof an ar t i c l e in tho magaz i ne of Dutch Proves .

p . 9 - - DRUO RIFFS-- - fea tu r e .p . 1 0 - - PSYCHEDEL I CS AND SOCI LIST PERSPECTIVE - -a r t i c l e .p . 18- - PROLYXIN ELIXIR- - f actua l p e r s onal ~ x p e r i o n c

Formula::tfor me sca l i oe ext rac t i on f r om :t:e yo te :

Cove r :Jell v i t h t e r • • •Boil for two gours • • . Dra in and press (vr i nepress i s· boss }o. o Boil dmm to s trlilnB cof fee consis tency • • • Cool •••

F i l l ~ l a s s bot t l e approx. t fu l l with j u i c e ~ •• Add lb . lye f toeach 2 e;al . of j uiee., a g ~ _ a t e ~ ~ d ~ s o l v . .• (Sh? uld get hot - allovlto caol) . . . . . .. . .Nex t add equal quant i ty of ben. ·zene (not ben - zine , the popul a r so l vent but pure grade Benzene) • • • Seal conta ine r wi th c over which willallow j a r to work as ex t r ac t i on f l as k ••• Inve r t ~ t imes ••• Al l ow

u s p ~ m s o n to break • •• Dr'IDI of f bebezffine when fu l l y se t tled ••• Add

PFt 2 (norma l ) su l fur ic acid (1 0 so l . ) drop by dr op un t i-l so lu t ioni s normal(<Z PH), a e;i t a t e to mix acido •• re move ppwder f rom bottom . · •Add as much water by iSJolume as p9wder • • h e a t slowly in beaker ·inPiln of wate r -ben zene \vil l boi l away- odor of benezene wil l vanishwhe n a l l i s well .• okl low to cool s l ow ly.Afte r severa l hours f i l t e r and wash c:pystals with acetone •••Repeatwith once cooke d cactus . . . Lone; l i vd the Psychedel i c Revol u t i on



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PROVOS

Lat ely I find tha t · I m spending my t i me dodging oth e r pe opl e sgame s , l ik e th e draf t game, the co p s con t rol game , th e narco squad sbust-heads game . I don t r eally \ 'rant to bothLr th ose people . Butthey ve never stopped to ask my f eel in gs on the matte r .

I dig love- - l ik e to walk down t he s t r ee t wher e th e vibrat ionsa re good . rrhos e who go ar ound hat ing a r e nowher e . But when t he

flowe r pow e r cont in p cnt t e ll s me tha t the only way to survive i s toc l ean up, l ook r espectable, and l ove the cops- -well , I jus t don tknow about tha t . Somehow, with tha t 25 yea r s entence hanging ove rour heads , we ~ supposed to 11ass i milat e '' in to Am er ican society .Like th e Jews in Ger many?

l can .a l l play the Til:.E-LI Ji E game ? and make the ma s s media , andkeep on r econstructing bourgeois culture in i t s own image . But wh erei s th e psychedel ic r evolut ion at? The old society an rt th e old valuesare corrupt - - obvious examples l ik e Vie t Nam asid e . And a l l of ushave found tha t even i f you drop out - - i f you chan ge your life andyour values- - you re still s o m ~ r i n A m ~ r i c u n socie ty . The ni t tygr i t t y of Ame r ican soc i ety i s a power s t ruc ture , bui l t on guns and

money, And th er e i sn t r eal l y a quest ion of co- existenc e , becausea l l power s tructur es demand compl et e al le p:i anc } . Th a t s why no utopihas ..ever suc ceeded in t l t is country . The on es tha t f a i l ed , fa iled .The ones tha t succ e eded, l ik e the r· ormon s in Utah , we r e force ablybrought back in t o th e Am er ican i;ia ins t ream, w ~ r you com pe t e only i fyou have money. I f t he psychedel ic r evolution means anything , wehave to think about of f e r ing a new soci ety in pla ce the old , one tha tcan deal with mod ern t echnolo,,.v wi th out be in p- t ra ns formed in to anothevar ie ty of Sta t e Ca p i ta l ism. Otherwise we ' re jus t put t in g ourselveson .

Unfor tunat el y New York Provo can ' t offer i t s ve r y own sl1iningvi sion of a new society . Idea s will evol ve in ~ n y heads . Bu t wehave two simpl e con1r ents . Firs t , to tho s e who think t lwt th ey can dothe i r th i ng within the system, we point out tl1e almos t l imi t l es scapac i t y of .the pm;er s t r tccture and th e ma ss media to a bsorb and cor

r u ~ t good people and id ea s . I t s a l o t sma r te r t o tu rn on PuertoRicans thap. to t ry to make deal s w i t ~ h the Tact ical Poli ce Force •.Second, to th ose who want to do .a t o t a l l y n ew , \ipur e '' th ing , we thinkt ha t th e r e i s much to be l earned f r om socia l sc ienc e and I ~ r x i s mNow most l e f t i s ts i n t h i s coun t r y a re s l i c:htl y cr azy . They spend soPluch time a rgu ing a bout ideol ogy- -mainly to avoid doing anythi nr.- tha t they end up being uptight , aggr es s ive adrenaline - heads . Adrenal in e i s l ik e a natura l amphetimine , a stimulant tha t your bodyproduce s in s t ates of s t ress and conf l i c t . This means tha t a l l thel e f t i s t s a re rea l l y jus t ge t t in g high . Real s toned le f t i s t s end up

as adrenaline addicts ; and l ik e A- heads t hey re a lways rappi ng ,running d own a standard. s e·t of r i f fs (HM:-.r x i sm- Len inism11) . Th ey d

ra ther argue than teach . This i s to o bad , b e c a u s ~ l furx i sm , t o ~ e t h e rwith socia l scienc e , has a p ~ e t t y good under s t and 1ng of how th 1ssociety ope ra tes .

Like th e Di rrg er s , Proves he l i eve tha t the comm unity should r eahsorb the [ ov-rer s and functions tha t th e State has taken f or i t s el f .



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But Pro vos go f r th er because we see tl1at tlle community must developnew wa;rs of rl l i n 1t:ith nl l of t e chnologv and mass society . Eve ryonei s faced imm ecl.ia t el y wi til the power structure . Provos seek to provo ke cl ear u n d r s t n d i n ~ of the power s t ructure . New York Provo pro poses s pread i ng psychedel i c s widely now , mass ive non- violent res i s -t ance , ~ d Nerry Prankster provocationis t pol i t ics , to reveal toeveryone how cruel and as inin e the power s tructure i s .

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HA ROLD HEEP HILL AND HIS PSYCHEDELIC LI NGAJ.:

(The author wri t es : i i A def in i t e work of psychedelic por-nography , dedica ·ted to a l l thos e who woul d suppress t . Heapo l ogiz e s: · ;I llope tha t th i s story wi l l never be misconstruedas corroborat i ve evidence shoul d the autho r ge t arrested for,say , l i t te ring , and I f ind i t neces sary t o proclaim my in t 0r est in d r ~ g to be stoned academic. I could l i e to you, andt e l l you t he s tory was writ ten dur i ng a two -week mari juanahigh , because wh en I t r ied to wr i . e i t hi p:h on LSD I en rled upt rac ing the pat terns 1•rhich app eared on t he pape r , but l 1 11l evel wi th you: I wa s drunk .

liThe author 1..-as also under th e toxic influences of theI· a r aui 3 de Sa de , Ti mothy Leary , Rob e:::-·t Dylan , Dr Kraft - Ebbing,·Donal d Lauria, Soupy S ~ l e s and an unknown Frenck pornographer .I hope any mora l o i l d c t i o n will be div i ded among thes e , themaj or i ty fa l l ing n;:->cn th o shoulders of Dr. Lauria whose remarkable piece of ss ier se f i i o n oupplied me with the most subl imesort of aesthe t ic i ncp i ra t ion. (See footnote 3 )

l·:y r eade r i:n_ >t fo r give my occas i onal l apse s in to t ot a ldepravity along my in ·tD,·mit t .:mt ut i l iza t ion of dr ug- cu l tu r eslang . I have ~ ~ L d a conc i se set of f ootno tes , tha t thenon- user may be n b ~ to unde rstand the esoter ic ve rnacular .Wi th t hese bri ef r emnrks I l eave you to the chaos of my ne rvoussyst em . . •• . . , . )

r s i ~ Bardo

Harry Hemphill glc.t11C ed contemptuousl y a t his momentary ref l ec t ion in the m l l vi 2l of r l qui d which he anxiously examinedunder a desolat e sliv er of l ght tha t had somehow managed to es capethe fate most sun s llino encoun t er-:s on E 15th St . and Ave . :E. As hissl m ~ i n g e r s bepnn t o t ra ce th e bot t l e 1 s del i n iat ions a previouslyrepre s serl thought floated. fur t i ve ly from Hemphill 's overac t iv eunconscious into tha t adamentine s E: ctor of his be ing where i n aware nes s r c;sides.

1' Perhaps I shou ld e1i1:9ty the contents of th e via l in to the

sink or t o i l et and abandone my heinous plan . Maybe I am in -

sane , and I should con ce t r ate on preventin e; my madness fromresul t in g in my impr isonment . 1'

But as Harry focu sed hi s consc i ousness on llis recent past , herealized tha t i t was t o ~ l t e to r econs i de r . His vile vision ofvindict ive p e r f e c t i o tad sustain ed him throu p ;h 2 years of nea rsuic idal bein g , and H:::trry knew tha t abandoning i t would mean allow i ngthe beast which r nr,ed wi .thin him to de stroy him . Even i f he wass ome how able to overc ome t his beas t , t he other conspirators invo l ved



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would e x t e r ~ i n a t e ~ i m i f they f e l t he was consider ing recantation,there wa s , 1n r ea l1 t y , no turning back .

As t he se m ~ g h t s rac er1 r o t ~ g l l Harrv s mind, Pr i se i lla Tuii,Ia lpulled her opt1cal - a r t dress up over her sunburnt should er s in thea ,)artment which faced Harry 1 s acroos a narrow airsl laft . Ins tant l y mes sage rushed from the occipita l sector of Harry's brain to t l1e arof. th? hypothalmus which r i s o n e d his often mi sd i rec t ud l i b ido .P r ~ s c ~ l l a

t hen systematic a l l y r emo ved her braziere and pant ie s and~ a n t ~ l y pl ant eCI. herse l f on a bide t wh ic h had recently been i ns t all~ n th e c ~ n t e r of her livingroom. I hes itate to reveal th e lasc ivio

t ~ o u g l ; t s ~ h i ~ h pass eel ~ l l r o u g h Hemltill ' s mind as he surrep t itiou s l l,r

Vlewen Pr1Sc1lla douch1nG herRel f for fea r my pen i t s el would beove rcome with shame and p C rha Js refuse to impar t i t s ink upon th esur f ace of the Jap er . But l et it suff ic e to say that Pr i s c i l l a hada r oused Harry ts best i a l ins t incts to tile de e;re e tha t h i s a l l- consuming obsession was disso lv ect in a stm ·my sea of pru r ience anhe was o n s c i o of r eal i t y pur el y s e x 1 in nature .

Unconsciously, Harry pl aced t he t r<msparent vial which a fewseconds ago he had been per-usin p: wi tl1 in t en se in teres t a ga ins t t hein fl amed skin of hi s peni s , in a abort ive attempt to quell the f i r e

tha t had lo c= ·lizecl_ i t s e l f in t lwt most sensi t ive of organs . But thomnipres ent hand of p r o v i d e n c ~ sud.denly intervined , and Ha r ry a c i dspil l ed the amorphous contents of the via l , compl ete ly inunda ting hnew e r ec t penis and two s l i gh t lv atroph i ed te s t i cles .

Th e vial had container til e endproduct of a long and a r duous s eof bioche1:1ica l react ions, and was ca-pable of producing i t s e f fec t inman a t dosap.:es ~ : 0 0 times r: , · , l. l e r than the smallest c r i t i ca l dose ofLSD . I t s ps :rcho t ropic effec ts bad not as yet been fully i nvestigatebut were somewha t comparab l e to those a ch ieved by sn i f f ing carbonaclean ing f lu id wh i le hi p 11 on a pr olonged shot of DhT . Thi s pern i -c i ous hal l ucinogL1 w ~ s mixed with a hi rthl y concentrated form of _m·SOa chemi cal which u s e s th e e:;;>idermic l ayer of the human body tometamorphose into a permiable 1o1embrane and thus r ead i ly permi t any

substance placed on the affected a r ea to diffuse in to th e bl oodstreand e ventual ly to the br ain . So t h e un stab l e l iqu id wh i ch w s nm•Isp Pedi l y evaporatinG in to the s ta le a i r of Harry s ra i l road f l a t wadesigned to be instantaneous ly psychedel ic , and would t ru l ly f i t inth a t catagory which the sagac i ous Dr. Lauria t e rmed The Nightmar eDrugs .3

Awa r e of th e project ed effec ts I have enum erate d , Harry tremblwith f ear w i t i n ~ tho dis t inc t ion of be in f th e f i r s t human be ing todie from an overdose of the insidious utopiate . But ins t ead of th eove rpower ing rush4 a nd subsequent mort i f ica t ion Ha r ry had acc ept edhis ult imate destiny , his pen i s beFan to ext end and ~ e ~ r a c t a t ~ l t enate in t ervals of th i r ty s econds while his sc rotum d1l1gent ly fo l l osu i t . Harr y surmis r d tha t he had stumbl ed u p n ~ or_rather t r i p p ~across , a drug h i h ac t eel a s a l ocal psvchede l1c , l . e , a dru r: w h cexpanded th e consci ous ness of a par t icula r part of t he body , l eav1nt he surrounding t issues unaffected.

A va p.:ue rl rows i ne ss then en rml fed Hemph i l l 1 s confused i nt e l lec tas hi s sentienc e rlrifted. s lovdy toy,rard hi s geni ta ls .

Second Bardo

Harry had beun reborn in to the Unive rse of Sexua l Un r ea l i ty , a



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the f i r s t r e presen ta t ive of t h i s f a n t .:.3y-mac ro co s m t h a t h e e ncounteredwas n on e otl10r than Pr i s c i l l a Tuinal , dr essed i n th e flowing b l ack

and v•rh i t e hab i t o f a Cathol i c Nun, l eadin o an o.pp::: ·oxima. t e ly 1 2-y ea r- old f ema l e parochia l s t ud en t in to h i s mid s t . The ch i l d s irmnn t u r e

b rea s t s had a l ready b e ~ u n to develop, and we r e ju st bar0 l y perc ep t ib l e wh ere they b u l e d b eneath th e symbolic c re s t a nd p e n f i l lpocket of her b lu e Catho l ic Schoo l uniform He r JT13t ciling d r ess

covered he r kne es an{ f o r1.1ed 2e d L ~ c t i

ve con t ras t, w ith h e r t h i ckt a s t e l e s :s s tockin g s and brown pedalpush e r s , whil e ll e .J.· s t r a i gh t blondeha i r accentuatecl th e pal e , ev en fea tu r e s of h e r b lu '3 - e yed r i sh- Ame r ic a n countenance . Si s t er P r i s c i l la u ~ n i.nL :::-oduc ecl t he younginnocent as '1La r i e 1

, divulg in g the t r u e s i e ; n i f 8 U of Bobby Dyla n she r e t ofo r e ambigu ous l yr ic , i• vJhere a re y n '.l to ·l Swe et Nar i e ? toHarry , who was pan t ine and drool in r; uncon trolauJ.:r ,

Aft e r whisp e r in g i n e f fab l e in s·c r uct lons t h e r cll.:trge , Sis t e rTuina l ha s t i ly withdr ew i n to an ad j uc c n t i . l t c ; n l . : .• l ea ving t h i sunde f i l e d ma i d e n to th e v i c i s s i t u d es of o . . : c i . H i . l l r s fan cy . Bu tit was th i s paragon o f Chri s t i a n v i r tu0 11ll o w ·1 ly p r o a c h e d Harry ,and reachin g in to h e r b r e ns t pocke t _,vi tl1 her t r ::) cmcl fo r ef in gc r ,magi c a l ly p roduced a skinny c i ga re t t e . 11 i;J,mlcl j ou l ik e a j o in t o f

b la c k hash? ·,5 sh e in ou i r ed p o l i t e l y , a .:. ·: ,c ;)f fe:;.· c d h i ra th e sp ik edr ee f e r . Harry ac cep tu cd it pr eedily , a n ~ pJ t t1e c iga r ett e be t weenhis y el l ow t ee th a 1 1<:d t inr , i ts i gn i t ion r :. ; "1 . ·· t:-·cl k o f matches withan opt i cal a r t p a t t e rn on c over , p r o t b y gift from r i s c i l l a ?Il'iari e withdrew a s o l i t a r y match and lit L 1 n ~ ' ) t ~ c c i ga re t t e .

Jus t a s Ha r r y was abo 11.t to cockt.n-' .1 I ) : P. ro ac h l :a r i e beg ...n un but tonin p; h e r blous e r evea l in g a wh i t e unC:eJ.chir t with two smallhumps mildl r pro t rud in g f r om i1er ch er-t. . r :1 e :1 -·.:cb ing with bothhands to t he s id e of h r·- r dress , th e minor .. .-::_ t.: l a g motion sh e dthe ga rmen t wh i ch h n.d p r e vi<msly s e c re t e c1. h ::: :r : : . r ess pod enda .Harry had now a t ·ta ined a p i tch of frem1y l':he r e ·1is pr ick twi tched

involunta r i l y while h i s te sticles did ~ e r s a u l t s > 2nd , n eed l e s s tosay, t he roa ch Harry wa s t r y ine; L ~ O do - up f f e l l ··· ·J th e fl oo r . h a r i e

then r emoved both Ha r ry v s pan ts and u n d e r m t : ~ . ·,ri -,h one swi f t , experi -enc ed j e rk ,. a f t e r which she f e ll to h e J.. ;-,.n e e ::> a. r.d begnn i mp l a n t in gtend e r k is s e s . on Harold s f r e n z i ~ e r e c i o n . t u a l l y she plac edt h e blood - r e d he a d of Ha r ry s organ of r u ~ u l in t o h e r t t1in- l ip pedmouth, s t a r t ed s lowly to move lw r head <m d. :.:.\, ..; ,· ·:_t:, crazy . Ionce ap:ain hes i t a t e to re v ea l t h e s c u r r i lous l ~ m , s h t s which passedthrou gh e m ~ h i l l ' s mincl when, on the verge r ' :... << :J .s: .1, Har i e loosen e dher l ab ia l i p t hus pe r mit t ing a s t r e lm o:.· J t o gu s h fo r th ancls t a in h e r inn oc en t chi l d s face . Let it ~ e La : ay t ha t Harryin tc:·rtwined h i s f ing e r s in her f lowin g ::_ r.:r:. and l e t f low aquant i ty of scum which was beyond be l ie :' ... Fe- r f I we r e to descr ibe

th e n eurolo gi ca l ord e r of Harry s nerv e .. s r "1 · ':; rbaJ. l y , I f ea rt ha t my r eade r s b ra ins would f a l l -out t l: ·:on z;il ·t 11e l r no se s and rip;g r

mort is wou ld · immed i a t e l y se t in .As Harry baske d i n t l1is ef f l upent ~ of e G p i l e d Catho l i c

pur i t y , with h i s sp illed sp erm seed now d:ri p:Jj G fTom he r rose y chee ksto h e r holy meda l l i on , a door svrung or or n.r; :::ix p la inc lo thesde tec t i v e s , s ix uniforme d pa t ro l men, ' l l lcl S [ . tJ_n F':i.nk , a l l from the

F i f t h St . Pr e c in c t . Ha r ry ex c l a imGd . . .'1I d idn 1 t do no t hin 1

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as Captain F ink ap9roached him and se i z. ·3d t-.he roc.c :1 whi ch Hemphillhad incau t i ous ly d i s gard cd from the marble f l o o r benea th h i s fee t .



5You cal l t hi s nothin g?•·Fink anFr i ly demanded of Harry as he exh.ib it ed the incriminat ing butto his f el low l awmen , b c k o n i n them to ent er .

ol • • • A :d how about th i s scum- s ta ined s eventh gr ader ,I suppose you call he r nothin g too • . . ? •

he added as one of t he det e ct ives slapped handcuffs end l ee i rons onth e spea ch l ess f elon s wris ts and unkles r e spect ivel y.

11You 1ll _f'-:.z for th is . . .

one of t he detectives in t er j ected me lodrama t ic a l ly • .•

cause i t wasI D Y

daughte r you just ravi shed• i

Dnd from t l1e l andscape of bl ue-un iforms, r ed-necks and shiney badgesDe t ect ive 0 ' b:-ien of t he Ko sher Squad eme r ged wh er eupon tile pe t r i f i edchi ld began to wh i mpe r :

1; Dada , Dada , D:....tda , Etc . e t . a l . 11

. a s i f she were givinp.; a l ec t ur e on <:m ant i - nr t movement promin ent inth e ear ly nineteen- t wen ti es . Obvious ly , th e ~ i s u s e d chi ld ha d .r etrog r essed in te llectua l ly to a l evel far be low her previous capacitwhich enrar,ed her f athe r .

i i m B;Oing to k i l l you, s i lver stud cl.ed phantom ;.he s creamed , conf us ing Dyl an s r i f f in th e ' Ga t es of Eden'8( r a r i e s

f a v o r t ~ r eco rd ) with th e repercu ss ions of an incident th nt occuredbe tween s ix members of Hell s Angel s and and th e college stud ent

d a u r : ~ h t e r of a lo ca l Detcctiv e who wa s s el l in g magazines door-to - doori ~ Southern California . Tl1en de mon s t r a t in g the need for a Civil ianPol i ce v i ~ Board even in t he kingdom of .Sexua l Unreality , Det ec t i vO' Brien commenced punch th e shi t out of th e suspect, whil e th e oth erar r es t in g of f i cers CJ.dd cd t hei r ob s cene j i bes and insul t s , r nth c·r thanin t ervening on t Je accused s behal f .

1' Ask her V l:r.•:i ·e s he c;ot ·th e Op-ar t mat ches "

Harry pl eaded fut i ley.Third Ba r do

Two minu tes af te r Hemphill ' s a ccident, co-c onspi rat o r Ethe l Tr i ptmine ent ered hi s deso l a t e dwel l in g and observed him standing a t thewindow, obs t en s i bly wa tchin g Pr i s c i l la Tuina l continue t o dou c l1e her

sel . Hi s ge ni t a l s were s till undul at i ng a s pr eviou s ly d c r i b ~whic h i ndica t ecl to Ethel thnt an i r r epa i rab l e mi s hap llad occ ur ed inhe r absence . Aft e r spott ing t he oft - compt empl at ed via l r es t in g supinon th e f l oo r , Etha r infe r r ed th e exact c ircums t anc es of hh e ca lamity,but was a t a loss for nct i on. She begu n to pl ead de spa r a t e l y withHa ro l d , hoping t ha t associa t ions l inked with her voi e woul d br ing hiba ck t o focus .

;; Har:ry, Harr y i t 1" s me Ethe l , Et h el Tr ip t amine ; Ha r rywe we r e g o i n ~ to contaminut e tl1 e r ese rv oi rs of Tulsa,Okl a homa , and sc r ew-up t he l ame s--Harry, don ' t you r emem-bcr the Psyched>l i e War fa r e l lovement? •

Bu t t he potent drug he had abs orbed t llr ou,P"l l hi s sk i n still l ocalizedt t pr e car i ous el ect ro- chemic a l stc\Si s , whi ch we in th e t te r m

~ or consc iou sness , in t he neurolo gic al la byr in th of Harold Hemphir ep r oduc t i ve or gans . Eth el joinGd. the disposable n eedl e of a l1ypoderr ·.yr i nge , which she fo und. l ying n r Ha r ry s va cuum- pump , with a baby'pac i f i e r , wh i ch sh e: ex t r acted from he r po cke t -book, by drawin e; a p i ecof bl ac k t hread aro und t he pac i f i e r 1 s ou t er r i rn . She su r veyed th enumerous dru r;s and chemical s Ha r ry had ha phazard l y ly ing aronnd hi sapartment , and chose a s mall bottle marked YTbor Jzin e El i x ir 1 . 9By s qu eez i ng the ma lleabl e ext er i or of th e pac i f i er , sh e in duc ed partc•f t he liqu id to i"ill i t s i nte r i or , < nd in jected Ha r ry intramuscuall y



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with it about one h a an inch from his groin , hoping radica lly to

change his setFourth Bardo

H:n-ry vm ..; 1 ' '-::_ ·. :..11 i:1 f'.:1. o<:.k-pnn l. l cd r o n furn i 1:>h ... d in Lo. t c:: Col on i a lAmer ican , wi t l1 th r Sta -r Spang l ed Banner pl aying in th e backe:r ound ovfJra musac system which was so d i sgu i s vd th r. t th l; sound seemed toeminat e f ro m no on e place in par t i cu Lar . He W c ~ S s i t · ing in an over

s tuf fed armchair , with his fee t re s ting on a hassock , f ee l i ng qu i ted i z·zy. _Nex t to him s a t two b l oo :lhounds , one with a pai r of s lippersin i t s mouth , and t he othe r with the \rlashi ngton Post between i t st ee th . The smel l o f ·.ot ap) l o p i c· r JS c n u s i n th < :.: kn ee l i ng b l ood hounds t o grow res t l e ss , ~ r i 1 n Pri s c i l l a Tuinal chee r fu l ly entered by· ·>.a t a p p c a d to be t.he ld ·cchen door , carrying on h e r a r m a f resh l ybaked al)p le p ic . Accompanying Fr i s c i l l a was Librium-Bi r d Sch i ckl gruber ,t h e dau gh t er of t h e b.oni f ic €m t [md pen c e - loving ru l e r of Ha r r y snDt : .ve l und. Libr:i.um·-Bird w2s wcnr i ng h e r ~ r e e n madras blouse andher black t o r reador pants , and r e s c m t he avernge Ame r i can un i -ve r s i t y student in every de ta i l . Idss Tuina l plac8d the s t eamin gappl e p i e on a mahogany c:mdtable a fo ot f r ol tl \ vh c r o Harry sa t , thens i l ently absented l1or se l f f r om Harry 1 s and the girl ' s p r esen c e .

1iDaddy Daddy--bi rd . .-exclaimed the g irl

liTho d ead pre gnant wo n1nn a r r i v d C. 0 . D. from Vi e t Name today . 11

Harry s mouth b r.:;_ ... 1 to w ~ t .Some component i n Ha r ry s pr e s enti ncarna t ion made the idea of pr egnan t or i en ta l cor ps e highly

s t imul a t ing to him. But h e 1ras t a k en aba ck when he hea r d h ims elfr ep l y:

•iExcc: llont , Daughter , but f i r ;,;t , why don t you have a l ooka t my s : a r . . . ?

and s lowly unzippi ll& 5s f ly , Ha r ry exposed h i s wizen e:d penis to the

smil ing teenager he h ~ d ca l l ed a u ~ h t1'Now Daddy_ , .

the g i r l an swe r coyly ,You know t hat you r appendix i s n t l o c t e d i n your g lan s

p n i ~ so how cou l d t .ho scar from your a ppendec tomy exh i b i ti t s elf t h r c ? Lct t n be se r i ous Daddy ; Why get yourse l farous ed by my touch and th ereby incur tl1e mo r a l gu i l t e ngen d e r ed by an inc e s tuous r e l n t ~ 1 . s h i p , when you have a t yourd i sposal the means to consummnte p l easure f re e from eve r yt a in t of morel r emonstranc e Nanis pur i ta nica l mind i s c a pab l eof imposin e upan n 2.tu re? For , when t r a ced to i t s ul t ima t eorig ins ) docs not moral i ty spr in g from a ce r ta in en l i t hten e dconsiderat ion for one s fSll ow man? Chr i s t i a n morali t y mostce r t a in ly rloes. TberGf ore , wh en you vi ol a te tha t yel lowp:;:-egnant corpse , v.r hich your servants have me t i cu l ous l y p r e pared for you u t ~ ~ i z a t i o Q , yo u v i o l ~ t e no mora l pre c ep t , sinceth e woman i s dci1.d and t he re fo re i s no longe r e g d e d as af e llm-v huma n b e ing .; ,

All t h i s phi losophy confuse d Harry while in c i t i n g his l owerb ~ a i n c ente r s to as sume contro l of his wi l l . I t also s e rve d t oresusc i ta te his dev i t a l i zed member, t o t he point thn t h i s daught er scare s s es wou l d b o merely superf luous.

;,Librium-·B i rd . .Harry h eard h i mse l f say

You cmd I know that I am go in g to bugger t ha t c orp s e not



7becau se o ~ any des ire to take ou t; my n eeod for you on a d eady ollmo1 b o c ~ r ; 11-0.. because I am a n ec rophi le {as some t r e a s o n ~ u . sfac t ions have suggested) , and , not even because sh e ' s th ebest I ~ a n get sinc e Looney- Bird turned gay, but Daughter ,I am go1ng to bugg e r th a t t h e ( ~ o r p u s d i l e c t i be cause ·

0 I AN A PATRIOT ·· - -- · 0

Even the credulou s Librium was astounded a t Harry ' s s t a t ~ m e n t andhau t i l y r e s p o n ~

•

0 N m ~ r e ~ l l y , . Daddy, . you don 1 t expec t me to believe a spurio

rHt1·onal1zat1.on l1.kc tlw·c? Come now, Papa , I know you can•

0 do be t te r th an tha t . . . ...

no of confidenc e dominat ed Harry 's voic e as he r eplied to · hisdau r;hte r : ·

• Ah Libr ium , be l le of the South, d idn ' t I te ll you sh ewas pregnant? Do you want tha t kid coming over h e r e tos t ea l our womEm . and r ape our T . V. s0ts? And stop tha t Hf r e efrom every t a i n t of moral r emonstra n ce 11 c.n-ap. I a i n ' t a b i tin t e re s t ed in th 2t tu rd . All I know i s tha t th e r e ' s a f ix edamount of mater ia l wealth t h --th i s \'iorld i s physica l lycapable of p r o ~ u c i n and I aim to see th e Caucasian rac e

g ~ it a l l ;0

Librium c ould of fe r no rebut t a l to Harry 's i r r efu t a ble lo g i c ,

she wa lk ed - ip.to the oro om where th e corpse was s to r ed. She promptlyr e turned with two spe c ia l a gents , h o depos i ted th e naked, ·bu lg ing

0 body on Ha r ry s or od- and.- wlliit e s t r i.pped couch , sa lu t ed , then depar t 0HDaddy, aren ' toyou gc. in g to wai t till it thaws a lit t le? i r

asked the in qui : :dt ive t0cnagc r . But Harry was panting so heavi lyt ha t Li br i um' s w o ~ d s l;r8re unin t ellig ib le . Rece iving no reply, Librsea t e d h e r s e l f in t ; ~ 1 e r m c h a · ~ : - whi ch Harry lla d previous ly occupied,s l ipped of f h er ·b lac k t o rre2dors , and began s hoving p ~ e c e o f theappl e pie tha t P ri sc i -. la u had l ef t on the endtable , i n t o h ~ rpulsa t ing vagina . Vv'hi_le Li b r i um exhib i t ed th e ra re abe r ra t ion Kraf-Von Ebbing t e r me d \ivic t ua l iph el i a li , Har ry at tacked the corpse mercl e ss ly . As he went a uout h i s wre tched business , his pa s s ion , inflamby the touch of cold but tocks , slowly increased to th e poin t where

Har ry brok e in t o son g :·; . • • and h e r ass hole ' s red gl are

as I burs t it with ca regA v8 proof through her sh i tt ha t h e r cunt was s t i ll th e reOh say sha ll my s ca r - spangl edba nana s t il l wavewh e re whit emen a re Kingsand th e niggers a re s lav e sPlay Bal l "

1oi th th ese concluding words Harry burst in to a paroxism of orga sm wvery wel l might have a pp r ox i mated Lib rium Bird ' s in both in tens i ty adura t ion.

Fi f th Bardo

Ethel Triptamine had phoned th e oth e r memb e r s o f the Committeefor Psyclw de l ic v ' a r f r whGn Ha r r y f ui l ed to r e spond to twelve cpnstive in j ec t ions of Thor azine ;-- Five membemof the S y n t h e s ~ Subcommittee had c:-::C

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to Ha r ry ' s l aboratory - apar tment in order to diHarry ' s Hr edundancy1i in th e Psychede l i c r f a r I Ovement. On e ha l fan· hour a f t c Harry sp illed· th e viscuous l iquid on his shlong, a l l

· ~ 5 0 0 n t g ~ . I .M .



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five were in Harry ' s f la t . On his doubl e mattre ss sa t Texas Bruce,li the r.Iesc [\ l inc Kid1

; the Reverend Ben Actozine of the Evangel calsyChedel c Commun i on , Tom \IJatson and Susan Le e - -a h ighly polished

amphotimine dea l e r anrl his slum- goddess mi s tress r espect ive ly--and,standing tRlking to Eth e l , was none other than Owsley Tabb , theWest Coast ac i <i kinG and number one cook on the Pure Food and Dr.ugAdm inistration s Mos t Wan ted Chemists List . After f ive minutes ofconversation with Ihss Triptamine, the l egendary f i gure of the Psychedelic underworld nonchalantly withdrew a t ranqui l l i z e r gun loaded

with a mass ive dose of ba rb i tua t es f r om his shoulder-hol stt)r , a i med .i t at Harry s gr oi..n and f i red . Hhen Harry s geni ta l , ceased topul sat e , th e membe r s of th e committ ee agreed unanimously that hewa s dead and convinc ed tl1o Revo Actozine to administer the l as t r i t esc: s Ho.rry passed in to the e t e rna l sedat iv e s leep of death .

Harry had di ed just as h in the midst of f i l l i n g thero r pso ' s re c tum with hot sperm, slowly fading into his orgasm.

Let us hope , sympathetic r eader , tha t th e Psychedelic Vvar fareH- -_em9n t i s nip1:>ed in the bud by our zealous law- enforcemen t.)r: ;_ and that tl1e next gl ass of wa te r we inges t w ll notc o n t ~ i n a drug similar to Ha r ry s l ethal hallucinogen, which wouldprobably r ende r us et ernal l y ecst at ic .

Foo : ne>tes :·,. -··,,

1 . (D . M. T.) di met hyl t ryptamine- - rela ted to th e magic mushroom ,e : : c i : ; = : n ~ l y i ntens e n tnken i n t rave inously .

2 . (. . Ir .S . O.) i methyl sul foxide- -a solvent as described, whicho d u c 0c n a s ide - ef fcc ts of blindness .

3. (The Drugs) a virulent ant i - psychedel ic polemic byDr . Lourj rt of t i o U . l .O Hosp ta l s Psychi at r i c cl inic .

h (ru r;h ) t he f' '?ncD..tion of a drug hi t t ing the brain .5, ( ' ' 1 '1C k ha L11) hashi sh , prepared from the pol l en of the mari

juana f l owo_:- .6. (cockta l t he r oach ) placing the butt of the r eefe r (ro ach)

i..nto a r ol l ed -up ma t chbook cove r in orde r to smake i t .7 . (do- up) smoke8. ( Gc. t e3 of Ed en ) Co lumbia r e cords- - Bringing I t All Ba ck Home

- .. t u a ver se : Th e mot orcycl e black madonna , tw o wheel ed gypsy queen1; and. her 0::.1 ver s tud ( ed phantom cause th e grey- flann el

O\',erf to sc ream •• 1•

S. (Thor az in e El ixer) brand name chloropromaz in e- - ant dote for~ ~ ~ · psychedel c s .

DU TCH PROVO

(Provoca t ion i s t pol i t ics came out of the studen t and drug move: - : - G r

in Holland . Nore than any othe r psychedel i c me vement , DutchP r o expe:riment with creat ive po l i t i cs and 11 provo happenings1i .

For in s ta nce , th ey t r i ed to put LSD in the water of the horses of theRoyal Pr oc ess i on, wh en a member of Dutch Royalty ma r r i ed an ex- Nazi ,They a r e s t oned ana r chist ; they r es i s t t he machinery a n ~ controlf.'l.mes of moQ. er n society , Bu t th ey l ook for a l l ies . During a genera luni.c l s t r i ke l as t ·year Provo s and unions f a i l ed to overthrow theg o ~ n m e n t ·o:t;J.i y · becaus e the conservat i ve Communi s ts would notcoope rD..te. e ~ Yo r k Provo will t ry to present in te r est in g DutchProvo writ:j_ng.. The follow in r;- - 11Sol ida r i ty - Provotariat - Pr ol e tar i a t ol

- - i s both l ib er t a r i an and r ea l i s t i c . )



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In order, to bring a b o u a. renl r e v o l ~ t i o n t he r e i s necessary acl a s s of peop ... e wh o s ee t lte l r u1portance ln tha t r evolut ion and c n

id en t i fy with t ,This revolut ionary cla ss i s primarily tl1 e huge hunger - prol et a r i a t

o,f . the u n c l e r d e v e ~ o p e d h i r d world. These hunger ing masses hnve anevld ont conc ern ln malnng n complete change i tl direct ion in thehandling of foodstuffs by other weal thy nations in the wo r ld . Cnna world revolution of tl1e hungering prole tar ia t succeed wi t hout thehelp of a revolutiona ry power, coming from the wealthy nations?

rrhis SE:ems unlik ely , and i f t should happen, th i s revolut ionwould be l ed by the Coimnunists along a highly dogrc.a t i c and author i t a r ian path. But t he r e i s in the Western nsphalt jungles an upcomingr evolut i onary class - -the provotoria t - - the revo]utionary youth who a r ~not bound hand nnd foot to thG Capital i s t or Communis t productiVBprocess. Th e task to be effected is the sol idar i t y of the provotariatin th e over-developed world with the prole t aria t in the under-devel opedworld . The provotari C\t mu st. become tile r evolu t io na ry compl ement ofthe hunger- prole tar ia t . The many c..ct ons of th l. you t,h in th e Fes t ernworl rl a tsains t tile wnr in Vi et Nam ma:dc the beginning of th i s development. 1\ comprehensive inquiry in t o condit ions of tho hunge r ·- pro lo ta r ia t i s very imrortant for th i s so l idar i ty .

Inde ed, thereco

mes out oft l 1 l ~ o m p ~ e h e n s i v

discussion ofIfurxism and Anarchism.· ·.- · ·.

The year of STP-· ··whatever i t m: y be--- cE::ems to be upon us. BothINNER SPACE and Don McNeill ( VILLAGE VOICE) have already report ed mostof the facts nvailabl o on t he new psychedelic (?). Us ers I ' ve t a lk ed-to repor t tha t i t : ~ s : }_()t lilce prolonged Dl\ 1'1 ; t _ts very in tense , witha f t e re f fec ts thaJc one person compared to contiuous hashish h igh. Butbefore you GO crazy n g to get i t , I offer two cautionary r emarks .Lynn House of INN EH SPACE called i t much more ;,psycllically 11 dange rous

than LSD; i . e , more people f l ip out. As for physica l danger, I amreminded of one experimental drug thC'.t I renl ly dug, which turn ed outto bo an ampJlCtim.-r.c nnalo gLJ e of mesca l ine ; more damaging t ha t cocaineto boot. The adv · ·ttage of STP seems to be to ta l ego t ransc endenc e .People said tha t they ceas ed t v be a se l f , tha t they became pu_ree:x;pe r ie ncinr , pure E:mergy., I f you ·,-.rant a comp.'lrabl e , qui et e r exper i encwithout exper i menting, t ry the mescolinc-acid hip;h. Thir ty minut esa f t er taking thre e dramarnine, drop ~ 0 0 milligrams of me scal in e sul fa te ;i h i r ty minuies la t er , take t he equiva l ent of half an Owsley t able tof LSD. The mescalin e anc1 the acid come on together , and mescalinesmooths the rush. The LSD i s menta2_••; tb e mescaline i s sensory;th ey complement each ot11e r , You become jeweled exper i encing , oftende sc r ibed as th e one clear l ight . I t l a s t s l ~ hours . Unfortunat ely

mescal in e , the groovi est and Gent l es t psychedelic , i s very hard _ o find

Of prac t ica l in teres t i s RitD. J in (me t hylphenidat e , a CIBA produc:t)ta vi r·tua l ly harmles s st imulant. Rit;11in i s a mood elevator- - the

closest thing to pot. in a pi l l - but i t cannot , l ike amphetimin e ,ge t you very high. In many ways i t fs the c ~ p o s i t e of amphetimin e .I t ' s physical ly harmless. On 20 milligrams you function rea l ly wel l ;t st imulat es clear co nc eptual thinking, so tha t you re mo r e \\ togeth er .

(Rit a l in i s ideal fo r t he stud ent \.vho lws to do a paper he hates . )



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Unl i ke a m ~ h e t i m i n 11\fhich ~ x e c 1 s up blood ci rcul a t ion, R tal neaffects c h e ~ i s t r y of the brain direct ly . D e v e l o ~ e d as a ' 'psychicener gi ze r ·•, to help ·:. :..zophrenics r e la t e and cope , t nlso cnorg i zesthe hip psyche . Ra r e ly , t r n v a t e s .:mxi ety s t nt es . But i t isl ega l ; i t cD.n be obtained easi ly on a psyc hia t r i s t s per sc r i pt on .Finally , i f you t ake t with ac id , you get a very s upe r i or h i gh . Andbecause i t i s 8 psychic energiz er , in some c s es t i s prefe r ab l e toan abor tant i f you l1ave a bad t r ip . 20 milligrams of R ta l in can

help you to dea l with th e phenomena that t roubl e you, to overcomet h e to have a e;ood tri p . And wh en you come down your pr oblem w llbe, t o som e ext ent , sol ved 1

' .

PSYCH ·:mELICS AND SOCI AL I ST PERSPE CTIVE

(11There arc:::: endl ess numbe r of things tha t can be done . The one

that I am most fond of would be a comp2rative study and correlat ionof t he l anguage and a t t i tud es of va r :Lous soc i a l e roups acco rdin g toth e i r ro l es i n r eact in g to LSD exper i enc e direc tly and ind i r ect l y ••• . . · The m2 rx i s t lan guage i s in t eres t ing : i n Czechos lovakia th er ewas a l ot of x p e r i m e n t i n ~ by Dr . J . Roubicheck , who came to the

conclusi on th a t LSD inh ib i t s cond i t ioned reac t i on . This i s ve r yimpo rtAn t in th e riarxian, Pavlovian soci ety , because what th a t me.:1nsi s that you h a ~ r a way of wipin e; out braim,rashing condi t i oned r e act i ons. I f you have someone who has been accused of ha ving bour-

t endenc ies , i f he takes LSD he can th en cla im to have wip ed outth i s conditioned r eact i on. I t could el mi nate an awful l ot of dia l ec t ica l bu l ls.hit in Marxist coun t r ies . ·,;

h u g h o o d exerp t cd f r om HVJhat Allen Ginsb _r gSaid to Dr. Fox'' ; INN3R SPACE tf

;;The probl em with the Unde r ground Med i a i s t ha t th ey r e afra id topr in t in- depth trea tmen t s genera l ly . Short a r t i c le s ge t you r eaders . ;,

- - overheard r ema rk of Tuli Kupfc rb er g )

The peac e demonsta t ion on April 15 di ffe r ed s t r i kingly from th emarch of th e sprin r of 1966 . Fully a th i rd of t c Apri l 15 marchersseemed to be hippies , compl ete wit t1 flowors

1long ha i r , and psyche

del i c t r iv ia, many chanting HLove '1 In 196b t ho rnarch had be< ncompl ete ly st : 'aight . Thi s year r s march was much la rger , and i ·tsdiver s i ty r ef l e cted p t r t ic ip at on of mEmy di f f er ent gr oups . But whil eothe r groups in the mvrch expr essed mor e sophi s t ica ted ideologi es(there was , ind eed , no s i ngle li hip l in ei1 , th e tu rn ed- on popul at ionof New Yo rk and environs commanded th e curious i t y of th e public nndth e at tent i on of t he m e ~ i a The psychedel i c movement had eme r ge d asa mas s pol t cal phenomena .

m e r g i n ~ pol t cal forc es usual ly spr ing f r om conside r ab l e socia lchange . Tltat a mov ement , social a nd pol i t ic a l , should have as i t scredo t he u se of ce r ta i n drue s i s unique , however . Drug use i n thepast pre saged no upheavals . There was in fact no drug movem ent , assuch , unt i l t he in t roduc t i on of psychedelic , 11 consciousn ess - expanding il

drugs in to American culture. W de spread us e bcgnn a f t er 1960 . Tl1ein t ense repression thnt fo l lowed might a t l ea s t hnvt1 exc i t ed th ecuriousi ty of e f t w i n ~ socia l i s t c l ements; fo r a ccording to t he i rown Marxist analysis , any r ep r ess ion so harsh and th or ough must ber oot ed i n the C 1 s i c confl i c t between th e capita l i s t power - s t ruc ture



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and s ociet y a t ~ a r g e However i n t r ins i ca l ly rep r e s s iv e tha t powe rst11uctm:e? M a r x l s t ~ s .wul d have not.od th e exc ep t ona l in t ens i t y ofth e off lc la l r eac t lon to th e Psychedel i c I··:.enace .

Ins t e:ad , mos t of th e l ef t was quick t o j oin in cond omnin P

Progressive Labor, for ins t ance , ca l led psychedel ics a • c a n i t ~ i i s tpl ot \\ , po in t n to c ommerc ia l ism ( 1

; psy.chede l ic 11 f ashi ons , ~ t c ) ,and to the nU1 1b ers of peo · l 8 who l ef t P L. a f t or exp e rimenting withth e d rugs . I Iany groups f orbade thE..:ir membe rships to turn on . This

a r t i c le quest ions th e i r response , as ~ o c i a l i s t s to the p s y o h d ~ l i cp ~ e n o ~ e n a ? x a m i n i n g m o ~ closely, fro m a Na rx i s t p e r s p e ~ t i v th eexpor l ence l t s el f , tho lmpa.ct of expanded consciousness upon th e. usesoc i a l r e sponse , and th e pro bable ef f ects of widesnread us e upon modof socio-ec onomic and pol t ic a l orga.niza t ion in th i s soci ety . · Wherei s the drug movement go in g , i n Marxist t erms? And what have Marxisto l earn from i t ?

This a r t i c l e us es mat er i a l f r om a p i l o t s tudy re cent l y compl e t eon the e f f c t s of cont i nual psychede l ic us 8 on tho soc i a l respon seand po l i t ics of ten peop l e. In i t se l f f ami l i a r i t y wit l1 a soc ia l ' sc eoft en breeds m i s c n c e ~ t i o n s th is study of th E t en was an attempt tot e s t a s er ies of gen era l obsorva Lms t hr ough in t onsi ve study of af a i r l y r epre:sEmtative sampl e of Ul l ers . The t en subj e cts r epresent edthe ir.fide s t cross -s ec t i on poss i bl e of th e psychedel i c community, int erms of socio- economic l evel and background , educat i on, a nd s t

Tho s iz e of th o sample '.ras l imited by 1 ) time , 2) comm un typaranoia, wh ich made i t di f f i cu l t to find more than ten continua lusers ( i . e , more than 20 t r ip s) who we r e a l so r ep res enta t ive , and J)th e exclusion of re gu l ar users of he roin or ··amphe t i mine, which0 'odt ~ personal ty in wa ys radica l l y di f f e rent f r om tl1e psychede l i c s ,and are usually us ed in GOlX1.ra.tu subcul tu re s . Th e r epre s enta t i veneof a sample i s far more imp or-::.a.nt than i t s size, h O w € ~ e Y . '

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s ix quer i es , eacll in tho f or m of s overal ques t ions. de ve lop ed f l exi bland a t l ength . Tho aj_)pnoach was as malleable a s poss ib le , so as t6r e cord the subj ec t 1 mvn respo nses , rath e r tllan th o in t e rv i ewe r sin t e r pr eta t ion. The s ix o u e ~ i co vered 1) u se , 2) psyc l1o- socia lr .ea ction, 3 occupational hi s tory, h educat i ona l his tory , 5 Socio e·conomic s ta tus before and a f te r , and 6 changes in po l i t i c a la t.t udes . Sub jec t s were t old th i s wa.s to b .. a sociolo p.-ica l stof th o ef fe cts of LSD; t l1ey were coopera t ive anct . in t er es t ed. Only ope rson bua l i f i ed r efus ed to be in t erv i ewed.

Briefly , t ho s tudy :found tha t expand ed consciousness stimul atesIfa ss i v:e r e spons e fro m tho use r , whic h he in tegrate s via sy s t ems of

meaning and va.luo (id co l oei es ) , oi th 0r previ ous lyh ~ l d

or newly founa nd tha t the par t icu lar moaning-sys tem chosen su i t s ·tllE; us e r ' ssocio-ec onomic and i de cl ogica l background.

The Di a lec t i cs of Expanded Awa r ene s s

.Marxists in th is country , espec i a l ly thos o Marxist-LeninistS 1'

his tor ica l ly involved with c ommunis t or quasi-communis t groups , haveapproa ched dinl ectj_c nl materia l ism from a purely pol i t ica l perspect i



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neglecting i t both as a phi losophy and as an applicat ion of sc ienceto social pr oblems. They a re accustomed to t re at a century 's writinga s i f i t exi stect pure ly to for t i fy th e i r p a r t i c r momentaryool i t i c nl l in e . The i r ignorunC (: is unfortunate , for as a ph ilosophy

a ~ e t a p h y s i c s i f you w i l l a l e c ~ i c a l 1nate r i a l i sm provides gr ua tins ight into the psychedel i c phenomena and i t s social implic a t ions .

The psychGdc l i c exp (:r i ence i s bes t understood i n t e r ms of thei mmedint e f ~ c t s of r adical ly expanded awareness : the rate a t which

one notices I t s:,> eeds up.;.11

Notic ement1' , the concrete awareness ofin ternal nnd ex t e rnal r ea l i t i e s which s t imw.lates a response from the

orgapism, happens a t a V[lstly acc ele ra t ed rate . The subj Gc t - obj ectdi vision of a norma l ls " QWer experi encing a kn own tends to give way toa detach ed, ecs ta t ic , It egoless 1

' exper i ent ia l event . In turn , th i sin t ense perc eptual awarene ss e l i c i t s from tho user to ta l co ).ditionodresponse for the part icu l ar s et und set t ing he finds hi ms el in.Of course a s et of contradicto r y r esponses i s not express ed inbehavior ; th i s massive response i s imm ediat e in consc i ousness . Therole - playing that in t egrates normal behavior is inadequate to l imitth i s massive response; disparate ro l es , r eact ions , and i deas awakenin consc i ousne ss . The continual us er , in fact , eventually becomesaware not only of his current ro l es, but of every role he has ever

play E d . .Dial ect ica l materialism is concerned with th is ver y pro:bl em of

exp er i ence and respons 2 . IVlarx distinguished between two ways of be i ngaware--- be tween object ive knowing of one s experienc e , and subj ec t ivebehavior in r c ~ s p o n s to that expe riencc - - i . e, between what a manexper i enc es and what he does. He root ed human change in th e tensionbetween the two- - th e dia l ect ic between data- input proc ess (knower ) ,and the condit ional ly mod i f i ed, survi .-a l-d i rccted r esponse (operato r lBoth are ways in which we arc aware , as we s ee in f\1ar x ' s comment tha t1iknowing - - as knower and oper a to r t ogeth er -- involves the transformationof th e known as well as the knov.rer , sinc 8 i t i s t hrou p ;h our behavioralresponse that th e r ea l i ty of th e ob j ects of our exper i ence i s t es t ed .

Hence th i s i s an ess ent ia l l y dia l ec t i cal mate r i alism- -materialr eality emer ges as we re spond to our environment . 'l'hc dial@cticalt ension between subj ect ive and ob j ec t iv e mode s of awarene ss - - betweenman s subj ective urge t o survive and his objective exper i enc@ - - i sexpl i c i t in I4a rx 1 s notion of mat er i a l r ea l i ty .

Marx ' s main conc ern wa s with applying th i s conc ept to hum n

exper i enc e a s a whole , s inc e history may be def in ed in terms ofl earning and r es pons e , r e solut i on of man s s i tuat ion in t o on e more orless favorabl e to his survival , then furth er l ea rning and r esponseto th e s i tuat ion so crea tod . Ivlan . s r espons e be comes par t of object ive ,mat c r ia l r ea l i ty , apart from him as any material r eal i t y , sinc e manis unable to control what ho c r ea t e s . (The man ,..,..ho ov ms t echnol ogyi s own ed y t e chnology . ) This makes t he dia l ect ic , according toMar x , quit e n eu tra l as r egards human w0l fa r c ; i t fa l l s upon us tol iv e with hi 0tory f avorably or unfavorably . He himsel f rGcomm Emdeda kind of ti ego- t ransc end enc e 11 , throu f; ll r i g o u s conceptual effor t ,to r r i v a t compl et e awarcn e:; ss of yoursel f and your environment ,unbiased by p r t i u l ~ ~ invol vement , so as to be able to modify yourconqitioning. For society is a funct i on of conditioned r esponse .And unl ess we modify s ocio- e conomic and pol i t ic ul forms, which are



13n t ~ in our ~ o a y i n g gnm cs l ik e cnpi nl i s t pr op8r t yr c l ·a t1.ons , na t+ on- s t et e , et c . - -we neve r T ca t ch up 1

wi t h change ar i sfrom the dia l 8ct ic .

Aliena t i on: Ro l e a nd In s titution

The pr e ceding philosbphica l ins er t be com0s r el evant wh en wu l oa t t he actua l f i nd i ngs about tl1c e f f e ct of cont i nua l dr ug us c f r oma for eme nt i oned s t udy . lJhi l e f indings d i f f ~ r d cons i der ab l y amonk t

Sl?-bj oct s , cer t a in r ~ g u l a r i t i o s omc r ged . All t hu sub j t : c t s r ep ort edconsid e r a bl e cha ngo in t he i r l ive s sinc e th ey had bL: gun u s i ng th edrugs . They sa i d t ha t th (;y wer o s timul a t ed i nt ellec tual l y by th e i rexperienc e s (al th ough cdu cat i ona1asp ira t i on s s u e m d moro a pr oductpast pe rs ona l exp er i ence than a ny f ac t or l ik e drug us c ) . Tho s e oflowe r s oc i o- economi c backgr ound had not boon upw2r dly mobil e ; t hosewith middl 0 cl ass b k g r o u n d wer e both downwa rdly · und upwardly mobiTher e wa s a hi gh inc idence of l ef t i s m o r u a f t i s m in lowe r c lannd dovmwnrdly mob i l e pet it bour ge oi s subj e : c ts . s ingle ex cep ti onwa s a f i l m-make r f r om a r i gh t i s t up ) or midrU c class ba ckg round , whohad be como an apolit ic a l f ollowc· r of r i mothy Lea ry . Those who r ema iin th o mid dl e c lus s t ended t o bu a pol itical . Throughout th e sampl ethor o wn s :1 high corr el a t i on bet we en educ a t i onnl ba ckground a nd .

po l i t ic a l sophi s t i ca t i on, a singl e exception bcingo.high schoo l drop- out of lower midcUo c l nss or ig in, who de sc r ibed h imself a s a ~ s o c i aanarchis t 1; . ·

In one r cspGc t th o soc ia l ef f ect s of ps ych edel i cs we r e tho samefor a ll t L: n subj c.cts .. Each sa i d tha t ho hnd been st imulat ed in t elleual .ly; t ha t r epeat ed p syched el i c exper i enc e brougbt about Hrol o- di s t a nc e or 11ocs ta s y 1

: a ct i ve nwa r one ss of value s , · id eas , p l apnin~ behavior previous ly aut oma t i cn l ly and unref l cct ivol y pursued.

s i d g r r cons c i ousne s s of ro l es - playe d, s ubj ects r opert ed nowawarene s s of t ho r outines and in s t i tu t ions of societ y , f r ee ing th orn

from unc onsci ous, me chan i ca l in t ur 0c t ion, f r om condition ed r e spon s et0 th e manipula t ed, emotiona l symbol s of t ho mass media . They boc :1m

mo r e conce rn ed wi th p orsena l snt i s f nct ion , a s th ey saw it l os s wit hth e control s · nnd s t a tus symbols of th e gr eat Am c r ic nn ;Game ; .

A r epr es ent a t ive s ub j e ct s a id of hi s ps ycho-s oc i a l r c ;action th nh G t

1becam e awa re of r e pe t i t i v e pa t t e r n s of buhavior; d ropped out ,pl ayi ng r ol es to a c t out <llionnt i on; sustn incd a t empor a ry in t 0llucthia tus , but l earned empat hy- - t o r e l nt o to peopl e ins t ead of s te tus ;be came a nt i - ma t e r i a li st . 11

The wid e va r i ety of obser ved ef fe c t s on th e d i r ect ion of s ocia lmobili ty a nd politica l behavior, on t h o oth c ; r ha nd , worked a ga ins t econclusi ons a bout th u probable wid os ca l c socio- e conomic a nd pol i t i c ni mpa ct of psychedel i c s . I t i s in ligh t of lithe dia l e c t i c of expa ndeconsciousn oss 1; , the conc ept of r ol e -p l a ying , a nd I>Ia rx s conc ept o:(aliena t ion , t hat the e cs t at i c p sycho-social r Ga ct ions of th c ; 1 0 subprovide a s t a r t ing point .

We a r c born . in to human soc i ety ; we play ro l e s from tha t moment 11Rolc 11 i s th o psychologi cal end of human in t er nct ion , jus t a s s t ntu st he s oc ia l end . Eve ry are a of in t cr nc tion ha s i t s ro l e nnd s t a tu s ;ro l e orga niz e s one s lifo jus t a s s t nt us organi ze s soci ety . A ro l epla yed subs ume s s t a tus ; i t can be dcs cr i bc0 a s a l in e of plann in g ,



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which or de rs r esponse acco r di ng to a routine s et of va l ues an cl proc edures , with n correspond ing in t erpre ta t i on of the world . Rol e - playingexc ludes awarene ss , id ea s , and behavior tha t arc i r r el evant to th e

r o l i t is 11 l in ear11• I t in tegr a t e s condit ioning . Now the ve ry

·; routine 1; nature of th e value s nnd pr oc l;dur c s involved t end s to r en

der us unconscious of th orn ns we pl ay a r ol 8 . W th so much ef for ti nvolved in l enrning and accompl i sh ing va rious pr ocedure s , for in stance , one has tt l e r g y l ef t to r e - examin e them . And i f ever yr ole include s an in t urpre t a t ion of th e worl d- -a 11 mcaning-sys t om1

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in t erpret a t ion i s r nar r owly c i r c u m s c r i b to i t s us c in turmsof t ~ r ole.; ra r e ly do8s thinkin g in t er f er e.: d ir ec t ly with r ole -playin g.Proc edure mod i f i es in t or pr uta t ion , r a t her thnn vi ce ver sa . Hence,and bec ause most of our values and proc edures a r u socia l ly conditionedin the f i r s t pl ace, cl ements of on G s ro l es t end t o bE.: a en<.1t ed ;from · th e. survi 1 o r i c n t d wil lH of the c.:xocut i VI] ego.

oA ena t ion 11 i s I:larx s key duscriptivl.) COilC I.. pt for th e di a l ect icf human c:xp c r i enc o and r e s p o n s I t s p l i c ~ t i o n uxm.l ining th e

psychede c expuriunc e an rl i t s :)f f Gcts , is pr ofound . Al i unation i st h t p r o c e s s in ~ 1 i c h man s rntionnl l y s tructured mot ivation

(valuos , proc cdurus) i s imposed upon th e world (interna l and ext erna l )through beha vior , modifyinG exper i enc e ; as tha t pr ocL:ss , moreover ,through which th e... 1r <1tionale11 so imposed becomes a lhm and inimicalto hwnan mot iva t ion a s di r ec t ly f e l t : In other words, m ~ n s modifi cat ions of r ea l i t y obj Gct i fy his n s c i s n s s , whli:ch in t s vury

o b j ~ t i v i t y be comes unamunabl e to h is wil l .

Besides th e p s y c h o l o i c a l dim0ns i on not orl - - i . o , th e t n d n c y ofsimple cond t ion ed p o n s to 11compa c t 1

• into more c o m more nde qunte ro l e - play i ng , a nd h n .; sul t in g 1l ine Gr 1

bias of behavior - a l i ena t i on i s a socia l phenomena . Ins t i tu t ions and r i tua l s tend toassume lia l i f e of th e i r own ; . Fron wides pr u<ld b8l i e f in the i r forms ,f r om pc :rsonDl CO Eli• ·i tmcnt and s ol f - in t eres t of men invol vE: d i n til t i r

funct i ons , ins t i tu t i ons bccone ind epend ent of human wi l l and sur,riveas a l most organic ent i t 0s - -anti th et ica l thouph th ey be to o ri gina l· purpose or hum an we l l - being . a n i s m becomes a l l - important ; meu ns

absorb onds ; th e qua s i - organ ic continuity of pre ciden t and p r o c d u ~devel ops along i t s n l ines . Dependin g upon wlwrL a pL: r so n i ssocinl l y s i tua t ud, his att:i,.tud .:.; s toward a c i ven i ns t i tu t i on vnry .But every mL.mber of n soc i uty contains , of i t s predominant in s t i tu t ion s ,a r i tua l anu l ogue in t hL ro l es hG pl ays . And in th u f ac t tha t th8psychic C;n EJ r e;y suf f ichm t to cllanp;e ro l es -p la yed t ends to be morethan absorbod mainta inin g th em , socio - economi c and pol i t i ca l in s t i tu t ions r es is t modification or control- - not beca us G men f ea r coe rcion,primarily, but bGcau so th ey no longe r dist inguish b -c t wc;en th u cul tura land th e natura l . The in s t i tu t i onal function a ry, his act i ons r el a t iv ely

b o u ~ d to t he pr oc edure a n pr uc idunt of his pos t on , hns as l i t t l ef r eedom as anyone .

The massive co nd t oned r esponse- - th o flood of r ea ct ions , r ol es ,nnd id ea s e l i c i ted by psyc hede l i c , expanded consciousnoss- - involves , .th en, not only a Freudian ruturn of th e repre sse d , but a jarr in gnew awarene ss of 1 a enat ed · mod e s of consc i ousne ss . 1



Ideology and th e Psychedelic Exper i enc e15

For the multi- roled member of a complex, urban cul tu re , f rus t ra tand wasted by t he role - confl ic t , a l i enat ion , and meaningl essness ofhis l in ear r ole - playing, the need cohe r ent ly to r e- inte r pr et , to uni fyhis pas t and pr<::sent i s overwhe l ming . He l ongs for ecstasy - - to s tanjus t outside of society as a compact and coher ent nself . The modernsuc cess of 1imeaning-syptcmsli - - ideologie s l ik e Freud i anism , l•'iarx i .sm , an

C ~ t h o l i c i s m i s a funct ion of mo r e th an obj e c t i vi t y or successfu lresponse to the world , as r x suppos ed. Each pr ovides th e conver twi t h a conc eptual /normative framework w th wh i ch t o gra s p a nd in t egra

h;Ls past and pr esent , l ibera t in g his en er gies and awar e ne ss from th econf l ic ts inherent in l in ea r norms and in t erp retat ion s . Science , wherin t e rpre ta t ion according to ru l e s of scient i f ic evidence i s a l one thecpd, is another al ternat ive .

Whe:Pe sc i enc e an<i I·.1arxist id col oe;y al ike depend on r i go r ous applcat ion of a conceptual f raD1cwork : n orde r to achieve awareness , use ofa psychedel c expands awareness ; so tha t to dea l wi th his mas s iveresponse, th e us er i s forc ed t o app l y his f ormer ly par t i a l in t e r preta t ion s. and ideo l ogi e s compl et e l y and s t r i n g n t l y . Or , w h ~ r no workabmeaning- system existed , s in th e cas < J of tht.: former ly r i gh t i s t f i lm- maker , he adopts a now ideology l k0 th e one proffer ed by Dr . Luary .I n a l l of th e ten cases s tudiad, i n r p r t i n ceased to apo l ogize f oro l e- playing , to cer ta in ext ent , and b ~ c a m e an instrument fo r mod i fypers onal t y, and t o some ext ent , soci ety . Herein l o the pol i t i ca idimensiohs of th e psychedel c r t : volution , for th er u proved to be ast rong corre la t ion b t w e ~ n sodi o- economic background and th e p o l i t icont ent of those d e o l o e a ~ ef for ts .

The new pol i t ics of t h e tan cont inual use r s studi ed, more . t hananything ·e l s e , r epresent ed th e i r r eaction t o th e i r plac e in t h Am er ic

mc; . Three of subj 0c t s wo r l ; s t rugz:;i:4 i ng a gains t low socio - e conobackr;round and ..concomittant ;ducat i ona l and occupat i onal drawbacks .They qu t . Their pol i t i c s repre sent , in sp te of l ef t i s t sent iments,s i mple communis t ic anarch ism, akin t o t lw a t t i tud <J s of th o Digp ers .

Three othe rs , of upper middle c:ass background , wer e potent i a l wi nne rsthcywst a yod somowh uru in thu middle class . Th e.:.:r=:: arc th E ; po l i t i c s ofpsychedelic non- invol vement , t o varying d ~ g r e o For two subj ? c ts· wiupper midd l e cl ass bn clcgr ounds and oxt enslve col l ege , de sc ent lnto theimpo ver ish ed pet i t bourgeoi s came vvhon e;enuine nr t i s t i c a ct i v i t y sup plan t ed r egul a r occupation . One s t a r ted as a r i ght i s t , tho other a s al f t i s t both a re now s t r i c t l y Len r yi te in t lH i r c o m m i t m ~ n to non- involvement , th e i r be l i ef in LSD as a socia l panac ea . For tho two w:i:n addit ion to uppe r middle c l ass and college background had his to r ieof Marxis t activism , membe rship in the impove r i shed pet t bour geoi sin t ell gcns ia i s a badge of t h ~ r plac e in t h psyched0l c r e volu t ion

I l l egal i ty of psycl10dolics compounded the us er s a l enation . Th

t end ed· to r e- in t erp r et the wo r ld in t urms of the i r own ·ex ?e:r i once, paand pre sent; ma ss media and nuthori ty r e ceded f r om th e i r fo r me r p r e- em in enc e ns det er minants. But hmiVL; VE: rmu ch alicme1tion f r om cap i ta l i ssoc i e ty th oi r pol i t i ca l views expressed , illn each case ·th e use r r ospuc this soc i o- economic and pol i t i cal pas t and present . However modifi edby th e psychodcl ic cxper i 0nc e , socio - ec ono1nic de t erminism s t i l l opera



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con t ro l , . n s t t l l t o n ~ l gl:"owths like· the milita ry- indu s t r i a l comp l ex,v ~ n t s ~ : l e th e war ln V l - - t h e s ~ are f unct ions o f our p re s en ta ~ l e n a t l n from our c c o n o ~ l ~ t e r a c t l r a t tlE r th a n consequences o

c h n o l o g y or produc t i on a::1d d istrib tr t io n as such Nov r e ve ry majorsmcio-e c onomic r evolu t i on ( i . e, . c a p i ~ a s m rep l ac in g f u c t a l i s m ~ a scome with th e inqlem ent a t i on of a n ew t ec hno l ogy (s t eam e ng in e ~ t c .

w l ~ i c l l enabl ed men to r opl ac 0 a l ienated economic i n s t i t u t i ons wi.tp nem6d es of in t e r a c t ion wi t l1 r f ~ r e n c e to t h e i ~ e conomic environment .The s t eam engin e was complet e ly i n i mi c a l to f e udal and pos t - f eudl:lle¢onomic i n s t i t u t i ons. Ea r ly 20th Century capi ta l i sm, on th e oth 8r

hand, h nd produc ed nothin g which could enable Russ i a t o cr ea t e t ~ us oc i a l i sm. ·

Ma rx n e ve r sp ec i ie d the forms of so s i u:i_ i s t or communi s t soci e tHe expected only t ha t 1·r i tb social imn ownersh1.p of th e me :·:ns o f produt ~ o n and d is t r ibu t i on would b e common to ~ 1 1 1 thu t e c onomic in t e rac t

wcul d c e<1se to be a l i ena ted i n cap i t a l i s t forms o . . owner sh ip and ' marex change , and tha t r efo rms would come w H ~ l : . th e pol i t i c a l dominan ce othe non-bour geolilsie ( e . g , th e pro l e ta r i nt)... , Communism would a r i s e withe f in a l disappea r ance of a l i ena t i on, <1nd t l1e absorpt ion of secondas<;> c ia l s t ruc tu re by primary groups ( e . g , 1 t r i b es 11

, commun i t i e s , e t c .In t h i s light th e psyc he d e l i c p h c ~ 1 0 1 n ···. i s p.:=:;<·wps U w key not onlyto gr eat e r soc ia l consciousness , i ~ p l ~ y f a t o l to cap i t a l i sm . ·

Thi s pharmacology i s prec i se ly the t e c : m o : ~ o g y v.Jhj_ch wil l r e l ea s e humen erg i e s from th e a l i e nated i n s t i tu - · · • ;.s of CC.J. · ···.:: l ism, e nabling · mento r e organize socie ty , and th e j.r p r o ~ u t i v e in t e ract ion, on a high e rs aner l e ve l . Th e psyc hccl.e l i c rcvolut i . on i s revo l u t ionary in a s en s e:a6 I·rarx i s t can i gnor e,. I t pi 'esageD tho end of both capi ta l i sm anddegen e r at e 11 soc ia l j :;t 11 c ~ t e

At p r esent , th e probabi l i ty t ha t th e Now Le ft will succeed n icur r un t appeals t o l e ftist : : = c ~ D ~ ~ i m e : n t s within th e psychede l i c commun.i s limit ed . Wi th n f 0w x c e p : ~ i o n s thG mi ddl e class in t e l l i g ens i a o

t he drug movement undorsG Lcary c a p o l i t i c i ~ ~ . New Lef t i s t s h a v foth e most par t f o rgo ne th e p syched e l ic exper i ence , and posse ss a d i s t o r t e: d vis ion of i t . s r,::li i c a l imra r: t . Th e D.Lggcr s , with t lw sameawaren e ss th a t d e sp is e . mcch -m :i s t -_ (.: ; co:'po r a t 8 cap i t a l i s t s o c i ~ t y ,aJ?.d th e shoddy o f f e r in·: "3 of :i.t s mass Ii1C;:-l H t > .::re ~ u i c to d i s t rus t - as:tmila r t enden cy on t lw Lef'.:. · :, ,; m c n _ i _ p u l a ~ e ;.:ym . Jl o and prese n t a : s l i cid e o lo g ic a l explanat i on in p ~ a c of r Ga l i ty .

In th e ond th ere will be n o c o m p r o s e wi t h any pre s en t Sta te ,o ~ l y because compromise in vol ves one in ma li s exp l o i t a t i on of ma ri.

All pres en t : t a t c s a r c i dent ica l i n t h e i r alienat ion ( i J . i z o i d s p l i tfrom th e p eopl e a nd t h e ir surv ival c Arly fo r ce th<. t r c s iJl ve s t ha talien a t i on th r ea t ens th e Sta t e , w ~ o E c pnranoia and sadism a re i n ~ v i -t nb l e concomitt an t s of i t s functj_on : maint..odning man 1 s a l i e na t io n froh i s product i ve e nviro:mment • . For , as with the m i n ~ , th e en e rl?y o ~ t hpolity i s s apped by i t s 1' a l l ena t ecl mode s of c o n s c l o u s n c s s - - l n s t ~ t u t- ,o.and it cannot cope with th e i m ~ J c t c t of ter.h;..ology , or the pathologyof i t s r epre ss ive , sad i s t i c cus tc ms . The Sta te ampli f i e s our weak e

pfo j e c t ing on everyone our guil t a nd f ea r3 oa0ed _in . c u l t ~ r l ~ o n d i t io n ing common to a ll of us; the out l e t s of f a sc l s t patho l ogy be .comewar, poverty , and tyranny , not on ly e conomically but p s y c h l o g i c ~ l l yn e cessary .

Cap i t a l i s m i s as inescapably repr e ss ive of th e psychedel i c



18phenome na C s t i le psy :h < cle l i c mo vemen t i s th rea ten in g to th e pre s ent

ord er . The Tomo k i nu Squar e 2 t roc i t i es only th e beginn in g . Toch<m r·e your l i f ~ you ha v e: to c h a n g ~ socie ty . Nor wil l t h e ~ e be at r u l ly n ew soc i e t y wi .::.hou t

4- : . d ~ l i c s Tot a l i t a ria.nism- - '•St a l i n i s t ·'

rcac ,t ion within th e r Gvolu t ion - -wi l l p l a g u ~ : : ; th e atte mpt of any par t yt o dea l Ni h the a l i-- ·. i.on , v i o l n c e and cont ro l p a tholo t;yboqu ea th od upon it by h pas t o

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(The powt:r s t : ·1ctu re has th e drug t l:chnology t oo . The fo llowingshows how th e:y a r e v;.:. l l ing to usu i t

ton t lw f i f t h Sunday a f t e r I L.; n t er t d the i n s t i t u t ion I was put ·on pro l yxin (;lixi r . t \ I T r . ll : 45, jus t before l unch . I was s i t t i n ga t a t ab l e in tho day1·oom , t n l king and pl.c:y ing gin with anotherpati en t n c ~ two s tud ent nurs e s . I was su rp r i s c.:d when th u n t t cmdcnt

with th v iilGcl.i ca t ions c .:1r t s to pped nnd km d E:.:d 1110 a r cup withsqmQ S'rrup in it . Be f or e I could ask o oues t on , th e H0n d Nurse of

S(;cond Floor R(; c u i v in g , I·Icn' s VJ in e; , w.c:s by my t ab l e . I ..,.ms, s he

sn id ,u p d

t o have begun my nodic nt ion aw e ~ k

a f t e r I en t e r ed ,bnt th e ord c.: r had been misplac ed. I l ook ed a t them swollolrJCdthe c on t ent s of tho pap e r cup .

Ful ly two t h i rds of th e 3,500 i nmat es of Ka l am az oo St nt (; Hospi t a l g:i.vun a t ra n qu:U i z ing drug of sor.1e so r t . Not on ly d i d th om e d c ~ ~ ha v e a tl1 a rapu t i c f f Ka la ma zoo i s prima r i l y a cus to

d i a l i n s t itu t i on : wi ·i·,lt a s tn f f c on s i s t in g of 3 P s y c h i 1 t r i s t s a f ov1more psvcho l og i s t s n so c i a l work er s , severa l r egu l :lr l\·D s , someeccupa t iona l Tlwro.py p0op l c - -a boL1t t h i r t y prof <.;s s i onals in all- - and900 nurs e s <md a t t l : . - ~ l m t s with t r ·d nin g r a n ging from 4 WL.eks up . Inth i s mil ieu drugs :-::t..:I7L.:d t he :i_m:)o r t nn t func t i on of k L.cp in g th eb ohavior of th e 3, 500 o :;:dc:r l y •

. Prolyxin e l i x i r , or f l u;Jh enoz in e hydrochlor ide , i s <1 Squibb

produ c t . Id en l l y, it cupprosS L.;S n ounnl a c t i v i ty b e twcon t l to fo r u--brn in <:mel th 2 m o b rm .n , p r LJ vent in g p ur sona l i y conf l i c t s from

communic nt in g t h C i n c ; - e ~ ; C\S n (:rvous b e h v i o r . On th E:.: f i r s t day ofmedi c a t i on , t.h u (·l ;:' '.':.g rncrGl y m e me g r of::gy , and made:: it imp oss i ble tor ead< Aft.e:-lunch nn ·;:,lw second d ay, h owt..:vur . th e back of my h eadb egan to f ev l h oa vy n I vras pl o.y i n e; chuss , again w ith a s tud en t nurs e .[:loon my h ead wa s t1rr:L s :,ing so f nr back t oward my r i gh t should e r -b l ad eth nt it b(;carrlC i iilpossibl e t o SC:L th e che ssboard. Th e studen t nurs e

me to th o n ea rby wnrd , wh \..;r e I could l ay down o For th '-. n ex tth r ee hours wh ol e body tw i s t <..::d an ·' j C: rk ed in involuntar y s pasms.Ne i the r re l nx i ng nor a ttomp·t.in r; to cont r o l my mus c l e s did nny good .The exper i enc e o f lo s i ng con t r o l wa s Bot so mu ch pa in ful as ne rve - s ha t t e r in g ; I c r i ed. An a t t end en t put me in a ho t bath . Some t ime

nround 7:00 thn t evenin g I f e l l s l owl y ns l cop , cxhau s t ud , my descentin to unc onsc i ousn e ss s t i l l ioltecl bv an occas i ona l t remor .

I awoke th e n ex t mo rn in g tremblin r-.:; with n e rvous s ta t i c . Mys econd convulsion camo on be f ore lun ch, when I was in Occupat ional

The rap:· I was i n be d i n t ,m minu t us ; it l a s t e d m o r th a n two h ou r s-· ·Wor sG tha n. th e day buf oru Aft ...:r lunch the doctor s a w TIL . Apparent ly ·t.he s t a f f t h o u h t my r ea c t ion would pass , or t lwt I wns bluf f in g .Th o do c to r r a i s Dd my dos e:; f r OJ ·l 10 mill ig rams t hrcL t i mes o duy to25 milligr nm s th r e e: t ime s a dny. I a ;1 to l d tha t 2 5 mil l igrams of



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prolyxin e l ix i r i s equ i.valcnt to O mil l ig rums of thorazin e . Thataf ternoon I had the l onges t a nd most vio l en t convul s ion .

I lose t rack of tho n ~ x t f o ~ r days. I was l a rgely i gnore d,confined to a b 1 d; I s l ep t 16 or mort: hours a dny. I would awake, Latein the morning, ag i t a t ed. Toward t wo in the a f t r n o o n th e t remblingwould i nc rea s e , I would j e rk and tvvist fo r t\-.ro or th ree hours, mybody archipg around my ri t ;ht shouldc.:r-blude. I did not comp l a in toomuch; I did not want t o svnt to th i r cl. f l oo r , to th E: penal f loor , to

spend s ix m o : · : ~ ~ of my li e wi t h a:ubu la to ry catatonics <md homosexualswho t a lk ed to th emselves . I cont inued to r ece ive 25 mi l l igrams ofprolyxin el i x i r th ree time s a day ..

On Friday th e convulsions stop )ed, or rather , subsid ed to a cons t l t ne rvousff trperman en t convulsion th a t l e ft me ha lf--pa ra lyz ed. I

1 t ~ a l k e d s lowly tha t morning , on cg ·.:s , to t llc s h o w r The Huad Nurse waamused t ha t I had f in a l l y d ecided t o gut out of b ed .

I had a v· i s i tor th a t wE.:e lcend who l a te r d.esc ':'ibed me a s a zombie.I spok e with him for an h our , grogp.:.y , droo l : ng , my n (; ck and bnclc cotwis ted t ha t I could not s i t up in thu ch.:1:i.::·. F j 1' the next couple ofdays I t r i ed to shake off the e f fLCt3 of th o dru g, hobbl in g back andfor th , up and down the of Second Floor Rece i ving> Men Wing.More and more , though , I t urned to e c p I 't-TC.ls w ~ a k e n e and under th

drug s i n f luenc e , I could s le ep 16 c ~ · 18 hcurP. a day , g rab b ing a couchin one of th e dayrooms bet,tleen meal > .

This dis tu rb ed t-he s t <1f f ; it w : : ; w. ..·:.l.J.rm·;a l , 11 a r Gtreat fromr eal i ty . ; , I was overJ oyed one noon m I wa s to ld the. t I was beingtaken off prolyxin e l i x i r .

Twenty-four hours l at e r I us begging to be put bnck on i t ; mybody chemist ry h nd bec ome : : l i ..Loned ·i--o th e drug , nnd I was in th emiddle of v io l ent ' i l1JrarrCl l s ymptoms. l rj- bod y slli ve r ed fur ious ly , myt ee th r a t t l ed , t he drool::.ng became vorse . Sometimes a ll th e shiveringin my body would spch ron ize , a r1d I would j e rk up and down in tho cha i rwh er e I s a t or th e bed wh erP. I L :.y. Fal l tng as leep la s t ed hours. Thesecond da y \•m s t h e wc r s t . .·· -lPPGr my t ee th chat te r ed toge ther sovio len t ly t ha t I CO J.ld no -:. o<..l t . HhE.m I begged tho Head Nurse to put

mo ba ck on prolyxin e l i x ir to gi v0 me a n y ~ n g in i t s p ~ c e , sheth r cat en ud me wit h Thi1·d Flo · i

Toward th e end of th e :-:8 _ rlay r i i t h r ~ i N C : t l ended ; it h a d l a ted 72hours. W thdrawn l ".:ts t e;;n t ::..:-n-:s c . : : . ~ . t. :1D:_ . ~ : o (:o:-. -,rul 3ions . In a l l ,I was unde r the ef :i: ects of :r::-v v x . : e l ix i r f 'J -r:' exact ly two wc.:eks.Now tha t I was abl e t o r ead aga : n my book.:3 has di.:::eppea r ed from th ef loor . I know tha t the s t a f f d:J - : _ J : ) _ ; : o ~ . e : : of rr.y :· c;a ding-·-· th i s w2s madeexpl i c i t two weeks l a t ur---be c au r; e it en; ' ··l ed rnG L 1 withdr aw from theThera put ic Presenc e . I ha ve f n c i e d tha t I was given pr o lyxin e l i x i rto inh ib i t my reading . In thos e t wo week > I l ost l5 pounds •

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