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Jekyll and Hyde revisited: paradoxes in the appreciation of drug experiences and their effects on creativity.
Full Abstract
Historically, states of intoxication--like dreams and madness--are seen in either one of two opposed ways. The intoxicated are either "possessed" or "under the influence" of an external agency, or revealing hidden feelings or truths (in vino veritas). Along the same lines, artists who worked during LSD, mescalin or psilocybin intoxication often refer to feelings of either being "possessed" or "liberated," a difference that can be explained partly by their expectations and partly by their evaluations, which both tend to conform to the cultural dichotomy in interpreting the irrational. Both interpretations, however, tend to obscure not only the other, but also-it is posited-the paradoxical nature of the drug experience itself. Analysis of a protocol shows that intoxication might comprise feelings of "possession" as well as "liberation" almost simultaneously, and mediumistic and some psychedelic art shows stylistic traits that can be seen as the visual expressions of both these feelings. It seems that the "demoniacal" and "psychedelic" mode come together in experiential reality, only to be divided in the cultural sphere.
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Author information
Author/s: ten Berge, Jos (J);
Affiliation: Faculteit der Letteren, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Historical Article; Journal Article
Journal: Journal of psychoactive drugs (J Psychoactive Drugs), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2002 Jul-Sep; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 249-62
Dates: Created 2002/11/08; Completed 2003/01/21; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12422935, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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