Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

2008
1h 40m
5.6

5.6/10

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Documentary

"The untold story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation."

Overview

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Gryphon Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

new mexico lsd botanist amazon rainforest ayahuasca magic mushroom explorer anthropologist peyote traditional medicine indigenous peoples oaxaca

Quick Facts

Release Date April 19, 2008
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0822803

Cast

Wade Davis
Wade Davis

Self / Presenter

Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil

Self

Jeremy Narby
Jeremy Narby

Self

Randy Borman
Randy Borman

Self

Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley

Self (archive footage)

Martin A. Lee
Martin A. Lee

Self

Ralph Metzner
Ralph Metzner

Self

Bob Weir
Bob Weir

Self

Jonathan Ott
Jonathan Ott

Self

Richard Evans Schultes
Richard Evans Schultes

Self (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Peter von Puttkamer
Director
Peter von Puttkamer
Executive Producer
Peter von Puttkamer
Writer
Sheera von Puttkamer
Producer
Wade Davis
Writer