Malunga neminyaka yoo-60 kwabakho intshukumo yokulima izinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-counterculture wengqondo. Ixesha kuluntu lwethu apho mhlawumbi ezona zinto zakudala kunye nenkululeko yomntu eza ngaphambili. Iziyobisi kunye nokwabelana ngesondo kuyeke ukuba yinto ekungafunekiyo ukuba ibe yinto yokunyanzelwa kwindlela yokuphila yabantu abaninzi abancinci. Ubugcisa bufunxe le cocktail yezinto ezixhokonxayo kuluntu kwaye zambatha into ngelo xesha yayikukukhulelwa kunye nefilosofi ebalulekileyo yobubanzi obukhulu kunye nokuvuleleka okuqinisekisa ukubonakaliswa kolwelo, zasendle kwaye zikhululekile kulo lonke uxinzelelo.
Igama elithi psychedelic laqala ukusetyenziswa ngugqirha wezengqondo wase-Bhritane, u-Humphry Osmond, othetha ukuthiukubonakaliswa komphefumlo»Kwaye loo nto yatshintshwa ngegama elithi lysergic, elibhekisa kwigama lenzululwazi le-LSD, iyeza elalifikelela kwi-apogee yalo ngendlela exhalabisayo. Bonke ubugcisa, kubandakanya i-cinema okanye uncwadi, kungekudala bafefa ngeempawu ezaziza kuchaza isitayile esithile, apho iipateni ze-kaleidoscopic kunye neefractal ziphindaphindeka. Imibala yayiqokelelwe ngokudityaniswa kokungafani kwendalo kunye neeklagi kunye nolwakhiwo olungaqhelekanga oluqhelekileyo lwe-delirium, i-ecstasy, i-transcendence kunye ne-psychedelic esulungekileyo iphinde yenziwa kwakhona.
Emva koko ndingathanda ukwabelana nawe ngalo mzuzu ngendlela ebalaseleyo kunye neminye imizekelo ethetha ngcono kubo. Ngaba oku kubuhle kuwe?
