About the Author and Further Reading
Megan is an English Major at Queens college and will be graduating in December 2007 with her bachelors degree in English Literature and Philosophy. She lives in Suffolk County, "out on the Island," as they say, and is looking forward to moving to Lexington, Kentucky next year to relax and enjoy the country.
You can contact the author at mmoriarty100@qc.cuny.edu
The full text of the paper upon which this webpage is based can be downloaded here.
Beatles, The. The Beatles Anthology. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2000.
Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. New York: Oxford, 1999.
Hartmann, Ernest, M.D. Dreams and Nightmares: The Origin and Meaning of Dreams. Cambridge: Perseus, 2001.
Havens, Joseph. “A Working Paper: Memo on the Religious Implications of the Consciousness-Changing Drugs (LSD, Mescalin, Psilocybin).” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 3 (1964): 216-226.
Hobson, J. Allan. The Dream Drugstore. Cambridge: Bradford, 2001.
Huxley, Aldous. The Doors of Perception. 1954. New York: Harper, 1990.
Jung, Carl Gustav. Dreams. New Jersey: Princeton, 1990.
Leary, Timothy. “Introduction.” LSD: The Consciousness-Expanding Drug. Ed. David Solomon. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1964. 1-21.
Novak, Steven J. “LSD before Leary: Sidney Cohen’s Critique of 1950s Psychedelic Drug Research.” Isis, 88 (1997): 87-110.
Smith, Huston. “Do Drugs Have Religious Import?” The Journal of Philosophy, 61 (1964): 517-530.
Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 1971. New York: Vintage, 1998.
Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. 1968. New York: Farrar, 1999.
Image Credits:
The Beatles, "I am the Walrus"; http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/mmt.htm
Psychedelic art; http://www.acidtrip.com/secure/part8.htm
Aldous Huxley; http://www.directionjournal.com/vision/gauld.html
Merry Pranksters Bus; http://www.hazardous.com/gallery.html
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Book Cover; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Movie Cover; http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/20945.jpg
Albert Hoffman; http://www.miqel.com/entheogens/psych_today_wired_revival.html
LSD in the USA; http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/dea/product/lsd/toc.htm
Acid Test Hangout; http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/scene/kesey.html#089p4
Ralph Steadman,Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Car Scene; http://ralphsteadman.com/
The Dream Drugstore Cover; http://www.erowid.org/library/books/dream_drugstore.shtml
Ruby Slippers LSD blotter; http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/3/38/300px-Ruby_slippers_image.jpg
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas check-in scene; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_EvWIlEix4
Tomaselli "New Jerusalem" 1998; http://www.insecula.com/us/oeuvre/O0026544.html
Read more:
Dreaming and the Psychedelic Experience
Psychedelic Literature
What is the Psychedelic Experience?
It's all about the Brain: Hobson's Theory
Drugged up dreamy testimonies
The End of the Psychedelic Era
About the Author and Further Reading