Robert Forte: The Real Truth of Psychedelics

How did psychedelics become part of the American lexicon in the 1960s, and what has changed since then?

Explore the true history and the people behind the Psychedelic era with scholar, historian and researcher Robert Forte in this very revealing Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Robert on his website, Substack and on social media via Facebook.

• Robert’s first encounter with psychedelics in fifth grade via Life Magazine in 1966. (6:01)
• Little known psychologist Frank X. Barron was the man who later turned on Timothy Leary. (12:01)
• At the origin of the major world religions and nearly all traditional Shamanic practices, you will find a sacred plant. (20:37)
• Why so many religious people reject psychedelics. (23:38)
• The MK-Ultra program. (37:09)
• Timothy Leary and Ram Dass/Dr. Richard Alpert: Facts versus fiction. (44:10)
• “What do you call someone who’s not a conspiracy theorist?” (1:01:32)
• Why would the CIA popularize magic mushrooms in the 1950s? (1:15:08)
• Are today’s medical “experts” truly trained to work with patients using psychedelics? (1:28:07)
• Robert’s ayahuasca vision for enlightenment and a bleak future. (1:38:38)
• Is Paul too young to retire? (1:49:21)
• Huston Smith on psychedelics and the differences between religious experiences and a religious life. (1:54:57)
• The Greek origin of the word mystery. (2:01:11
• Why don’t more people realize that all of us are connected to each other? (2:25:40)
• “I knew Terence McKenna before he was Terence McKenna.” (2:34:27)
• The origins of MDMA (ecstasy). (2:50:52)
• “Psychedelics attract dissidents.” (3:03:14)

• Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In edited by Robert Forte
• Entheogens and the Future of Religion edited by Robert Forte
• The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan Watts
• The Rigveda
• Robert Forte on Ryan Sprague’s This One Time on Psychedelics on Apple Podcasts
• Robert Forte’s recent appearance on the Kyle Kingsbury Podcast on YouTube
• Entheogens
• Michael Pollan on psychedelics
• Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Hamilton Souther and Jason Pickard
• The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofman and Carl Ruck
• The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terrence McKenna by Dennis McKenna
• The work of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, R. Gordon Wasson and Alexander Shulgin
• Be Here Now by Ram Dass
• Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary
• The Intelligence Agents by Timothy Leary
• Seeking the Magic Mushrooms, a 1957 photo essay in Life Magazine
• Noble Eightfold Path
• Do Drugs Have Religious Import? by Huston Smith
• The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion With No Name by Brian Muraresku
• Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World’s Religions by Huston Smith
• Paul’s Living 4D podcast on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman
• Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide by O.T. Oss and O.N. Oeric
• The Creature From Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin

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