The Psychological Effect of Colours ( Archived) (151)

bodleing2: It certainly is, so much so that I can remember my last lsd experience was 30th May 1970.
That was after spending a period of around 15 months experimenting. Before I took the drug I researched a little and found a very informative book on the subject..

LSD — The Problem-Solving Psychedelic
P.G. Stafford and B.H. Golightly

The book went into the amazing power of the drug to be able to open up the creative skills and problem solving capabilities within the individual. At the time, compared to today, very little was known about the drug and it's possibilities, particularly in the field of mental health. Even today studies are very limited due to government restrictions in trialing lsd.
From what I have seen and read recently, trials using lsd on people suffering major depression and trauma have been most encouraging. It seems that after just a couple of sessions the patients was able to come off antidepressants immediately and return to a normal life.
One patient being interviewed said it was an incredible turn around in his life after just two sessions but had to return to taking antidepressants some months later as the government had stopped all trials.
Call me cynical but that would certainly be in the interests of the pharmaceutical companies and their mass production and distribution of antidepressants.

Just a short extract from the book I mentioned....

"I think that as a result of the psychedelic experience there's a heightened sense of the drama of life, including its brevity, and a realization both of the importance of one's individual life and of the fact that a sacred task has been given to the individual in the development of the self..."



Just to make it clear, I don't advocate the taking of lsd unless it's under medical supervision, it's a very powerful and unpredictable drug. I got away with it (well almost) all those years ago, but I know a few who didn't.