Nicolás Rosenfeld has produced an incredible series of portraits of famous psychonauts, from Carlos Castañeda and John C Lilly to Syd Barrett and Nick Sand. His artworks are intricate, intensely colored, and overflowing with peyote buttons, ether vapors, and cubensis stalks. Check them out below, and see even more at his website! Carlos Castañeda became famous as the author of a series of books, starting with The Teachings of Don Juan in 1968, supposedly relating his training in shamanism by a Yaqui sorcerer. The books include experiences with several drugs, including peyote, jimsonweed, and mushrooms. Though they were considered true-to-life anthropological reports at first — and even earned him a Ph.D from UCLA — Castañeda’s books are now generally considered fiction. Detail (click to enlarge):     John C Lilly, a man who lived and breathed the meaning of “psychonaut.” The inventor of the isolation tank (which deprives all senses of stimuli while the user floats in warm water) and a pioneer in dolphin research, Lilly was also famous for taking frequent and heroic doses of ketamine, LSD, and other drugs in his endless quest to explore consciousness.   Syd Barrett was the founding member of Pink Floyd, and served as the band’s lead singer, guitarist, and writer during its early years. Due to increasingly erratic behavior and mental instability, he left the band in 1968 and never returned. His experimental, psychedelic musical style became hugely influential on other musicians such as Jimmy Page and David Bowie. Detail (click to enlarge):   Nicholas Sand … Continue reading Incredibly Trippy Portraits of Famous Psychonauts by Nicolás Rosenfeld