Aiken, John

Aiken, G. R., D. M. McKnight, R. L. Wershaw, and P. MacCarthy, Eds. (1985), Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment and Water. Geochemistry, Isolation and Characterization, John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp. 692. 

John and Louisa Aiken founded the Church of the Awakening. The Church of the Awakening is the oldest psychedelic church. In presenting the account of its founding and development, John Aiken presents a contemporary account of an age-old problem common to all who develop a new religious vision. Parts of the account are reminiscent of some of the accounts of the difficulties of the early Christians and of the early history of any new sect. This is probably no accident, but is rather part of the sociological consequence of trying to... 

JOHN W. Aiken founded the Church of the Awakening in 1963 and retired from general medical practice in New Mexico in 1964. Since then, he has lectured to various metaphysical and religious groups throughout the United States. 

Aiken, G. R. (1988). Critical evaluation of the use of macroporous resins for the isolation of aquatic humic substances. In Humic Substances and Their Role in the Environment, Frimmel, F. H., and Christman, R. F., eds., John Wiley Sons, Chichester, pp. 15-28. 

Aiken, G.R., McKnight, D.M., Wershaw, R.L., and MacCarthy, P. (1985) Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment, and Water. John Wiley, New York. 

There haven t yet been any studies comparing effects from mescaline with those from peyote. The Church of the Awakening used both fairly extensively and characterized mescaline effects as "identical with those we had obtained through the use of peyote itself (in John Aiken s words). 

There is only very rare evidence for serious psychological problems arising from use of peyote or mescaline. In John Aiken s analysis, mescaline experiences can be unpleasant but not harmful. Hoffer and Osmond cite three instances of prolonged reactions, which are about the only such citations in the literature. 

Malcolm, R. L. 1985. Humic substances in rivers and streams. In Humic substances L Geochemistry, characterization, and isolation, ed G. R. Aiken, P. MacCarthy, D. McKiiight, and R. L. Wershaw. New York John Wiley Sons. 

In "Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment, and Water" Aiken, G. Mcknight, D. Wershaw, R. MacCarthy, P. Eds., John Wiley New York, 1985 Chap. 11. 

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