Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

100 mins | Documentary | April 19, 2008

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

100 mins | Documentary | April 19, 2008

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Gryphon Productions
Original title Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
Directors Peter von Puttkamer
Writers Peter von Puttkamer, Wade Davis

Cast

Wade Davis

as Himself / Presenter

Timothy Leary

as Himself (archive footage)

Andrew Weil

as Himself

Jeremy Narby

as Himself

Randy Borman

as Himself

Aldous Huxley

as Himself (archive footage)

Martin A. Lee

as Himself

Ralph Metzner

as Himself

Bob Weir

as Himself

Jonathan Ott

as Himself

Richard Evans Schultes

as Himself (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann

as Himself (archive footage)

Ken Kesey

as Himself (archive footage)

Robert Forte

as Himself