Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

The untold story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation.

2008 en 100 minutes

Rating: 5.6

Plot

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

Trailer

Cast

Wade Davis

Wade Davis

Self / Presenter

Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

Andrew Weil

Andrew Weil

Self

Jeremy Narby

Jeremy Narby

Self

Randy Borman

Randy Borman

Self

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Self (archive footage)

Martin A. Lee

Martin A. Lee

Self

Ralph Metzner

Ralph Metzner

Self

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

Self

Jonathan Ott

Jonathan Ott

Self

Richard Evans Schultes

Richard Evans Schultes

Self (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann

Self (archive footage)

Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey

Self (archive footage)

Robert Forte

Robert Forte

Self

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