More on LSD. It's inventor, Albert Hoffman, has just died at the impressive age of 102. He made a substantial contribution to the history of consciousness, providing a way to mass produce something that turned out to be extremely beneficial for a lot of people to be taking in sync at a particular point in history. The rapidly increasing living standard in countries where the use of LSD exploded made all sorts things possible that probably would have been missed were it not for Mr. Natural.... or they just wouldn't have happened (i mean, what's an acid test without the acid?)

i can't say how many times i've used this drug - 'many' would definitely cover it - i had a chemistry teacher who believed it was helpful for students in visualizing electron orbits and molecular structures... it certainly does pique (peak?) one's visual abilities. i think the main achievement of the psychedelic movement was that a lot of dots were connected over space and time, maybe just in time, since these connections laid the foundations for so much of the environmental work that's managed to keep us one step ahead of total crash and burn. Nowadays, it seems like LSD is one of many designer drugs, no longer carrying much weight as an extreme experience. The cultural-consciousness element has become blaisé. "It's work here is done?" No, that can't be right. There's always got to be room for more space.