psychedelic

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The group, born out of the Bay Area psychedelic rock scene, was soon signed by Vanguard Records and in 1967 released its debut album “Electric Music for the Mind and Body.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

"Our findings are consistent with a growing scientific perspective suggesting that psychedelic effects and serotonergic activity may be dissociated," says Andrea Mattarei, a corresponding author of the study.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Part of the beauty and profundity of people’s psychedelic experiences is the ineffable—but the systems that run on Western science are hungry for hard data, replicable and reliable outcomes, and, perhaps most importantly, profit.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

The former is supremely catchy, with a clarion guest vocal from singer Brent Faiyaz, and the latter, hazy and psychedelic, has a soul-inflected hook courtesy of singer Thundercat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

“You paint in a psychedelic way. My teacher is going to love it,” I tell him, and I’m proud of myself for using that grown-up word.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar