The Psychotomimetic Drugs
JAMA March 7, 1964 Jonathan Cole, Martin M. Katz 16 citations
Several pharmacologically similar drugs—LSD-25, psilocybin, and mescaline—produce intense and unusual psychic effects in volunteer subjects. These include visual phenomena from heightened brightness and beauty to true hallucinations of colors, shapes, or complex scenes. Accompanying emotional experiences range from mild apprehension to panic, severe depression, or mystical elation, and can include concurrent emotions not normally experienced together. Subjects also report changes in body image, such as body parts appearing larger or smaller, and intense feelings of depersonalization where the subject believes they are detached from themselves.