Psychedelic era
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"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition was recorded in October 1967, and peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. It was Rogers' first top ten hit. The song captures the short-lived psychedelic era of the late 1960s."--Sholem Stein "I ask of film what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs." —Alexandro Jodorowsky |
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The Psychedelic era was the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, occurring between the years of 1965–69 or the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Psychedelic drug use encouraged unity, the breaking down of boundaries, the heightening of political awareness, empathy with others, and the questioning of authority.
Writers who explored the potentials of consciousness exploration in the psychedelic era included Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Ram Dass among others; an important journal of the time was The Psychedelic Review.
See also
- Acid rock
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- Hippies
- History of LSD
- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic music
- Psychedelic art
- Psychedelic experience
- Psychedelic film
References
- Stafford, Peter. (2003). Psychedelics. Ronin Publishing, Oakland, California.
