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  • Arthur Janov on John Lennon and LSD

    From Norbert K@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 04:14:05 2023
    Q: Did [John Lennon] talk to you about acid and its effects on him?

    A: Well, I knew about it. I can't disclose specifics, but in general, I'll tell you this: LSD is the most devastating thing for mental health that ever existed. To this day, we see people who've been on LSD, and they have a different brain-wave
    pattern, as if their defenses are totally broken down. It stays.

    Timothy Leary was in favor of ego-destruction. I think he destroyed so many people by touting LSD. It's a very dangerous drug.

    -- from Janov's 2000 interview in Mojo Magazine

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Mon Jan 16 15:03:02 2023
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    Norbert K <[email protected]> wrote:

    Q: Did [John Lennon] talk to you about acid and its effects on him?

    A: Well, I knew about it. I can't disclose specifics, but in general, I'll tell you this: LSD is the most devastating thing for mental health that ever existed. To this day, we see people who've been on LSD, and they have a different brain-wave pattern, as if their defenses are totally broken down. It stays.

    Timothy Leary was in favor of ego-destruction. I think he destroyed so
    many people by touting LSD. It's a very dangerous drug.

    -- from Janov's 2000 interview in Mojo Magazine

    Saw something about LSD now being touted as a treatment for PTSD but
    they're probably talking about "microdosing," not the serious tripping
    done by Lennon and others back then.

    I was watching the "Ed Sullivan's Rock & Roll Memories" on MeTV last
    night and the announcer mentioned how Eric Burdon was kicked out of The
    Animals because of his heavy LSD use, I had forgotten that if I ever
    knew it. He did seem to have some serious health problems for many years
    before he eventually passed away.

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