It suffered the indignity of seeing LSD hijacked by DIY animists, headbanded transcendentalists, camper-van mystics, campus shamans, epiphany tourists, vision diggers, the credulous armies of kaftans seeking The Simple Answer to The Big Question. LSD became a shortcut to the states achieved by fasting. And only the credulous ever fasted (or dervish-whirled or flagellated themselves or perched on desert pillars).
