1966年,作家斯图尔特·布兰德(Stewart Brand)站在一个能俯瞰旧金山的屋顶上,声称自己感受到了地球表面的弧度弯曲——然而这是他服用迷幻药物(psychedelics)后的效果。他很好奇为什么没有人从太空拍摄地球,并意识到这在很大程度上可以增强人们与彼此之间的联系与对共同家园的羁绊。那天夜晚,他在日记中写道,“为什么我们还没有看到整个地球的照片呢?”第二天,他开始搜寻材料并制作了数百张海报和徽章,这场寻求问题的答案的轰轰烈烈的运动很快便在美国盛行。 几年后,在1968年平安夜,美国宇航局的宇航员们 Frank Borman、Jim Lovell以及 William Anders 登上阿波罗8号开启了第一次载人绕月飞行旅程。他们花了大部分时间来拍摄月球表面,直到 Frank Borman 把太空船转向,地球进入他们的视野。William Anders 大喊道:“哦天哪!快看看那边的景象啊!地球‘升’起来了!”。和宇航员们的反应一样,世界对第一批来自太空的地球全景照片感到无比震撼,截止到目前,这批照片被广泛认为是现代环境运动诞生的火种。1968年阿波罗8号宇航员们拍摄的《地出》(Earthrise)正如上述的两个例子,思想上的重大转变可能来自某一刻的顿悟——比如 Stewart Brand 或阿波罗8号机组人员所经历的。
人类面临着气候崩溃和地球历史上第六次大灭绝的黯然前景,我们迫切需要能够促进保护和恢复我们世界这一共同目标的有用工具。显然,简单欣赏和享受大自然是远远不够。研究已经表明,迷幻药的使用经验强烈表明,人们和自然的联系感、自我感知中对环境行为的参与感会大大增强。1938年首次合成迷幻药物的科学家 Albert Hofmann 非常清楚迷幻剂有着改变人们对自然态度的潜力。2008年,101岁的他在去世前不久写道[20]:“与自然渐行渐远,失去作为世界整体一部分的体验,是我们唯物主义时代最大的悲剧。它是造成生态破坏和气候变化的原因。所以说,意识的改变是绝对最重要的。我相信迷幻药是这方面的催化剂。”
瑞士著名化学家 Albert Hofmann 于1938年偶然合成 LSD(Lysergids),1943年亲自证实了LSD的迷幻作用,可用于临床精神病治疗或审讯。但由于滥用LSD造成一系列严重的社会后果,Albert Hofmann 及LSD广受争议。
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