LSD & The Cuckoo's Nest
'One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a novel written by Ken Kesey. It is loosely based on his life and experiences. Some people say that the main character Chief Bromden is Ken Kesey himself. He enrolled in Stanford University in 1958 and began writing the novel OFOTCN. A year later he volunteered to be part of the CIA's experiment as a guinea-pig in Project MKULTRA to test LSD among other drugs. He and his Merry Pranksters traveled around in a crazy painted bus and hosted parties which he called 'Acid Tests' . these parties included black-lights, fluorescent paints, strobes and of course the music of his favorite band and fellow pranksters 'The Grateful Dead.' LSD is a huge part of the 1960's as well as this novel! Of course we all know he was high as a kite when he wrote it! Kesey said when he was tripping out on LSD he frequently saw and Indian person in his hallucinations and of course the main character of the novel is in fact an Indian.Many of his personal experiences when working at the Vetran's Hospital play a part in this novel. Why was LSD such a huge thing in the 1960's? Why Is it not a commonly used drug anymore? ....Ahh maybe because its a hell of a drug and scares the hell out of us now rather than opening us up to the 'free love' felt in the 1960's. All of our subliminal messages through commercials and movies, have in fact gotten to us? we don't believe in free love anymore, in fact we are quite the opposite, we lock our doors and night and every time we step out of our car, we dont have the same trust as we did before, everyone doesn't love each other in fact we hate each other. we have so much fear now a days with 9/11 and conspiracy theories, there's not a chance in hell we would be able to use LSD we'd freak out so bad its not even funny, we don't have an open mind and and open heart. no love just fear, i know when i used to do a lot of extacy, at first it was ok and fun and comfortable but i was with people who i could trust and it was at a cottage, i was safe away from all the crap of the world, all the evil things that can creep their way into your head. but a change of scenery and the whole thing got flipped right upside down, i was freaking..never again.. there's no way id be able to handle LSD, nor do i think many people could. Funny thing i watched a documentary last night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKi7JKE1TRQ called "Peyote to LSD" from the history channel it was very informative, all these illegal substances were first found and used by natives as a medicine to heal the mind and soul, then the government got a hold of them and tested them on army boys to see the effect it has over mind control, then leaked to the public....funny how that happens..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyy72WbpgS8
