background of, 164 –67
and Bay Area community, 171 , 175 –78, 180 –83
Captain Trips nickname, 171
and CIA, 166 , 171 –72
and Commission for the Study of Creative Imagination, 174 –75
contradictions in life of, 164 , 169
and counterculture, 181 , 181n, 200
and environment of psychedelic experiences, 164
and guides, 225 , 230
and Huxley, 172 –74
and leading researchers, 170 –71
and Leary, 199 –200, 219 , 220
LSD experiences of, 167
and mescaline, 169 , 173
and Osmond, 168 –69, 200
and Osmond/Hoffer’s research, 170
and psychedelic therapy paradigm, 160 , 164 , 169 –70, 171 , 207
and reunion of first wave figures, 219 , 220
and Sandoz LSD, 167 , 170
at Stanford Research Institute, 180 –82
on therapeutic value of psychedelics, 169
and Wasson, 170
Human Be-In in San Francisco, 203 –4
Humboldt, Alexander von, 126 –27, 128 , 134
Huxley, Aldous
ambitions of, 194 , 198n
Brave New World, 160
and Commission for the Study of Creative Imagination, 174
death of, 338
The Doors of Perception, 25 , 143 , 160 , 162 , 201 , 253
on ego, 253 , 289
and expectancy effects, 143 –44, 161 –62
and Hubbard, 172 –74
imprint on modern psychedelic experiences, 111 , 143 –44, 162
and Leary, 198
LSD experiences of, 173 –74
mescaline experience of, 144 , 151 , 160 –62
and “Mind at Large” state, 264 , 315 , 389
and Osmond, 160 , 174
Perennial Philosophy concept of, 162 , 232
and psychedelic therapy paradigm, 160 , 207
and “psychedelics” term, 160 , 162 –63
“reducing valve” concept of, 161 –62, 289 , 307 , 313 , 322 , 353
and terminal patients, 338
Huxley, Laura, 172
Hyams, Joe, 157
hypnagogic consciousness, 252
ibogaine, 369n