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There are also books about taking mind-altering drugs and empowering women.
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Cade Metz Christie Hemm Klok, New York Times, 15 May 2024
At the site of an ancient Maya ball court, researchers have identified a bundle of ceremonial mind-altering plants—which may have been used as an offering to higher powers during the court’s construction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
What is 4/20? 4/20 Day is a celebration of the green, mind-altering substance of marijuana by users, manufacturers, advocates and those new to the cannabis community.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Many view the raves — often held in forests and deserts, with pounding electronic beats and mind-altering substances — as spiritual journeys amid a like-minded community.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Time for a ‘come-to-Jesus meeting’ While many areas of society still frown on drug use, mind-altering substances have become more commonplace in high-flying Silicon Valley and the startup sector.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
Elders have always overreacted to the supposedly mind-altering properties of certain technological advancements, from the printing press to the television set.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Bonnard, who is the subject of a marvelous, mind-altering exhibition at the Phillips Collection, was one of the great 20th-century painters.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
On this mind-altering trip, the women may have liaised with deities and divined their society’s future—unaware that the powder’s potency came from its main elemental component: the toxic metal mercury.
—Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
Cade Metz Christie Hemm Klok, New York Times, 15 May 2024
At the site of an ancient Maya ball court, researchers have identified a bundle of ceremonial mind-altering plants—which may have been used as an offering to higher powers during the court’s construction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
What is 4/20? 4/20 Day is a celebration of the green, mind-altering substance of marijuana by users, manufacturers, advocates and those new to the cannabis community.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Many view the raves — often held in forests and deserts, with pounding electronic beats and mind-altering substances — as spiritual journeys amid a like-minded community.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Time for a ‘come-to-Jesus meeting’ While many areas of society still frown on drug use, mind-altering substances have become more commonplace in high-flying Silicon Valley and the startup sector.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
Elders have always overreacted to the supposedly mind-altering properties of certain technological advancements, from the printing press to the television set.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Bonnard, who is the subject of a marvelous, mind-altering exhibition at the Phillips Collection, was one of the great 20th-century painters.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
On this mind-altering trip, the women may have liaised with deities and divined their society’s future—unaware that the powder’s potency came from its main elemental component: the toxic metal mercury.
—Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Mind-altering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-altering. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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