Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Wade Davis

Self / Presenter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Timothy Leary

Self (archive footage)

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Andrew Weil

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jeremy Narby

Self

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Randy Borman

Self

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Aldous Huxley

Self (archive footage)

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Martin A. Lee

Self

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Ralph Metzner

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Michael Richard Plowman
	Sound Recordist	Vincent Nuccio
Writing	Writer	Wade Davis Peter von Puttkamer
Production	Co-Producer	Wade Davis
	Executive Producer	Peter von Puttkamer
	Producer	Sheera von Puttkamer
Directing	Director	Peter von Puttkamer
Editing	Editor	Peter von Puttkamer
	Colorist	Patrick Woodard
Camera	Camera Operator	Peter von Puttkamer Bill Mills Randall Peck
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