SettingsPsychedelic drug advocates
A. J. Weberman
Alan Jules Weberman (born May 26, 1945), better known as A. J. Weberman, is an American writer, political activist, gadfly, and popularizer of the terms garbology and "Dylanology".
Alan Jules Weberman (born May 26, 1945), better known as A. J. Weberman, is an American writer, political activist, gadfly, and popularizer of the terms garbology and "Dylanology".
Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop artist and producer.
Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop artist and producer.
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethyl...
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethyl...
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family.
Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comics writer and spiritual guru.
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comics writer and spiritual guru.
Alex Grey
Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement.
Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement.
Alexander Shulgin
Alexander "Sasha" Theodore Shulgin is an American pharmacologist, chemist, artist, and drug developer.
Alexander "Sasha" Theodore Shulgin is an American pharmacologist, chemist, artist, and drug developer.
Alfred Matthew Hubbard
Alfred Matthew Hubbard (1901–August 31, 1982) was an early proponent for the drug LSD during the 1950s.
Alfred Matthew Hubbard (1901–August 31, 1982) was an early proponent for the drug LSD during the 1950s.
Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s.
Andrew Weil
Andrew Thomas Weil is an American author and physician, who established the field of integrative medicine which attempts to integrate alternative and conventional medicine.
Andrew Thomas Weil is an American author and physician, who established the field of integrative medicine which attempts to integrate alternative and conventional medicine.
Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science.
Ann Druyan is an American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science.
Ann Shulgin
Ann Shulgin (born March 22, 1931) is an American author and the wife of chemist Alexander Shulgin.
Ann Shulgin (born March 22, 1931) is an American author and the wife of chemist Alexander Shulgin.
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud ( or, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet.
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud ( or, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet.
Benny Shanon
Benny Shanon (בני שנון; born 1948) is a professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in Cognitive Psychology and Education.
Benny Shanon (בני שנון; born 1948) is a professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds the Mandel Chair in Cognitive Psychology and Education.
Bill Hicks
William Melvin "Bill" Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician.
William Melvin "Bill" Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician.
Bill W.
William Griffith Wilson, also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, an international mutual aid fellowship with over two million members belon...
William Griffith Wilson, also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, an international mutual aid fellowship with over two million members belon...
Bob Wallace
Bob Wallace, was the ninth Microsoft employee, first popular user of the term shareware, creator of the word processing program PC-Write, founder of the software company Quicksoft and an "online...
Bob Wallace, was the ninth Microsoft employee, first popular user of the term shareware, creator of the word processing program PC-Write, founder of the software company Quicksoft and an "online...
Charles A. Reich
Charles A. Reich is an American legal and social scholar as well as writer who was a Professor at Yale Law School when he wrote the 1970 paean to the 1960s counterculture and youth movement, T...
Charles A. Reich is an American legal and social scholar as well as writer who was a Professor at Yale Law School when he wrote the 1970 paean to the 1960s counterculture and youth movement, T...
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.
Chris McKinstry
Kenneth Christopher McKinstry (February 12, 1967 – January 23, 2006) was a researcher in artificial intelligence.
Kenneth Christopher McKinstry (February 12, 1967 – January 23, 2006) was a researcher in artificial intelligence.
Christian Rätsch
Christian Rätsch is a German writer ethnopharmacology and psychoactive plants and animals.
Christian Rätsch is a German writer ethnopharmacology and psychoactive plants and animals.
Clark Heinrich
Clark Heinrich (born 1945) is an American author living in the coastal mountains of California, specializing in comparative religion and ethno-botany since 1974.
Clark Heinrich (born 1945) is an American author living in the coastal mountains of California, specializing in comparative religion and ethno-botany since 1974.
D. M. Turner
D.M. Turner (born Joseph Vivian; 5 October 1962 - 31 December 1996) was an author, psychedelic researcher and psychonaut who wrote two books on psychoactives and entheogens.
D.M. Turner (born Joseph Vivian; 5 October 1962 - 31 December 1996) was an author, psychedelic researcher and psychonaut who wrote two books on psychoactives and entheogens.
Dale Pendell
Dale Pendell is a contemporary author who combines science and poetry in his explications of the relationship between psychoactive compounds and human beings.
Dale Pendell is a contemporary author who combines science and poetry in his explications of the relationship between psychoactive compounds and human beings.
Daniel Pinchbeck
Daniel Pinchbeck (born June 15, 1966) is an author living in New York’s East Village, where he is editorial director of Reality Sandwich, a blog website centered around New Age philosophy and ac...
Daniel Pinchbeck (born June 15, 1966) is an author living in New York’s East Village, where he is editorial director of Reality Sandwich, a blog website centered around New Age philosophy and ac...
Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle (; born August 24, 1973) is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist.
David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle (; born August 24, 1973) is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist.
David Icke
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker, best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world."
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer and public speaker, best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world."
Dennis McKenna
Dennis Jon McKenna (born December 17, 1950) is an American ethnopharmacologist, author and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna.
Dennis Jon McKenna (born December 17, 1950) is an American ethnopharmacologist, author and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna.
Don Barry Mason
Don 'Barry' Mason (1950–2006) was the founder of the Psychedelic Shamanistic Institute (PSI), a networking organisation that encouraged ethnobotany and scientific research into cannabis and othe...
Don 'Barry' Mason (1950–2006) was the founder of the Psychedelic Shamanistic Institute (PSI), a networking organisation that encouraged ethnobotany and scientific research into cannabis and othe...
Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann (born March 13, 1957 in New York City) is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on ...
Ethan Nadelmann (born March 13, 1957 in New York City) is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on ...
Florinda Donner
Florinda Donner is a Venezuelan writer and anthropologist known as one of Carlos Castaneda's "witches".
Florinda Donner is a Venezuelan writer and anthropologist known as one of Carlos Castaneda's "witches".
Free Talk Live
Free Talk Live is an American call-in radio talk show, hosted by Ian Freeman and Mark Edge.
Free Talk Live is an American call-in radio talk show, hosted by Ian Freeman and Mark Edge.
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé (born December 27, 1963 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine filmmaker and the son of Argentine painter and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé.
Gaspar Noé (born December 27, 1963 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine filmmaker and the son of Argentine painter and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé.
George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist.
Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist.
Harold L. Humes
Harold Louis Humes, Jr. was known as HL Humes in his books, and usually as "Doc" Humes in life.
Harold Louis Humes, Jr. was known as HL Humes in his books, and usually as "Doc" Humes in life.
Homestead Book Company
New article name is Homestead Book Company The Homestead Book Company is one of the world's oldest counter-cultural book distributors.
New article name is Homestead Book Company The Homestead Book Company is one of the world's oldest counter-cultural book distributors.
Howard Lotsof
Howard Lotsof (March 1, 1943 — January 31, 2010) was an American scientific researcher and patent holder.
Howard Lotsof (March 1, 1943 — January 31, 2010) was an American scientific researcher and patent holder.
Humphry Osmond
Humphry Fortescue Osmond (1 July 1917 - 6 February 2004) was a British psychiatrist known for inventing the word psychedelic and for his research on psychedelic drugs.
Humphry Fortescue Osmond (1 July 1917 - 6 February 2004) was a British psychiatrist known for inventing the word psychedelic and for his research on psychedelic drugs.
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Curse of Lo...
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Curse of Lo...
István Cs. Bartos
Istvan Csaba Bartos (; Bartos the Great Human Muck Pit) is a Hungarian cynic philosopher, stand-up, performance artist and spoken word performer mostly known for his notorious subversive acts i...
Istvan Csaba Bartos (; Bartos the Great Human Muck Pit) is a Hungarian cynic philosopher, stand-up, performance artist and spoken word performer mostly known for his notorious subversive acts i...
Jan Greve
Jan Greve is a Norwegian psychiatrist who is best known for having used Cannabis and LSD to treat his patients.
Jan Greve is a Norwegian psychiatrist who is best known for having used Cannabis and LSD to treat his patients.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.
Jeff Burk
Jeff Burk is an American author and editor of Bizarro and horror fiction, currently living in Portland, Oregon.
Jeff Burk is an American author and editor of Bizarro and horror fiction, currently living in Portland, Oregon.
Jim Morrison
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors, as well as a poet.
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors, as well as a poet.
Joe Rogan
Joseph James "Joe" Rogan is an American martial artist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and color commentator.
Joseph James "Joe" Rogan is an American martial artist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and color commentator.
John C. Lilly
John Cunningham Lilly was an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher and writer.
John Cunningham Lilly was an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher and writer.
Jonathan Ott
Jonathan Ott is an ethnobotanist, writer, translator, publisher, chicken wing eating champion, body builder, natural products chemist and botanical researcher in the area of entheogens and their...
Jonathan Ott is an ethnobotanist, writer, translator, publisher, chicken wing eating champion, body builder, natural products chemist and botanical researcher in the area of entheogens and their...
Ken Kesey
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and as a counte...
Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey (; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and as a counte...
Laurence Caruana
Laurence Caruana (born February 16, 1962) is a Maltese artist, writer, and lecturer noted for his contribution to the contemporary visionary art movement, particularly through his Manifesto o...
Laurence Caruana (born February 16, 1962) is a Maltese artist, writer, and lecturer noted for his contribution to the contemporary visionary art movement, particularly through his Manifesto o...
Marcia Moore
Marcia Moore was an American astrologer and yoga teacher brought to national attention through Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn in 1965.
Marcia Moore was an American astrologer and yoga teacher brought to national attention through Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn in 1965.
Mel Lyman
Melvin James Lyman was an American musician, film maker, writer and founder of the Fort Hill Community.
Melvin James Lyman was an American musician, film maker, writer and founder of the Fort Hill Community.
Mestre Gabriel
José Gabriel da Costa, later known as Mestre Gabriel, (1922-1971), is the founder of the União do Vegetal, a Christian religious sect that utilizes the entheogenic tea Hoasca as its main s...
José Gabriel da Costa, later known as Mestre Gabriel, (1922-1971), is the founder of the União do Vegetal, a Christian religious sect that utilizes the entheogenic tea Hoasca as its main s...
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
Myron Stolaroff
Myron J. Stolaroff (born August 20, 1920) is an author and researcher who is best known for his studies involving psychedelic psychotherapy.
Myron J. Stolaroff (born August 20, 1920) is an author and researcher who is best known for his studies involving psychedelic psychotherapy.
Neo-American Church
The Neo-American Church is a defunct religion founded in 1966 by Arthur Kleps, partly as satire and partly as an unsuccessful ploy to gain a religious exemption from American drug laws.
The Neo-American Church is a defunct religion founded in 1966 by Arthur Kleps, partly as satire and partly as an unsuccessful ploy to gain a religious exemption from American drug laws.
Nick Herbert (physicist)
Nick Herbert is an American physicist, best known for his book Quantum Reality.
Nick Herbert is an American physicist, best known for his book Quantum Reality.
Owsley Stanley
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) also known as Bear, was a figure of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture.
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) also known as Bear, was a figure of the San Francisco Bay counter-culture.
Pablo Amaringo
Pablo Cesar Amaringo was an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca.
Pablo Cesar Amaringo was an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca.
Patrick K. Kroupa
Patrick Karel Kroupa (also known as Lord Digital, born January 20, 1969) is an American writer, hacker and activist.
Patrick Karel Kroupa (also known as Lord Digital, born January 20, 1969) is an American writer, hacker and activist.
Paul Devereux
Paul Devereux (born 1945) is an author, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster, artist and photographer based in the Cotswolds, England.
Paul Devereux (born 1945) is an author, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster, artist and photographer based in the Cotswolds, England.
Paul Krassner
Paul Krassner is an author, journalist, stand-up comedian, and the founder, editor and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958.
Paul Krassner is an author, journalist, stand-up comedian, and the founder, editor and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958.
Paul Stamets
Paul E. Stamets is an American mycologist, author, and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal mushrooms.
Paul E. Stamets is an American mycologist, author, and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal mushrooms.
Peter Gorman
Peter Gorman an investigative journalist and former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine.
Peter Gorman an investigative journalist and former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine.
Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre.
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre.
R. U. Sirius
R. U. Sirius is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity.
R. U. Sirius is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity.
Ralph Metzner
Ralph Metzner Ph.D. (born May 18, 1936 in Germany), is an American psychologist, writer and researcher, who participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early 1960s with Tim...
Ralph Metzner Ph.D. (born May 18, 1936 in Germany), is an American psychologist, writer and researcher, who participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early 1960s with Tim...
Ram Dass
Ram Dass is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now.
Ram Dass is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now.
Randall Fontes
Randall G. Fontes (born October 20, 1945) is an American psychology professional known particularly for his research in the fields of parapsychology and psychophysics.
Randall G. Fontes (born October 20, 1945) is an American psychology professional known particularly for his research in the fields of parapsychology and psychophysics.
Rick Doblin
Rick Doblin (born November 30, 1953) is the president and founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
Rick Doblin (born November 30, 1953) is the president and founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
Rick Strassman
Dr. Rick Strassman (born February 8, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States ) is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry with a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology research.
Dr. Rick Strassman (born February 8, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States ) is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry with a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology research.
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a nov...
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007), known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a nov...
Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of ex...
Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of ex...
Stanley Krippner
Stanley Krippner (born October 4, 1932) is an American psychologist, and an executive faculty member and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco.
Stanley Krippner (born October 4, 1932) is an American psychologist, and an executive faculty member and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco.
Stephen Gaskin
Stephen Gaskin is a counterculture hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co-founding "The Farm", a famous spiritual intent...
Stephen Gaskin is a counterculture hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co-founding "The Farm", a famous spiritual intent...
Tenacious D
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1994.
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1994.
Terence McKenna
Terence Kemp McKenna was an American philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution o...
Terence Kemp McKenna was an American philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution o...
Tim Scully
Robert "Tim" Scully (born August 27, 1944) is best known in the psychedelic underground for his work in the production of LSD from 1966 to 1969, for which he was indicted in 1973 and convicted ...
Robert "Tim" Scully (born August 27, 1944) is best known in the psychedelic underground for his work in the production of LSD from 1966 to 1969, for which he was indicted in 1973 and convicted ...
Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was a highly influential American psychologist and writer, known in later life for advocating advanced research into the therapeutic...
Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was a highly influential American psychologist and writer, known in later life for advocating advanced research into the therapeutic...
Ubi Dwyer
Bill 'Ubi' Dwyer or William Ubique Dwyer (21 January 1933 – 13 October 2001) was an anarchist activist in New Zealand, Australia, England and his native Ireland best known as the originato...
Bill 'Ubi' Dwyer or William Ubique Dwyer (21 January 1933 – 13 October 2001) was an anarchist activist in New Zealand, Australia, England and his native Ireland best known as the originato...
Wally Hope
Wally Hope (1947–1975) was a name by which Phillip Russell (born Alexander Graham Russell on 9 August 1947) was known.
Wally Hope (1947–1975) was a name by which Phillip Russell (born Alexander Graham Russell on 9 August 1947) was known.
Walter Bowart
Walter Howard Bowart (May 14, 1939 – December 18, 2007) was an American leader in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, founder and editor of the first underground newspaper in New York Cit...
Walter Howard Bowart (May 14, 1939 – December 18, 2007) was an American leader in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, founder and editor of the first underground newspaper in New York Cit...
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (; also known by his pen name William Lee; – ) was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer.
William Seward Burroughs II (; also known by his pen name William Lee; – ) was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer.
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist.
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist.