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Spokespeople
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For authors, see psychonaut book index.
This index lists notable people who have devoted themselves to speaking out about psychonautics, psychedelics, entheogens, and the general expansion of consciousness.
| Name | Profession | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Abbie Hoffman | Drug policy reformist | |
| Alan Ginsberg | Poet, Philosopher, Writer | |
| Alan Watts | Philosopher, Writer, Lecturer | |
| Albert Hofmann | Chemist | Discovery of LSD and psilocybin |
| Aldous Huxley | Philosopher, Writer | "Brave New World" (1932), "The Doors of Perception" (1954), "Heaven and Hell" (1956) |
| Aleister Crowley | ||
| Alex Grey (website) | Artist | Psychedelic art |
| Alexander Shulgin | Chemist | PiHKAL, TiHKAL, 2Cx, DOx, popularized MDMA |
| Amanda Feilding | Drug policy reformer, neuroscience researcher | Founder of Beckley Foundation |
| Andrew Feldmar (website) | Lay therapist | Tryptamines, phenethylamines |
| Ann Shulgin | Writer | PiHKAL, TiHKAL |
| Ben Sessa | ||
| Benny Shanon | Psychologist | Biblical entheogen hypothesis based on 2,500 ayahuasca experiences |
| Casey William Hardison | Chemist | Psychedelic clandestine chemistry |
| Christian Rätsch (website) | Anthropologist | Writer on topics like ethnopharmacology, psychoactive plants and animals |
| D. M. Turner | Psychonaut | Author, Psychedelic researcher |
| Daniel Siebert | Ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist | Salvia divinorum |
| David E. Nichols | Pharmacologist and medicinal chemist | Escaline, LSZ, 6-APB, 2C-I-NBOMe and other NBOMe variants |
| David Nutt | Neuropsychopharmacologist | MDMA controversy, scientific career |
| Dennis McKenna | Ethnopharmacologist | Psilocybin mushroom cultivation |
| George Harrison | Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, music and film producer | Co-founder of The Beatles, a psychedelic rock band and the best-selling band in history. The Beatles called for cannabis legalization. Harrison's use of psychedelic drugs encouraged his path to meditation and Hinduism. |
| Gordon Wasson | Author, ethnomycologist | Popularized psilocybin mushrooms and Salvia divinorum |
| Graham Hancock (website) | ||
| Hamilton Morris | Writer, documentarian, psychonaut | Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, and Vice correspondent |
| Humphrey Osmond | Psychedelic therapy, socio-architecture theory, invented the word psychedelic | |
| Hunter S. Thompson | ||
| Jack Herer (website) | Cannabis rights activist | Jack Herer (Cannabis strain) |
| Jerry Garcia | Singer-songwriter and guitarist | Co-founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist, in the psychedelic rock band Grateful Dead |
| Jimi Hendrix | Guitarist, vocalist | A psychedelic rock solo artist who regularly used cannabis, LSD and amphetamines, particularly while touring. |
| John Lennon | Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, activist | Co-founder of The Beatles, a psychedelic rock band and the best-selling band in history. Solo artist. The Beatles called for cannabis legalization. Lennon was a LSD user. |
| John Lilly | Physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer and inventor | Ketamine, isolation tank |
| John M. Allegro | ||
| John W. Huffman | Professor emeritus of organic chemistry, cannabinoid researcher | JWH-018 and other synthetic cannabinoids. The John W. Huffman research group at Clemson University synthesized over 450 cannabinoids. |
| Jonathan Ott | Ethnobotanist | Entheogens |
| Ken Babbs | ||
| Ken Kesey | ||
| Kenneth Ring (website) | Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut, author | Founded Journal of Near-Death Studies, and co-founded International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) |
| Leo Zeff | Psychologist and psychotherapist | Psychedelic therapy |
| Lumir Hanus | ||
| Marcia Moore | Ketamine | |
| Michael Pollan | Author, journalist, professor | Speaker, author |
| Myron Stolaroff | Author | Underground psychedelic psychotherapy |
| Nicholas Sand | DMT and LSD clandestine chemist | |
| Owsley Stanley | LSD clandestine chemist | |
| Paul McCartney | Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, cannabis activist | Co-founder of The Beatles, a psychedelic rock band and the best-selling band in history. The Beatles called for cannabis legalization. McCartney was a habitual cannabis user. |
| Paul Stamets | Mycologist | Psilocybin mushroom |
| Raja Ram | Musician | Considered as one of the pioneers of psytrance, psybient, and psychill. Co-founded 1200 Micrograms, and Shpongle. |
| Ralph Metzner | Psychologist | Psychedelics, yoga, meditation and shamanism |
| Ram Dass (website) | Spiritual teacher | |
| Rick Doblin | Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) | |
| Rick Strassman (website) | Medical doctor | Research on DMT, "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" book |
| Ringo Starr | Singer, songwriter, drummer, actor | Co-founder of The Beatles, a psychedelic rock band and the best-selling band in history. The Beatles called for cannabis legalization. |
| Robert Anton Wilson | Writers | |
| Robert McPherson (aka Psylocybe Fanaticus) (website) | Pioneered PF Tek | |
| Robert Monroe | Author, radio broadcaster, researcher | The Monroe Institute (TMI) |
| Robin Carhart-Harris (website) | ||
| Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett | Singer, songwriter, and musician | Co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, of the band Pink Floyd. Barrett was a LSD user. |
| Roland Griffiths (website) | ||
| Snoop Dogg | Rapper, singer, record producer, television personality, entrepreneur, and actor. | List of awards and nominations received by Snoop Dogg. Snoop smokes medical cannabis to treat migraine, he owns the brand Leafs By Snoop, and is a cannabis re-legalization activist.[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| Stephen LaBerge | Psychophysiologist | Oneirology, lucid dreaming |
| Terence McKenna | Ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author | Lectures and books on the use of psychedelic compounds |
| Tim Scully | Chemists | Psychedelic clandestine chemistry. Companion with Owsley Stanley |
| Timothy Leary | Psychologist | Psychedelic advocate |
| Tom Wolfe | Author | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test |
| Uncle Fester (website) | Author | Clandestine chemistry |
| William Leonard Pickard | Author, formerly American drug trafficker | Convicted in the largest LSD manufacturing case in history with Clyde Apperson |
See also
- Visionary artists
- Psychonautics
- Subjective effect index
- Psychonaut book index
- Psychoactive substance index
External links
- Psychedelic drug advocates (Wikipedia)
- Psychedelic drug researchers (Wikipedia)
- List of chemists (Wikipedia)
- List of ethnobotanists (Wikipedia)
- Erowid Character Vaults
- Erowid Character Vaults : Famous People and Their Drug Use
References
- ↑ https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/03/30/snoop-doggs-marijuana-fund-is-budding-after-a-45-m.aspx
- ↑ https://www.georgianjournal.ge/society/30099-marijuana-to-be-legalized-in-georgia-during-rapper-snoop-doggs-visit.html
- ↑ https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/snoop-dogg-talks-about-michigan-proposal-to-legalize-marijuana
- ↑ https://canoe.com/entertainment/celebrity/snoop-dogg-on-marijuana-legalization-in-canada-lets-just-make-it-happen
- ↑ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/11/09/snoop-dogg-celebrities-celebrate-weed-legalization-california-proposition-64/93526766/
- ↑ https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/snoop-dogg-to-wh-legalize-pot-071224