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Founded in New York City 1966 as
an off-shoot from the East Village Other, INNERSPACE
is somewhat forgotten today. The magazine seems to have been intended as a
level-headed and intelligent forum for discussion of contemporary psychedelic
matters. Unlike the Psychedelic Review it is strongly geared towards current
events, with occasional excursions into historical and contextual matters.
The timing was perfect, and today Innerspace is an interesting read that
gives a perspective on the LSD explosion that is analytical yet remains
clearly on the inside.
Many of the big names of the era appear in the paper, either in person or
via reports, and there are also interesting reports from local underground
acid scenes around the USA. The Philadelphia correspondent was Ira Einhorn,
who later was involved with the Psychedelic Review, and later still became
famous as a fugitive serial killer. The graphic design is elegant and sober in
an Eastcoast way, although the print quality is only average. Five or six issues
appeared in 1966-67 before the magazine ran out of funds.
Innerspace's slice of psychedelic history is its own, and the magazine is
essential to any well-stocked lysergic library. Unfortunately the issues are
somewhat hard to find.
Innerspace
issue #3
Innerspace issue #4
Innerspace #3,
December 1966
Editorial, mast-head & brief items on chemical LSD antagonists, and
Ken Kesey & the Diggers
The Diggers
Allen Ginsberg's thoughts on LSD usage & legislation, from a debate
at the National Student Association, Aug-1966
Ira Einhorn reports on the acid scene in Philadelphia
Michael Bowen reports from San Francisco (shortly before the Human
Be-In)
Review and comments on Timothy Leary & the Millbrook gang shows at
the Village Theatre, Oct-1966
Innerspace #4,
Spring 1967
Lisa Bieberman on LSD's status among advocates and
opponents
Michael Bowen reports from the recently held Human Be-In in San Francisco
An article on Drop City, an early commune that
drew inspiration from Buckminster Fuller
An open letter from Lisa Bieberman to psychedelic researcher Humphry Osmond
about the meaning of the word 'psychedelic' and other things; Osmond's
gentlemanly reply.
Various LSD news from around the US
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