Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Apr 19, 2008

1h 40m

★ 5.6

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Gryphon Productions

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Cast

Self / Presenter

Wade Davis

Self (archive footage)

Timothy Leary

Self

Andrew Weil

Self

Jeremy Narby

Self

Randy Borman

Self (archive footage)

Aldous Huxley

Self

Martin A. Lee

Self

Ralph Metzner

Self

Bob Weir

Self

Jonathan Ott

Self (archive footage)

Richard Evans Schultes

Self (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann

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Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

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