c/psychedelic-salon
Dive into the archives of psychedelic thought. Lorenzo Hagerty hosts essential conversations on entheogens, science, and the counterculture.
…convince yourself this was the LSD of the ancient world in the 19th century. You know, Theodore Gautier and Baudelaire and Verlaine, Rimbaud, that crowd, there was this thing called the Society of the Hashachine in Paris, and they met at the old Hotel de…
…a small, smiling man sitting at the other end of the table, you're right, Higgins. A deliberate disordering of the senses worked for Rimbaud, but would it work for us? So this is a reference to a symbolist poet of the 19th century and the belief that…
…to a smiling man sitting at the end of the table, it's true, Headley. A deliberate derangement of the senses. Worked for Rimbaud, but would it work for us? And it's worth remembering that this madness we fear so much, we are essentially the unhappy…
…because it's a rejection culture. Culture generates spiritual thirst. Okay, so then the other method on the table are psychedelics. Arthur Rimbaud, the french symbolist poet, his theory of poetry was that it could only be achieved by what he called a…
…little man, who has obviously just said something, he's saying, you're right, Higgins, that a deliberate disordering of the senses worked for Rimbaud. But would it work for us? Probably not for Acme Corporation, but it will work for us. And the way it's…
…saying to a smiling man sitting at the end of the table. It's true, Headley, a deliberate derangement of the senses worked for Rimbaud, but would it work for us? And it's worth remembering, you know, that this madness we fear so much, we are essentially…