Harvard University Psilocybin

Steve, Sam, and Alice, my guides in the "trip" I was taking as part of the Harvard University Psilocybin Research... 

R. Gordon Wasson, "The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico and Psilocybin A Bibliography." Botanical Museum Leaflets, Vol. 20, No. 2, Harvard University, 1962. 

Psilocybin A Bibliography," Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 20,1962. 

Surprisingly little of the psilocybin experimentation involved human use. The best known investigations in this area were conducted by Dr. Timothy Leary and his associates at Harvard University—in the same building used by William James when he studied religious mysticism, "laughing gas (N2O), and the nature of altered consciousness. 

Sandoz, which had ten years earlier initiated experimental studies of LSD, also began to offer synthetic psilocybin to medical and psychological researchers. Thus it came about that psilocybin, the active ingredient of the Mexican hallucinogenic mushroom, was manufactured in tablet form by the Sandoz Company, which had a branch in New Jersey. They offered to supply the Harvard University professor with as much of the drug as he wanted, free of charge, for research purposes. 

The psilocybin project experienced increasing resistance from the Harvard University community. We were criticized that our research... 

Following his experiments with magic mushrooms in Mexico during the summer of 1960, T. Leary returned to Harvard University and began to study psilocybin as a variable in the administration of standard psychological test batteries. His initial focus was diluted when he continued to expand his experiments to include increasingly broader settings and applications. In... 

Wisson, R.G. 1962A. The hallucinogenic mushrooms of Mexico and psilocybin A bibliography Botanical Museum Letflets Harvard University 20(2) 25—73. Compiled with the assistance of S. Pau. A second printing was made, with corrections XO.. Addenda, 1963. ibid. 2o(2a) 25—73c. 

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