Psychedelics and the Brain: A Historical Perspective

This chapter explores the influential role of psychedelics like mescaline and LSD in shaping modern neuroscience and psychiatric thought. It highlights early theories linking these substances to schizophrenia, focusing on the perspectives of figures like Humphrey Osmond and Aldous Huxley, and discusses the need to reframe the conversation around psychedelics from a lens of illness to one of potential mystical experiences.