Mind soars on mushrooms, believed key to mental ills
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated December 9, 1960 partially reads, "Lights burst like giant starshells and then splash over the room to illuminate it with shafts of vivid color. The mind is disembodied and soars with unshackled freedom. But conscience continues and the person experiencing the thrill is aware of his environs and is coherent and responsive in his conversation. This is the beginning of an hallucinogenic experience incited by a mushroom. Riker Laboratories, Inc., a drug research and production firm at 19901 Nordhoff St., Northridge, has learned first-hand the amazing properties of the mushroom." Photograph caption reads, "Mushroom-fed cat is a living transmitter. Mrs. Carl J. Bell holds Honey. Jim Shryle gets reading."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Riker Laboratories, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic--California--Los Angeles Hallucinogenic drugs--California--Los Angeles Cats as laboratory animals--California--Los Angeles Testing laboratories--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Cats--California--Los Angeles Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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