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Prescriptions for pot

Smoking a joint can be a better and more effective way of easing specific types of chronic pain than the use of legal but addictive prescription narcotics such as OxyContin and morphine.

Is this a flash bulletin from the Cheech… Continue reading

Michael McClure

Michael McClure, an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist, was born in Marysville, Kansas on (October 20, 1932) before moving to San Francisco as a young man. He found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who… Continue reading

October’s Party

October gave a party;The leaves by hundreds came-The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,And leaves of every name.The Sunshine spread a carpet,And everything was grand,Miss Weather led the dancing,Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,The Oaks in crimson dressed;The lovely… Continue reading

Drugs and the Mind (1963)

DRUGS AND THE MIND When Aldous Huxley published his essay "The Doors of Perception" in 1954, he did much to publicize the effects of a very strange drug. "Mescaline," he wrote," admits one to an other-world of light, color, and increased… Continue reading

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also… Continue reading

On Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."

And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you… Continue reading

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer.

Born Dora Angela Duncan in San Francisco, California, she is considered by many to be the mother of Modern Dance. Although never very popular in the United… Continue reading