Entering through this concentrated tool of consciousness, we thought that it opened up neural pathways in otherwise unutilized portions of the brain. Unfortunately research on how this amazing substance really works has been very limited due to the general paranoia of the government. For excellent information on Dr. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic properties of LSD while doing research for Sandoz Laboratories, and for the molecular and physical properties of LSD, I recommend Psychedelics Encyclopedia by Peter Stafford. Golden Gate Park between the entrance on Stanyan and Dinosaur Valley. Tribal rhythms and people dancing on the meadow, long sleeves like wings in the soft San Francisco afternoon.
Someone sits in a tree, rocking branches to the drum beat.
Scan the hill quickly. Bodies are stretched in sunlight, people passing joints and pipes. Pan is there with his four foot pipe, furs, bones, beads and jewelry creating a new sacramental instrument whose bowl holds a half-ounce of pot. Flutes are playing at the top of the hill, couples are sleeping, talking. It is a gentle web of high Someone is sitting under the trees at the top of the hill playing guitar.