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Fortean Times #180 (February 2004)

Release date: 10 Jan 2004
Cover price: £3.20
US Edition is dated March 2004 with a cover price of $7.25 USA (CAN $7.50)
Cover: Matt Pattinson

Features

28 Doors of Perception
On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Aldous Huxley's description of his spiritual awakening, Antonio Melechi looks back on the events which gave birth to a whole new generation of visionaries and led to a major switch in cultural values. How was it that the celebrated English writer came to be a major inspiration for the pschedelic explosion of the 1960s?

34 Gastric Fantastic
Simon Wilson reveals that famous English opium-eater Thomas de Quincey blamed it all on his tummy, and may have turned to the drug not to seek visions but to escape them.

40 Psychedelica Victoriana
Mike Jay examines the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the 19th century and asks whether Lewis Carroll's knowledge of wonderland came from first-hand experience - or merely from spending too much time in the library.

46 Absinthe & Alchemy
Gary Lachman investigates the hallucinatory world inhabited by Swedish playwright August Strindberg.

52 An Acid Test for ESP
Andy Roberts looks at the world's biggest telepathy experiment, conducted at a series of Grateful Dead concerts in 1971.

Forum

58 Astral Plane Crash - What Jeff Koyen was doing on 11 Sept 2001, and why he's still not sure it really happened.

Reports

74 Fortean Traveller - No 29. Devil Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania. Rachel Bignell - Horning in on a visit to Lithuania's unique Devil Museum.

Strange Days

More fish falls, cat and owner share symptoms, living without food and drink, visions of Mary, the world's oldest people and more...

05 Extra Extra
14 Science
16 For all the Saints
17 The Heirophant
17 Konspiracy Korner
18 Alien Zoo
22 UFOlogy
24 Archaeology
26 Mythconceptions
27 Strange Deaths

Regulars

Editorial

02 Art and vision

Subscriptions

33

International Subscriptions

39

Competition

57

Back Issues

60

Reviews

61 Books
66 Film & DVD
67 Games

Letters

71

It Happened to Me

75

Simulacra Corner

71

Comix

79 Phenomenomix: Reciprocal Evolution by Hunt Emerson

Tales from the Vault

80

Coming Next Month

Manao Tupapao - Spirits of the South Pacific
Holy bull! - Animal cults of ancient Egypt
Little Green Men - Investigating the Aztec UFO crash
Fortean Times Issue 181 on sale 06 Feb 2004

Reader Info

78

Masthead

Editor - David Sutton
Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
Junior Sub Editor - Owen Whiteoak
Picture Researcher - Winnie Liesenfeld
Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
Contributing Editor - Ian Simmons
Contributing Editor - Joe McNally
Contributing Editor - Mark Pilkington
Website - Alistair Strachan
Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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+* Release date: 10 Jan 2004
+* Cover price: £3.20
+* US Edition is dated March 2004 with a cover price of $7.25 USA (CAN $7.50)
+* Cover: [[Matt Pattinson]]
+===Contents===
+Writers, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll Special Issue
+* August Strindberg on absinthe
+* Thomas De Quincey on opium
+* Aldous Huxley on mescalin
+* Lewis Carroll on mushrooms
+* Plus The Grateful Dead and the world's biggest ESP experiment
+* Free you mind
+==Features==
+Doors of Perception<br />On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Aldous Huxley's description of his spiritual awakening, '''[[Antonio Melechi]]''' looks back on the events which gave birth to a whole new generation of visionaries and led to a major switch in cultural values. How was it that the celebrated English writer came to be a major inspiration for the pschedelic explosion of the 1960s?
+Gastric Fantastic<br />'''[[Simon Wilson]]''' reveals that famous English opium-eater Thomas de Quincey blamed it all on his tummy, and may have turned to the drug not to seek visions but to escape them.
+Psychedelica Victoriana<br />'''[[Mike Jay]]''' examines the use of psychedelic mushrooms in the 19th century and asks whether Lewis Carroll's knowledge of wonderland came from first-hand experience - or merely from spending too much time in the library.
+Absinthe & Alchemy<br />'''[[Gary Lachman]]''' investigates the hallucinatory world inhabited by Swedish playwright August Strindberg.
+An Acid Test for ESP<br />'''[[Andy Roberts]]''' looks at the world's biggest telepathy experiment, conducted at a series of Grateful Dead concerts in 1971.
+==Forum==
+Astral Plane Crash - What [[Jeff Koyen]] was doing on 11 Sept 2001, and why he's still not sure it really happened.
+==Reports==
+[[Fortean Traveller]] - No 29. Devil Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania. [[Rachel Bignell]] - Horning in on a visit to Lithuania's unique Devil Museum.
+==Strange Days==
+More fish falls, cat and owner share symptoms, living without food and drink, visions of Mary, the world's oldest people and more...
+* 05 Extra Extra
+* 14 Science
+* 16 For all the Saints
+* 17 The Heirophant
+* 17 Konspiracy Korner
+* 18 Alien Zoo
+* 22 UFOlogy
+* 24 Archaeology
+* 26 Mythconceptions
+* 27 Strange Deaths
+==Regulars==
+===Editorial===
+* 02 Art and vision
+===Subscriptions===
+* 33
+===International Subscriptions===
+* 39
+===Competition===
+* 57
+===Back Issues===
+* 60
+===Reviews===
+* 61 Books
+* 66 Film & DVD
+* 67 Games
+===Letters===
+* 71
+===It Happened to Me===
+* 75
+===Simulacra Corner===
+* 71
+===Comix===
+* 79 [[Phenomenomix]]: Reciprocal Evolution by [[Hunt Emerson]]
+===Tales from the Vault===
+* 80
+===Coming Next Month===
+* Manao Tupapao - Spirits of the South Pacific
+* Holy bull! - Animal cults of ancient Egypt
+* Little Green Men - Investigating the Aztec UFO crash
+* Fortean Times [[FT181|Issue 181]] on sale 06 Feb 2004
+==Reader Info==
+* 78
+==Masthead==
+* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
+* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
+* Junior Sub Editor - [[Owen Whiteoak]]
+* Picture Researcher - [[Winnie Liesenfeld]]
+* Reviews Editor - [[Val Stevenson]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Ian Simmons]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Joe McNally]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Mark Pilkington]]
+* Website - [[Alistair Strachan]]
+* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
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