psychedelic Archives

Dictyonema huaorani – New species of psychedelic lichen discovered

25 February 2015 — This article has been updated to better reflect the limitations of the study. A new species of lichen has been discovered in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, according to a recent paper published in The Bryologist. Researchers led by...

Hippie Goa Pictures of 70s & 80s

What was it about Goa, the former Portuguese colony, that became the smallest Indian state in 1961, that made it into a haven for hippies, freaks, misfits and independent minds from around the world? These rare photos can give you...

Amazing GOA in the 90s – Trip through the time machine

The 90s are the decade that formed Psychedelic and Goa Trance culture, and while it all happened in many scattered little tribes across the world, the meeting point for them all and cradle of this culture was Goa. Don’t forget...

Psychedelic Cathedral Made from 55,000 LED Lights in Belgium

This massive construct, created by Italian light design company Luminarie de Cagna, was truly a spectacle to behold at the second edition of the Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. The enamoring cathedral of light was designed using Renaissance and...

International Ayahuasca Research – Under The Microscope

Ten years ago, Mark Pischea, then a 42-year-old political consultant and father of five from Williamston, Michigan, was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pain. Pischea was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic autoimmune condition that can cause extreme...