Talk:Psychedelic

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Shouldn't this just redirect to Hallucinogenic drug? Lukobe

Not really. Psychedelic experiences are possible through other means than drugs -- sleep deprivation for instance. Of course the current extremely poor stub does not make this clear. -- Derek Ross

However, this stub appears to be an attempt at writing on psychedelic drugs, not psychedelic experiences. At any rate, the first sentence looks like a dictionary definition and should probably be zapped --LUKOBE

There is already an article for psychedelic experience. This page is a sort of disambiguation page to all the other psychedelic articles, and there's no reason to zap the first sentence. --Thoric 19:25, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I find the definition quite missplaced. The greek word "psyche" doesn't signifie "mind" at all, but a form of specter, wich is known to have drawn it's origins from the Ancient Greek belief in an Underword (Erebus). It is only the "psyche" of the dying man that gains acces into this underworld. Yet,it has no power of will or regret. It's a meer image of the former beign. More information about this in Erwin Rhode's "PSYCHE"

Hey, user above, you can't spell. YAAY! Shouldn't the picture be a little more appropriate? I think the woman in the picture is not intended for a website like this, because this isn't like Urban Dictionary (Although I don't want to compare, either.), and I wish to help keep it that way, although it does give a good description of the definiton. What do you people think? --71.245.125.18 02:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually "Ψυχή" (Pseche)In Greek means "soul", not mind...

Surely the word Psychedelic is sufficiently well-established such that it doesn't need the fairly pejorative label of "neologism"? A discussion of the etymology of a word is valid but "neologism" seems to be plastered indiscriminately across wikipedia. C.L.

[edit] This article is wrong.

...in that it presents a very narrow, superficial and stereotyped notion of what psychedelic means, mainly surrounding the art of the 60s. Those items may be more correct for an article titled 'Psychedelia' and I would propose doing that. Psychedelic should refer more to the psycedelic experience, and this is far far broader than a few facts and quotes from the 60s. - AbstractClass (talk) 00:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)