2007-12-07 12:03:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/psychedelic
It doesn't mean "cool" or "sweet."
It describes any kind of reaction to hallucinogenic drugs (such as LSD) that caused altered states of awareness.
Here is a chronology (time-line) of psychedelia in the '60s:
http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaEarlyPsychedelia.htm
There was psychedelic music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock
psychedelic posters:
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/ac/poster-art.html
psychedelic awareness:
http://deoxy.org/w_psyrel.htm
2007-12-07 12:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Maid of the Mist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Characterized by, or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis.
Psychedelic art might reflect what is experienced
LSD was considered a psychedelic drug
2007-12-07 12:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROFL...this question made me smile!
Well, waaaaay back in the 60's and 70's (yes I know, a billion years ago), that word was used to describe something with many colors, like a tie-dyed t-shirt (which originated back then). I don't remember the whole thing behind who started it, etc., but that if you see old album covers from back then, you will see what I am talking about.
2007-12-07 12:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
psychedelic - revealing the mind or psyche ;producing a mental state of extremely intensified perception.
2007-12-07 12:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a "phantasmagoric" of colors. Vivid colors that blend together to make a visual experience that brings you into another state of mind
2007-12-07 12:14:36 · answer #5 · answered by victoria c 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cool, sweet, awesome....
It's a slang word from the 1960's.
2007-12-07 12:10:23 · answer #6 · answered by ^Tyler^ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋