Vernal Equinox 2006

With contributions from:

  • João Serro
  • Jon Hanna
  • Rick Doblin
  • Peter Gorman
  • P.H., NM
  • Keeper Trout
  • Andrea Sciarnè
  • Rev. MeO
  • Benjamin Thomas, Australia
  • Loring Bard Green
  • Justin Case, TX
  • Tristan J. Whitrock
  • and others...

  

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • "Reflections on Basel" presents reviews by João Serro and Jon Hanna of the recent LSD conference in Switzerland, along with descriptions of trips to: a private birthday party for Albert Hofmann, the Paracelsus museum, the H.R. Giger museum, Die Grüne Fee Absinthe-Bar & Bistro, and the Nachtschatten Verlag drug book publishing house/archive for Sandoz papers on LSD and psilocybin.
     
  • "Halperngate" by Jon Hanna exposes details related to the recent outing of Dr. John Halpern as an informant for the DEA in the LSD manufacturing trial against William Leonard Pickard and Clyde Apperson. As Halpern has also been a prominent MAPS-supported psychedelic researcher, MAPS founder Rick Doblin responds at the end of the article, explaining his reasons for making the controversial choice to work with Halpern.
     
  • "Ayahuasca Healing and an Inkling of Darkness: Part Two" concludes Peter Gorman's tale of intrigue in the Amazon jungle of Peru.
     
  • "Network Feedback" discusses the psychoactivity of Pedicularis species; describes a successful preparation of ambíl; asks and answers questions about Gamma-OH; details potentiation of phenethylamines from pretreatment with ethanol, reviews a new stimulant product called AMP; shares bioassay reports of Kæmpferia galanga, Atropa belladonna, and DOC; previews a proposed Natural Rights and Amnesty Act; updates on the Salvia divinorum legal scene; and presents instructions for creating useful rolling mixture substrates for smokable tryptamines.
     
  • "Events Calendar" shares information about forthcoming events, including the Unhooked Thinking addiction gathering in Bath, the Science and Consciousness conference in Santa Fe, the SheShamans & Magic Mamas retreat in Geyserville, and the summer ayahuasca seminars at Wasiwaska.
     
  • "Sources" by Jon Hanna reviews the latest in psychedelic animation and art, Cannabis seed sellers, herbal extraction companies, entheobotanical dealers, and notes a couple of big sales from vendors going out of business. Also presents a mini-review of a new book of interest to privacy enthusiasts, relating the latest scary details about Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID).
     
  • "In Memoriam" remembers the life of Carla Annette Higdon, a dear friend to The Entheogen Review, who passed away on January 30, 2006.

     

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