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"LSD Was Invented at the Same Time as the Atomic Bomb In Order To Balance the Universe." - Famous Quote... Who Said It? Dr. Albert Hofmann? Post Answers in the Comments Section!

LSD was invented in 1938 but its Psychedelic Properties were Discovered on April 19th, 1943. The Atomic Bomb was First Exploded on July 16th, 1945... Just Co-Incidence? 

Purple Flowers by gvan42

and Here's what Dr. Hofmann Had to Say About That!

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LSD: Completely Personal

speech delivered to the 1996 Worlds of Consciousness Conference
in Heidelberg, Germany

by Dr. Albert Hofmann

One often asks oneself what roles planning and chance play in the realization of the most important events in our lives. With respect to a given event, this involves the question, just how much was destiny, how much free will? This question has preoccupied me again and again in relation to one of the most significant and consequential events in my life in relation to the discovery of LSD.

(Many Paragraphs later in the speech he says)

At about the same time [as the invention of LSD] nuclear energy became technically usable and the atomic bomb was developed. In comparison to traditional energy sources and weapons, a new dimension of menace and destruction became accessible. This corresponded to the potency-enhancement realized in the field of psychopharmaka, something like 1:5000 or 1:10,000-fold, comparing mescaline to LSD.

One could make the assumption that this coincidence might not be accidental, but rather was brought on the scene by the "Spirit of the Age." From this perspective the discovery of LSD could hardly be an accident.

One might reflect on a further idea, that LSD might have been predestined by some higher power to arise precisely at the time when the predominance of materialism with all its consequences over the past 100 years was being understood. LSD as an enlightening psychopharmakon along the path to a new, spiritual age!


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So... there was Dr. Hofmann Questioning the Possibility that "LSD Was Invented at the Same Time as the Atomic Bomb In Order To Balance the Universe."

but I Still Haven't Found anyone that puts it all in ONE SENTENCE... and I Do Not Think that I Wrote that Quote... 

SO... Who Said It? Post Answers in the Comments Section!

automatic psychedelic art in potatoshop program
automatic psychedelic art in potatoshop program


automatic psychedelic art in potatoshop program

automatic psychedelic art in potatoshop program

Mary Pinchot Meyer gave LSD to JFK and Then He Decided to End the Vietnam War in 1963. Defense Contractors had him Assassinated to Protect their Profits. Mary was a Girlfriend of JFK and...

She was part of a movement to give LSD to the Leaders of the World. The top scientists, business leaders, artists, poets, actors, politicians, writers, musicians and athletes were to be given LSD and then they would use what they learned while high to rebuild society. The cosmic knowledge was to be distributed from the top down in order to create a better world.

We Will Never Know If This Is True or Just a Conspiracy Theory... Mary did keep a diary and right after she was assassinated, her friend Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee took the diary to The CIA and they gave it to Mary's Sister and She BURNED IT! One of The Many "Summertime Bonfires" that Year...  https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/mpm-gave-lsd-to-jfk-and-then-he-decided.html
I've always wondered about the MOTIVE for JFK's Assassination... Dow Chemical and Hughes Aircraft Made a Fortune selling Supplies to the US Military during the Vietnam War... a Newly Enlightened JFK was a "Problem" - Solution? Have a Patsy "Hit" Him... The "Hit" the Patsy... 

Goofy Art - Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics by gvan42

Great Books: Project MKULTRA: 
CIA/LSD American History
"The Search for the Manchurian Candidate" 
by John Marks
MKULTRA: Was a CIA Mind Control Project in the USA during the 1950's and 1960's. They were looking for a way to use drugs as weapons of war. For example: LSD as a way to simply get the "enemy" to lay down their arms, voluntarily... like, too stoned to fight...

The project conducted tests on college students at Stanford University. Ken Kesey and Robert Hunter both were employed. Later, Ken started having "ACID TEST" parties where the participants took LSD and danced to the Music of the Grateful Dead. Robert Hunter wrote lyrics for the Dead. and The "Whole Earth Catalog" was Written by Stewart Brand... His Book was Useful for Hippies that wanted to Go Live Off The Land and become Subsistence Farmers... or Marijuana Farmers... He was Also a Test Subject for MKULTRA. 


Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics - Swirling Colors

50th anniversary of the Summer of Love... The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...

The culture of the United States was 
radically different After the 1960's... 
LSD Psychedelic Art by Greg Vanderlaan vandergreg gvan42 purple64ets gregvan

The conformism of the 1950's was blown away when LSD became widely available. Owsley made the chemical and made it available at Acid Tests with Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead. He also gave it to the Beatles for their Magical Mystery Tour. The spirit lives on in a yearly camping trip called The Rainbow Gathering. It's like Woodstock but the performers are not paid and I'm in the Band.

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Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - Instead of Watching TV I Choose to Photograph Roses... and Rocks... and Clouds... It Focuses My Attention on the Positive.

Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

 
Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

I Must say that My Mother Went Out of her Way to Find The Ugly Side of Everything... We Were at Dulles Airport in Virginia and I was Admiring the SWOOSH of the Ceiling when She Pointed out that the Roof Leaked... Thankfully I Learned a Lot from MOM... Mainly, DO THE OPPOSITE... She ended up Drinking herself to Death on Alcohol... Cirrhosis of the Liver... 
OOPS! Should Have Smoked WEED... Not One Fatality in 5,000 Years... 

marijuana leaf free coloring book art greg vanderlaan

Fashion History: When I went "to Town" in the 1960s (San Francisco) I was wearing My High School Sports Letterman Sweater... When we went out to a Dance at the Fillmore West, My Friend Loaned my a Second Hand Army Jacket... So I Would Appear Cool...Remember Army Jackets? Like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... 

and then much later I bought a Lightweight Camouflage Jacket and Sewed Stripes Running Down The Sleeves made out of Purple Sequins... With a Circle at the End of the Sleeve... My Attempt to Make a Sgt. Pepper Jacket...

My Goal in Life was to Become a Record Cover Artist... OOPS... Didn't Happen... Became a Draftsman at a Computer Company Instead... BUT... I Did Get To SELL DRAWINGS FOR A LIVING... My specialty was Printed Circuit Board Artwork. It was Photographed and Used to Make the Actual Electrical Connections between Integrated Circuits... I Learned that Skill at West Valley Junior College in Saratoga, CA


Intentionally Seek Beauty - Photos of My Garden and Trees - gvan42

Ambulance Coming to Take Away My Roommate - Never to Return - gvan42
Ambulance Coming to Take Away My Roommate.
Never to Return

Living here in an Old Folks Home I Have Seen Many People Die. It Doesn't Look Too Bad... Near the End They Simply Lose Touch With Reality and The Care givers Feed Them, Remove Waste and Wash... It Looks Like Most People DO NOT Notice Death... 

I refuse to watch Things on TV that Make Me Angry... Especially "News" That I Can't Do Anything About... I Missed the Entire Murder Trial of the Man Who Killed George Floyd... Whatever The F*CK His Name Is... 

Instead, I Watch Jeopardy! and Play that Game On the Internet... FUN! and It Makes My Brain Work...

and I Like to Read Bloomberg News on TV. They have a Scrolling Headline Column that Forces me to Read Very Fast... and It Often Has Words I've Never Heard of and Companies or even Countries that I Simply Do Not Know...  

For Example: Myanmar is the Country formerly Called Burma. It's Between India and Vietnam... and they are Having some kind of Crisis There but... It Has No Effect on My Life... 

Link to All My Groovy Products on My Zazzle Store: 
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?qs=groovy

Marijuana Tourism - my trip to Washington State, The Space Needle, The Experience Music Pavilion and then Oregon.

As legalization spread across the USA I wanted to experience LEGAL weed as soon as possible. When I retired from work I did a lot of driving around sleeping in the back of my VAN... I was like a turtle with my home on my back. First I drove to Utah with my friend Mike Jensen to attend the Rainbow Gathering...
After we were done with that I took a drive to Washington State to experience the Legal Weed. On the first visit I was unable to find any... I asked some local kids and asked for directions but there were very few stores and they were often closed...

On the Second Trip I picked up a hitchhiker who had some hash oil and he gave me some as a thank you gift for picking him up in the rain... Later I decided to go home and attend the Kinetic Sculpture Race at home but... and this is a big but... I smoked some hash oil... then I got onto Highway #5 and   I accidentally put the van into gear #2 and turned on the radio... When I hit 70 miles per hour the transmission exploded and then the engine caught fire... OOPS! I pulled over to the side of the freeway and said the Serenity prayer... I walked down the freeway and over to a Lumber Mill. The security guard called me a tow truck and I was towed to a motel...

I had the van towed to an auto repair place where they said it would cost $8,000 to repair my Ford Windstar. I paid $3,000 to buy it used so I decided it was Uneconomical to repair... Eventually I gave it to the Humane Society as a donation to help animals.

I did not allow this disaster to interfere with my vacation. I rode the AMTRAK to Seattle, Bought and ate TWO Marijuana Cookies, drank some of that rocket fuel coffee and rode the Monorail to the Space Needle and the Jimi Hendrix Experience Music Pavilion. (also a Nirvana Museum) Both musicians lived near Seattle. They had a musical instrument for tourists to play... It was 20 Tubular Bells that random people could whack with pool balls hung from a wire. VERY popular with children. I loved it too.

Then I rode the Monorail to downtown Seattle Business District and arrived at Quitting Time on a Sunny Friday afternoon. The first big weekend of Spring. I was impressed with the JOY of the office workers and the BEAUTY of the Secretaries. One effect of a heavy Cannabis Dose is that it makes women appear more beautiful... I really had to piss and was in the center of the city with no public bathrooms... so I peed my pants... I didn't care. as an Old Person, Peeing Your Pants is Common! 

I stayed at motels for a few weeks and walked, rode the train, rode the bus and taxi and eventually got home. Quite a tricky walkabout. I enjoyed the friendship of kids in Centralia, Washington... Great People! Then I bought another Van for $3,000...

I wanted to not only experience LEGAL WEED but I wanted to Vote with my Money and reward Washington State politicians who voted for Legal weed. The next year Oregon legalized Marijuana, Then Nevada and California... Soon... the entire USA.


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Springtime in Orangevale California - Trees in Bloom and Blue Sky with Feathery Clouds - I Feel Optimistic - We Just Installed a Brand New American Flag! and A Photo of a "UFO."

 Near Sacramento, California - In A Rural Area
Just a Few Photos of My Walk Around the Neighborhood.

A Fake Photo of a UFO in the Sky Over Orangevale... It's a JOKE! gvan42
A Fake Photo of a UFO in the Sky Over Orangevale...
It's a JOKE! gvan42


Springtime in Orangevale California - Trees in Bloom and Blue Sky with Feathery Clouds - I feel optimistic - gvan42

new American Flag being installed by the Care Givers at Home - gvan42
New American Flag Being Installed
by the Care Givers at Home - gvan42

feathery clouds - useful as a background image
feathery clouds - useful as a background image

Persimmon Tree In Bloom - Orangevale California
Persimmon Tree In Bloom - Orangevale California

Psychedelic Art - Green Green Greener Still - gvan42
Psychedelic Art - Green Green Greener Still - gvan42

Springtime in Orangevale California - white flowers on a tree - gvan42
Springtime in Orangevale California -
White Flowers on a Tree - gvan42
 


Observe the Psychedelic Animations and Slip Into a Trance...
Handy For Self Hypnosis... 
For Example: Quitting Smoking 
"Whenever I Have the Urge to Smoke, 
I'll Remember This Light Show...
and How Much FUN It Is To BE ALIVE!

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On a Different Subject:

Washington DC: At the Air and Space Museum Gift Shop I Bought Thin Plastic Sheets of Diffraction Grating. When You Look Thru the Plastic Sheet You See Rainbows is All Directions from Every Point of Light. Well, I Cut that Sheet into Four Pieces and Scotch Taped Two of Them as Replacement Lenses for Paper Movie Theater 3D Glasses. That way You Could Wear The Rainbows While Walking Around, Dancing or Riding as a Passenger in a Car on the Freeway (Driving is Not Recommended - You Might Get in a Car Wreck!)

SO... I Had the Habit of Giving these MAGIC Glasses to People and Blowing their Minds!  After All, I Could Just Make More! One Time I Gave a Pair of these Glasses to a Man Who was Selling Quartz Crystals in the Parking Lot of RFK Stadium before a Grateful Dead Concert... and then He said; "Would You Like to Break Bread With Me, Brother?" and I Said "Yes" and Ate The CENTER SQUARE of a Round Loaf of San Francisco Sourdough Bread... and Went on My Way... 


and Then... Later... I Was Tripping on LSD! That Surprised Me Because I Had Not Bought any LSD From Street Vendors... and I Had Not Eaten any LSD... BUT IT WAS UNMISTAKABLE!  

That Particular Concert was EPIC because There was a Thunder and Lightning Rainstorm and The Football Field Turned Into a Sea of MUD... There Were People Running and Diving and Sliding... Just Like they Did in the Movie "Woodstock." I Danced in the Mud but Did Not Slide...


After the Show I Did a "Power Walk" Just Like Carlos Castaneda and don Juan Did in those Books... I Took a Step, and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... and When I Had GROKKED It Fully... I Took Another Step... and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... SO... What Happened Was... I walked Extremely Slowly All the Way to the Car... and People were Streaming Past Me "Rapidly." - It Was Like a Scene from the Movie "Koyaanisqatsi" - and Some People Were Laughing and Pointing... "Watch OUT! That Guy Is Moving REALLY FAST! Danger Danger! He'll Knock You Right Over!" - In Fact: Deadheads are SILLY PEOPLE! 

Speaking of Washington DC...

I learned how to Play DEAL by the Grateful Dead on my Acoustic Guitar... and It's One of My Favorite Songs to Sing and Play in Public... One time I was in LAFAYETTE PARK right across from the White House and One of The Homeless People I Was Singing For said... "I Really Like that song about a DEER." - Misunderstood Lyrics... So Common...  On the other Hand, One Lady Did Not Care for GOLDEN ROAD because the Lyric "She's a Neon Light Diamond, She Can Live on the Street." Doesn't Amuse People That Are Actually Living on the Street...

I Loved Going to Lafayette Park Because There Were Endless Protests Going On There... No Nukes! and Anti-War! and Random Other Causes Were Attracted to That Location. During the Gulf War of George Bush the Father I Played The Big Marching Band Bass Drum in a Drum Circle Designed to DISTURB HIS SLEEP and Remind Him That We The People Were NOT HAPPY With His War... A Man Named "Kodiak" Owned the Bass Drum but he was Tired of Standing and Holding it Up... They are Heavy! So He Asked Me to Play It For a While...  and I also Played a Paddle Drum with Buddhist Monks There... They Played a VERY STRANGE and COMPLEX Rhythm... I asked Why and They Said It Requires the Drummer to FOCUS Their Mind - a Technique Useful in Meditation... 

Read More of My Autobiography at: 

American History: The US Military Built an Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia to Help Fight the First War Against Iraq. Then After the War Was Over the US Air Force KEPT THE BASE OPEN... Because... Why Not? It's a Great Location for Making Bombing Runs to The Entire Middle East... Or Spying Flights... Anyway... Osama bin Laden Was Angered by Americans Invading HIS Country and Never Leaving... He Was So Mad About This That He Got Revenge by Having His People Fly Airplanes into The World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It Has Been Asked: WHY DO THEY HATE US? and The Answer is: Because We Invaded Their Country and Never Left. The Answer is NOT "Because They Hate our Freedom." - That's "Spun" Propaganda Written by Professional Liars That Work for the CIA... Did You Know That the WORD "BRAINWASHING" was Invented By The CIA? They Employ Countless Writers To Create Believable Stories to Mislead the Public... and Publish Them in Newspapers Worldwide... and on the TV & Radio... Most Famously the "Voice of America" with a Broadcast Station Located in Europe and Antennas Pointed at Russia... Broadcasting "PRAVDA!" For the People to Hear! The Message is "Our Guys are Red Hot, Your Guys Ain't Diddly Squat!" OR... Our Way of Life is Dramatically Better Than Yours... Overthrow Your Government!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_Saudi_Arabia

"Since Saudi Arabia houses the holiest sites in Islam (Mecca and Medina), a number of Muslims, including Bin Laden and his supporters, were outraged at the permanent presence of non-Muslim U.S. military personnel. The continued presence of U.S. troops after the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia was also one of the stated motivations behind the September 11th terrorist attacks[1]" 


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Rose, Coral Colored - gvan42


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While I Spend My Time Walking in the Garden, Seeking Beauty... Others Pay Attention to the Madness of Politics... Occasionally, I Tune the TV To The News BUT... Only Briefly... Because Those People Far Away From Here are Behaving Crazy... a Whole Lot of Hatred... 

Right Now, I'm Listening to an All New-Age Music Channel... "Music Choice: SOUNDSCAPES" Endless Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music, Celtic Harp, Piano Improvisations and Synthesizer Jazz... Little Tinkling Bells... Very Relaxing...  Especially Since I'm Playing With Paint Dot Net Photo Processing Program... Cropping My Photographs of The Flowers in the Garden... and They Also Publish Words of Wisdom Quotes on the TV... Alan Watts, The Dali Lama, Ram Dass, Edgar Allen Poe... 

I Naturally Face the Windows of My Home Whenever I'm Using My Computer... Therefore, I See Each Rose Through The Entire Life Cycle... First, It's a Green Bud, Then Tomorrow It Will be a Tightly Wound Rose, The Next Day It Will Be in Full Glory and Then the Day After That It Will Start to Fade... and Then The Petals Will Drop off...   


It's Like Watching a Time Lapse Film but in Reality! Takes About a Week... 

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I Just Got Back from a Long Hike In The Neighborhood...
I Went Farther Than I've Ever Gone Before...
Exploring... FUN!
This is a Big Deal Because, Years Ago
I Needed a WALKER to Get Around...
BUT...
Thru Seemingly Endless Exercise...
I Put It In The Closet... NOT NEEDED!
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Doing Inner Work is Valuable to Myself, 
My Family, My Neighborhood 
and The World In General. 
Find and Spread Peace and Love. FUN!

I'm spending a Lot More Time Associating With Positive People Online and Ignoring Politics. I Have Already Made Up My Mind about Who to Vote For... and SEEING CRAZY Stuff on TV or the Internet Just Makes Me Angry with No Actual Benefit... 

SO... I Have Joined a Bunch of "New Age" Philosopher Groups... Seeking Wisdom, Enlightenment and Extraterrestrial Contact... My Favorite is Sonya Sophia's World Tapping Circle. A Once a Week She Leads a Guided Meditation that always make me feel Optimistic... I Also Think Up New Ideas and Plans for Action While in That Trance... I Love and Accept Myself. 

What IF This Was Easier Than I Thought 
and More Fun Than I Imagined?

another Group is Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe. A Video Conference featuring Happy Healthy People Interested in Moving the Whole World a Few Steps Forward. Using Music, Comedy, Magic Tricks and Conversation... It's a Great Place to Get Introduced to Wonderful People...

and... Mark Sims... Leader of The Harmonic Convergence... a Group Meditation Designed to Actively Invite Contact With Extraterrestrials... Hello Space Brothers! Are You Listening? We Would Like to Chat... https://marksims.com/thc2020/ 

Why Not TRY To Contact Aliens?

and... There is an Active RAM DASS Tribe online... Many People Have Found Wisdom in His Books and Lectures... and They Are Re Broadcasting His Work... Forever...

Remember: Be Here Now

and... The San Francisco Unitarian Church Posts a Sermon Every Sunday... Interesting Topics WORTHY of Further Thought... https://www.uusf.org/

Here is a Link to A Greta Thunberg Facebook Group...


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On The Other Hand...
It Is Fun To WRITE
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Against Mad King Donald
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