this is just a brief mentioning
of CASTANEDA. a coming report in our series will deal extensively with CARLOS CASTANEDA and the YAQUI indians of mexico |
the series "it's a psychedelic world" will be continued. coming reports
will deal with: CANNABIS, ROBERT CRUMB, HIERONYMUS BOSCH, TIM LEARY, HERMANN HESSE, SALVADOR DALI, , M.C. ESCHER, ALBERT EINSTEIN, PABLO PICASSO, CROP CIRCLES, JIM MORRISON, MUSHROOMS, CARLOS CASTANEDA, JIMI HENDRIX, PSYCHDEDELIC COMICS + SCIENCE FICTION. plus lots of psychedelic graffiti |
his legendary documentarries and dramas
about animals and nature paved the way for a new arareness and a new attitude towards creation and created a basis for environemntalism and other things |
penguin by SENZ (IGP), zurich
'letten', dec. 2014 |
besides researching hallucinogenic substances,
ALBERT HOFMANN also discovered import cardiovascular drugs. plus he wrote hundreds of scientific treatises and books. he received worldwide honors and was a member of the nobel comitteee |
in the context of this article, terms such as 'psychedelic' psychotropic, hallucinoegenic'
and 'psychoactive' are used as synonyms denoting the same thing, i.e. 'generating altered states of mind / awareness' |
this report has been drawn up for people for are already somewhat familiar with the topics
and person presented here |
graffiti at 'letten' free-wall area, zurich/switzerland, jan. 2014, by PSYNE
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freestyle composition at 'letten' free-wall area in zurich/switzerland, april 2014,
by unknown artist(s) |
the peruvian
anthropologist CARLOS CASTANEDA as well did intensive research of psychotropic plants such as peyote, mushrooms und mainly DATURA STRAMONIUM (jimson weed) |
(1906-2008)
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this report kicks off
our new series 'it's a psychedelic world' |
peyote cactus
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COUNTDOWN is a zurich/switzerland based alternative web magazine featuring news +
views, art, film, literature, photography, graffiti, satire, science fact + fiction, etc... |
"go a little further, look a little harder, dig a little deeper"
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the psychedelic world of peyote, LSD, psilocybin, albert hofmann,
walt disney, jimi hendrix, graffiti and lots more... |
all graffiti photos were taken in zurich/switzerland by zark.ch. other picture material taken from various sources. all material
used in the making of this page is coyprighted by the respective copyright holders |
„it is a widely held opinion that the objective, material view of the world
held by natural sciences and the mystic-religious experience contradict each other. the contrary is true. they supplement each other to create a comprehensive insight into the same mental and material reality" |
in 2008, one year before he died, albert hofmann after a poll held by
'creators synetics' in the UK was declared to be the greatest living genius in the world by a jury of experts - together with TIM BERNERS-LEE, the inventor of the internet |
albert hofmann did research into other hallucinogenics as well, e.g. mushrooms that
contained psilocybin (psilocin) |
hofmann was also successful in synthetically producing mescaline from the peyote cactus
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ergot fungi grow
on ears |
carlos castaneda
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DATURA in full bloom
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'magic mushroom' graffiti in zurich/switzerland - 'red factory' free-wall area, by INSECT
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albert hofmann
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swiss chemist albert hofmann
discovered and extracted LSD from the ergot fungus. it was actually a re- disocvery. the substance had already been known in ancient greece (cf. 'eleusis') |
"the mechanism LSD is quite simple: the doors of perception are being
opened and w suddenly see more of the truth" |
just a few weeks prior to his death at the age of 102,
hofmann told mathias broeckers in an interview with the newspaper 'TAZ': |
"LSD came my way"
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the interview was published in 2008 and is
available in german language only: |
30 april 2008
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- albert einstein
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'magic mushroom' graffiti in zurich/switzerland ('rote fabrik' free-wall area, 2015, by ST)
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mural in zurich / switzerland (2014) by SOUP & co.
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- albert hofmann: in 'lob des schauens' (2002)
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the entire list of the top 100 world geniuses was publsihed by UK
newspaper "THE TELEGRAPH" |
albert hofmann 2002
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tim berners-lee
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2007: albert hofmann
declared #1 living genius |
7 aug 2015
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the list includes quite a few intersting people, e.g. matt groening
(simpsons) (#4), nelson mandela (#5), robert crumb (cartoonist) (# 20), dalai lama + steven spielberg (both #26), noam chomsky (#32), osama bin laden + bill gates (both # 43) etc... |
want to see the full list? here's the link:
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in diesem report wird timothy leary nur kurz gestreift. mehr über ihn in
einer künftigen nummer von COUNTDOWN |
walt disney
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7 aug 2015
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disney was awarded 26 oscars during his lifetime -an eternal record - for his
documentaries, dramas and animated films |
albert hofmann rediscovered and synthesized hallucinogenics like LSD, psilocybin and
mescaline for the modern world. TIMOTHY LEARY saw to it that the knowledge of these substances - and the substances themselves - became accessible for everyone |
timothy leary, too, is only mentioned briefly here. a further report in our series 'it's a
psychedelic world' will deal in more detail with the prophet of psychedelic drugs |
WALT DISNEYs work appears like a psychedelic trip to children - and to adults who are
able to keep their head free. while DISNEY never admitted being a psychonaut, yet his work speaks for itself. what's more, artist paul laffoley stated that disney definitely and regularly experimented with mescaline during the 1930's |
graffiti in industrial ruin in zurich/switzerland suburb of buelach, dec. 2013, unknown artist(s)
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PEYOTE GRAFFITI in zurich/switzerland ('red factory' free-wall area), 2014
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-albert hofmann
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CRYSTAL METH graffiti in zurich/switzerland ('red factory' free-wall area, june 2014, unknown artist)
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timothy leary, los angeles 1969
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PICASSO himself couldn't have done it better: graffiti in zurich/switzerland ('letten' free-wall
area, march 2014, unknown artist) |
'letten', march 2014
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one result of these MESCALINE experiments was (aside from the animated fairytales)
disney's psychedelic animation mein kind dieser MESKALIN-highs war (neben den märchenfilmen) disneys psychedelischer animated film 'FANTASIA' (1940). kids instantly love the move. adults didn't. the movie proved to be a flop for 29 years. only in 1969, three years after disney's death, when the youth, especially the hippies, turned on to cannqbis, mescaline, mushrooms, etc, 'FANTASIA' suddenly became a box office success and got out of the red |
peyote cactus (mescaline)
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'FANTASIA' screenshots - ©disney
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'FANTASIA' screenshots - ©disney
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at the same time, DISNEY revived for entire
generations of children in the western world the almost forgotten fairytlaes amd mythical figures |
walt disney in a screenshot from the
trailer for 'snowwhite' (1937). the animated film was released one year after his first experiments with mescaline. since then it has fascinated generations of kid and adults |
DISNEY planted the truth that everything is alive
and has a soul into the minds of kids, cleverly avoiding censorship by the system |
"alice in wonderland' (1951) was the next major psychedelic movie by disney after 'fantasia
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this movie, too, was
way ahead of its time and only became a box-office success starting in the hippie era at the end of the 1960's |
©disney
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©disney
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©disney
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jimi hendrix
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this is what the
psycho-cat from disney's 'alice in wonderland' looks like in the movie |
©disney
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WALT DISNEY died in 1966, just a few years before his animation films 'fantasia' and 'alice in
wonderful' finally made it and become box-office successes |
roy
disney |
ROY jr. managed to lead the DISNEY animation studios - after years of decline - into a
second golden era - with m in ein zweites goldenes zeitalter zu führen - with animated movies such as the little mermaid" (1989), "lion king" (1994), "aladdin" (1992) und "beauty and the beast" (1991) |
this video clip is designed for use as
background music while scrolling through the 1st half of this page |
(lophophora williamsii)
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'magic mushroom' graffiti in zurich/switzerland ('rote fabrik' free-wall area, 2015, by ST)
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various graffiti in zurich /switzerland (street* and hall), 2012-15, by DOLCE, HGK*, PILZ, SNAKE
(BEAM* = painted 2004, photo 2007) |
link to the
interview |
more about jimi hendrix, the king of the psychedelic
blues, in a further report of this series |
BIRD, 'red factory' dec. 2012
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flamingos by SOUP, 'letten', feb. 2014
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and this is what it looked like as a graffiti at the 'letten'
free-wall area in zurich (2012-15) |
his nephew
ROY DISNEY junior continued walt's work |
"the little mermaid' was released in 1989, yet it already existed since 1932 as a project of
walt disney's. walt loved the fairytale and wanted to turn it into an animated feature film one day. it took 57 years and his nephew roy to make disney's dream came true... but it finally came true... |
ROY junior was seven years old when his father ROY senior erected the disney empire
together with brother WALT DISNEY |
©disney
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"ALADDIN"
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SOUP, 'red factory' zurich
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©disney
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ARIELLE
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PONY, zurich, april 2014
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KOB, zurich/switzerland, 'red factory', free-wall area, jan. 2015
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zurich 'letten', sept. 2013,
unknown artist |
left: BIRD, 'red factory' oct 2014,; center: 2 x SOUP, 'letten'; right: BIRD, zurich oct. 2014
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top to bottom: (1) SOUP,
'letten'; (2) SOUP, 'buelach'; (3) unknown, 'letten' |
©disney
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"LION KING"
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''red factory', sept. 2014, by unknown artist
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ARIELLE
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©disney
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cheshire cat
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graffiti near zurich, by AKT. photo 2015
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©disney
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©disney
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©disney
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"ALADDIN"
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"ALICE"
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left: SOUP, zurich 'red factory' march 2015 - right: SOUP, zurich 'letten' , jan. 2015
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graffiti in zurich by TRUE LOVE, june 2015
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left + right: SNAKE graffiti, zurich, 'red factory' 2015. all '3 mushrooms' themes on this page: BIRD
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psychedelic graffiti, zurich 'letten', dec. 2014, by RESKO
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©disney
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ALADDIN
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"imagination is more important
than knowledge - because knowledge is limited" |
- albert einstein
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zark.ch and COUNTDOWN magazine wish to
thank the graffiti artists and all the others who helped inspire the making of this page |
zark.ch und COUNTDOWN-magazin danken den
graffiti-künstlern und allen anderen, deren werke, ideale und aussagen als inspiration für die erstellung dieser seite gedient haben |
PLEASE NOTE: quoting the words of
any particular individual does not mean that we endorse every facet of their viewpoint, words or actions |
ANMERKUNG: das zitieren einer person
bedeutet nicht, dass die redaktion alle ansichten, aussagen oder handlungen der betreffenden person gutheisst |
on this page:
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albert hofmann
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timothy leary
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tim berners
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10 aug 2015
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# 6/1 - AUG
2015 |
"follow the white
rabbit" |
timothy leary -
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7 aug 2015
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the 'LSD pope'
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the turned-on storyteller
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©disney
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'SLEEPING BEAUTY'
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our report now continues with a collage of pictures, e.g. screenshots from 'alice' and other disney
classics, with disney quotes and other pictures designed to show how everything blends into a harmony of color, form, style and spirit: psychedelic fairytales, psychedelic graffiti, psychedelic music from the sixties... since COUNTDOWN magazine always features graffiti and streetart photographed in zurich/switzerland, you will find a number of such graffiti photos here which in the editors' view show a certain disney influence or an affinity for the disney style and/or spirit. in any case they fit into the theme of this page |
the date indicated below a graffiti photo is the date the photo was taken
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+ carlos castaneda,
albert einstein |
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