Bear Stanley: Reflections on Life, LSD and DMT

Bear Stanley: Reflections on Life, LSD and DMT
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Saturday 7 November 2009
Entheogenesis Australis Conference
Victoria, Australia
Biography - Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 - March 12, 2011)
Considered by many as one of the legends of the sixties counterculture, Bear Stanley denies his heroic status, and spends his days working on various sculptures and writing essays on subjects such as the importance of carbon dioxide, the primary and only 'plant food', to the expansion of food crops and life on earth, fair and equitable taxation (equal and low percentage on all 'income'), a proper run-off method to determine the results of elections and how to unify and balance law making. Writing laws in ordinary language rather than legalese. Including 'sunset clauses' to allow change to adjust to the rapid changes in today's world-- amongst others. He is renowned for his contribution to sound engineering, particularly working with live gig iconoclasts, the Grateful Dead, and perfecting the idea of on-stage monitors and high quality PA's. A tireless archivist, he kept a 'diary' of his front-of-house mixes, including hundreds of Grateful Dead performances, and has seen the release of a number of albums from his "sonic journal" tapes of PA mixes. Bear was a minor participant in the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He was the first underground cook to produce high-purity LSD in the 1960s, when it was legal, including the famous White Lightning and Monterey Purple.
In the video, he finds it hard to talk, as Bear Stanley underwent extensive radiation for throat cancer and his voice and health suffered from the treatment.
--- Footnote --
This recording was made on 14 November 2009 at the University of Melbourne at the follow-up talks to the outdoor Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) 4 day conference, (6-9 November 2009). The main conference, and this mini EGA follow up event, were both headlined by Bear (Owsley) Stanley and also Bob Jesse from The Council on Spiritual Practices.
The following recording of the Bear, introduced by Martin W and Rak Razam, is an abridged version of a talk scheduled to be released on DVD at the forthcoming EGA conference in December 2011.
This edited talk offers a glimpse of this amazing counter-culture icon, who had a lot more to offer countless generations than he is often given credit for. The Bear was a gifted and highly intelligent individual who went about things his own way. But above all, the Bear was a true artist on many levels, who possessed the drive to create in numerous mediums from sculpture, sound and alchemy - to list just some.
This recording has been released at this reflective time, in memory of the Bear, and offers a unique encounter with a remarkable individual in his later years. Sadly, our dear friend Denis Shaw, the pioneer filmmaker of the EGA DVD series, shared a similar fate to the Bear himself, in that they both died in accidents before their time.
EGA is grateful for the time and energy that the Bear shared with us during his stay with the EGA family. We feel very privileged to have hosted a wise elder of the psychedelic community.
You will be greatly missed, Bear Stanley. Rest in Peace.
Our thoughts are with you, Sheilah and Starfinder.
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[@hvymettle]

In 1980 I had a friend who dropped out of college to follow the Dead full time. His name was Fred so naturally we called him Grateful Fred. The Dead were planning 3 set shows with an acoustic opening set at the Warfield Theater and Radio City Music Hall to celebrate their 15th year together. Owsley made a big batch of liquid acid for the occasion and somehow my friend Fred wound up with 25 bottles, a hundred drops per bottle, each drop around 80 micrograms, totally clean, no speed. I got 5 bottles from Fred for a hundred bucks a bottle. I sold off 300 hits at $5 a piece and kept two bottles for myself. During the Dead's fall tour in the northeast that year I would walk the parking lot before the shows and dose people for barter, weed, food, rides, whatever. Two drops under your tongue and 5 minutes later you were on a clean, colorful trip, lasted 5 or 6 hours, with a soft landing. Don't know where Fred is today, but I'm still grateful he shared that batch with me.

[@DutcherDog]

If anyone is feeling encouraged to use psychedelics today, dont. The time of expanding ones consciousness is over it today's world. Enjoy you , and your family without blowing your mind from here to there !

[@gorgon352]

H R I’m personally done with them myself too way to bad of a time to be living in to be altering your mind

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

@@DutcherDog Psychedelics should be used only once in a blue moon in a safe environment (either indoors or outdoors) on a day when you have zero responsibilities and zero hangups. Any way else is irresponsible and up to your own risk.

[@JB-sv5pr]

hvymettle what a story! As always stay grateful and humble!

[@eltercerojo333]

that’s amazing man . what a time

[@krikeymate]

RIP Bear. Thanks for the ticket.

[@words4dyslexicon]

he liked his sugar sweet

[@readmycomments100]

It's weird how a trip to space makes you more down to earth

[@paxwallacejazz]

Ain't it😎

[@danielneale6889]

(DMT.LSD. peyote. Huochuma. Psilocybin. Mescaline. ayahuasca.) Are now being studied to treat so many different psychological, and physical, and mental disorders. No longer are they just dangerous drugs. they're being classified as a Medical treatment and are commonly being referred to as, plant medicine.

[@grendelum]

Wherearemymarbles - it’s like the man *Einstein* said, it’s all about *_perspective..._*

[@chucklemuchuckle2170]

@@danielneale6889 Huochuma?

[@aaronquist8125]

Yin and yang. They're ultimately expressions of the same thing.

[@SaltGrains_Fready]

The dude was mellow & humble right to the end. I helped assemble the wall of sound at Roosevelt Stadium back in 70s. He managed it like the precision of the Navy on a battleship or aircraft carrier.. The only 2 ppl who made album mixes that will never be duplicated were Owsley and Hendrix on Electric Ladyland and Axis Bold as Love.. Even with ALL the current modern hardware & software there is NOW, Nothing being produced can even come NEAR to those genius mixes and phase transition configurations done in REAL TIME.

[@johnanzaldojr]

are you talking about his soundboard mixes?

[@maxwelltaco8926]

Wall of sound discontinued in 74 🤔

[@hoodratthings4088]

The sphere has the best sound I’ve ever heard from a live band

[@donaldgehre5964]

One of the true geniuses of the 20th century. I count my lucky stars I was living and experiencing the acid age in the city. Thank you Bear. Thank you very, very much and may all of us gather once again when we are being here now.

[@Raviolli]

legend, so much love your way

[@dickhedd8490]

@@Raviolli just mho but change tha Nik bruh

[@morganowen875]

Yes, indeed a genius, such a clever, humble human being. Thank you

[@thembluetube]

So refreshing to hear someone talking about psychedelic culture without referring to a bunch of generic hippy concepts like talking about spirituality, shamanism or other dimensions etc. True legend.

[@joerequa4803]

a fascinating fellow very interestng monologue

[@daveyboy8907]

A american icon.

[@jwm2352]

Listen to any of his other interviews. They are nothing but spirituality, shamanism, other dimensions, and all kinds of other high-minded generic hippy bullshit. But it's great lol.

[@outtosea25]

Noticed as well, he pretty much denounced the term entheogen.

[@GratefulforFreePress]

Love this guy, within 3 minutes, he’s talking about he basically invented today’s method of selling drugs on the street. I mean switching from volume to mass, what simple yet ingenius idea. And within months, that’s what everyone was doing. What influence. RIP bear 🐻💀

[@mlevy2429]

Grateful For free Press hes amazing

[@DutcherDog]

What was fun then is deadly now.

[@gregwilde1119]

The 60s "movement" gave us herpes not "love" and ultimately Reagan and the me generation. These guys are interesting but they really just wanted to fuck girls and get high. Psychoactive drugs have great value but they need to be used only for those purposes and extremely judiciously. The reality is Stanley and the other "enlightened" fuckers of that time period were just into getting high and were able to get away with being completely irresponsible and lazy due to the economic health of the country during that time. You do that shit now and you're in jail for 20 years or living under a bridge.

[@mellifont96]

@@gregwilde1119 While i'd like to argue with you, I think you have a valid point here. Hunter S. Thompson touched upon some of the darker sides of this movement. He wrote about a terrible gang sexual assualt that was going on at one of the acid parties. He said it was sick and all these fucked up people started joining in.

[@przybyla420]

Gang sexual assault at an acid test? I call bullshit. Hunter S. Thompson has a hell of a lot less credibility than Kesey, the Dead or any of the pranksters. Like not even on the same chart.

[@hermitrob5481]

His direct recipe (of which there is no substitute if you truly want to experience what "peace, love, and the 60's were actually all about) is still circulated in my old tour head circles to this day. It's a beautiful thing. Everyone should clean out the pipes on occasion to delineate between the machine and what actually matters.

[@lenini056]

Bullshit, then explain why today LSD is less potent. Pretty soon you'll make us try a psychedelic made with motor oil and label that "LSD". I know because I just dropped 2 tabs and feels more like I'm baked than tripping. :/

[@hermitrob5481]

@@lenini056 Garage unless you know the right people for sure

[@flognaw6633]

@@lenini056 gotta know the right people period .

[@Gdfsandoz]

​@Lenin Luna the paper I use to sell a few years ago I would sell to a lot of people from that era always said it was just as good if not better than what they use to eat in the 70s-80s. Gotta know the right people. The family still produces insane fucking stuff sometimes too strong hahaha

[@hermitrob5481]

@@Gdfsandoz Sadly we’ve had a harder time finding it these days. Down to a very old heads here and there.

[@captainkangaroo4301]

I partied with Owsley many times over the years. Miss him dearly.

[@MistuhCoolio]

How'd you do that? You knew him?

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Please share....you know Melissa?

[@newusernamehere4772]

@@MistuhCoolio maybe he meant psychically

[@erikmolnar6585]

Wow, incredible

[@leesenger3094]

Never partied with him but I did at least get introduced to him by my friend Cosmic Charlie. Shook the hand that shook the universe! That’s enough for me!

[@joywilder9092]

"Acid is just a tool for the brain," said Bear.

[@wallacechrstensen7406]

True.

[@christopherchristopher4482]

"Like a screwdriver!"

[@Hippiekinkster]

@@christopherchristopher4482 - more like a nail gun.

[@paulklee]

A Very smart guy who helped to destroy many more minds than he opened.

[@davewilder1771]

Tools are useful!

[@tokinbowls]

Learned more from listening to this man talk for 28 minutes than I did in years of school.

[@jmaz1100]

Rockefeller’s don’t want thinkers. They want worker drones.

[@Yngeldorf]

This man is a genius. A true master of sound. Wow

[@R3l3ntl3sss]

I want to learn his secrets

[@crowdog56]

Nice to hear Bear's thoughts on things. I took Owsley several times; first LSD I ever had. And he's right, more than one hit was a ride! However, I also had pure LSD which was quite different and quite wondrous and really what the drug is all about. BUT- in the end, it has limited value after the lessons and experiences have been learned. I quit when there was nothing more to gain from it. What I experienced became irrelevant to what I needed in Life. There is much more to learn and experience in Life than what getting/being high can show you. Drugs are an interesting way to open one's points of view but not something one can live on. But thanks for the opportunity to find this out, Bear- I loved your work!

[@msaintpc]

@Crowdog56, You nailed it, couldn't have said it better myself. Psychedelics such as LSD serve as eye openers, once the eyes are open then the catalyst becomes moot, redundant and of no further beneficial use. I went on to ayahuasca. After several trips I arrived at the same conclusion about it too.

[@nedrobinson7490]

“Once you get the message, hang up the phone”. Even the individual exposed to the largest single overdose of LSD in history, a particular clandestine chemist who had a lab accident thousands of times the scale of Bear’s tale herein of getting splashed in the mouth with liquid crystal, noted that the “lesson” of the entire ordeal was a reminder of the beauty and perfection of the “natural mind”, and how ultimately the farther one travels down the path of illumination through chemical enhancement, the more it becomes an ouroboros, the snake eating its tail, arriving back where we started, where the muse points us back to our natural state being “the way”.

[@agear2]

its a dead end…..

[@j-mac7401]

This man /iconic figure/true legend is by far one of the most important individuals most folks have never heard!!! What he did by taking the initiative and proper steps to make his own batch of LSD, and the influence it had on the 60s generation - I'm having a difficult time to describe just so important it was!! He was one of the few handful of seeds that helped usher in the counterculture. Then he later became the Grateful Dead's manager and created the Wall of Sound for the band!!! Bear should have freaking streets named after him as well as at least 1 statue erected for this great man!!!!!!

[@Psilocybiant]

One could argue that the hippie/party culture hurt the LSD movement.

[@jameshadfield2658]

your fucking right. what really would be awesome, would be an elaborate "fun house" like they use to have in carnivals and amusement parks. and this fun house would/could be named something like the bears cave and people could go there and trip. sort of like the movie westworld, only without yule Brenner. peace.

[@hippytrippyjonboy828]

Careful man, there shall be no other gods or idols before the one true God, don't start going into idolizing and making false idols from a normal guy, which he'd say some himself, why do you think at the end of the interview the last thing he said is he doesn't give out free autographs as a "celebrity" if you really want his signature buy his art. It's because of vanity. He is just a normal guy just the same as we are, yes he left an incredible mark on history, but still he is just a normal regular guy like all of us. I garuntee he would agree with my statement if he was here to be able to do so. He has made an incredible contribution to the world and has earned out respect, but still he is no different from us, no different than you are from yourself and no different than I am from myself.

[@hugbug4408]

@@Psilocybiant How did it ruon the hippy movement? Heroin was just as used ans abused as was lsd! Difference is heroin was street drug going way back in 1860s; morphine was invented by a German Scientist! 1st opiate epedemic origins goes back to the 1860s! Heoin was abused in the 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s the Vietnam War gave impetus to the use of heroin evan more, and it the use in msinstream white suburbia! Lou Reed song "Heroin" was released early spring 1967. The Temtations grammy award winning song "Cloud Nine" deals with a young dude caught up in the savage world of the hood. So, he wants to feels a million miles from reality on cloud nine; most likely using heroin! Song came out 10/1968 , and recieved an grammy award early 1969.

[@hugbug4408]

@@Psilocybiant How did it hurt the LSD movement? I thought LSD and hippies were hand in hand movements. I was from 7- 14 yrs. old when the hippy/ acid party time eas going on. Vietnam was on TV everynight from 64-65 to 1973 when a cease fire was agreed upon the USA and North- Vietnam; early Jan. 1973. Then the Vietnam conflict totaly ended when NVA forces completely overan South-Vietnam by May, 1975!

[@TheAlicedfog]

Thanks EGA (and Neil) for talking Bear into being there and giving this little talk. The man is simply, a Legend ! It's a wonder the Australian Meat Board didn't hire him to promote his views on diet !

[@mikaylaboo1]

One night we were standing out I the parking lot of a large rock concert smoking a joint and chatting and this guy came running out of the park, across the street, and right up to me. He was just wearing a pair of shorts. The guy puled out a piece of paper from his shorts and handed it to me and said "Here, man, the Narcs are after me and I have to get rid of this. Will you take it?" I said "Sure, okay!" And he ran out onto the beach and disappeared from sight. Well, it turns out it was a sheet of 100 white lightning blotter acid hits. For the next week I turned on a lot of friends for free. That night, and the following week...well, let's just say it was quite the experience! I made a lot of very good new friends that week.

[@grendelum]

Haji al Kidya - I met some folks from Japan at a show, they had a vial of liquid acid and after dosing themselves (heavy doses) they handed me the bottle so my friend and I dosed. I go to give the bottle back and the guy just smiles and says _”we have more, (looks around), make sure _*_everyone_*_ has a good time”._ I was on another planet for the next few days as I’d dose hundreds of women (I asked of course) and had dosed myself along with each of them ;)

[@wakeoftheflood2]

@@grendelum hundreds of women?

[@BrokedDownPalace]

@@wakeoftheflood2 some good L to be able to dose hundreds of people with less than hundred hits

[@JB-sv5pr]

orion khan savage

[@rickdaniels3471]

Was it HIM

[@doug8498]

I knew Stanley Owsley III when he was with his friends Bob Thomas and Will Spires from 1970 through 1972. R.I.P. Bear.

[@rivergeek]

You must not have known him too well. Stanley was his LAST name.

[@doug8498]

@@rivergeek : His grandfather was a famous Governor from Kentucky 200 years ago. Okay, you're right. He passed away about 10 years ago in Australia when the car he was driving ran off the road. Bob Thomas wasn't one of the greatest Welshmen who ever lived either. Doug Keltz, in Boulder, CO. 19:49 MT, Thorsday, 1/7/2021 @@@ www.google.com/search?q=Owsley+Governor+from+Kentucky.&oq=Owsley+Governor+from+Kentucky.&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i457.9979j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@marcsalzman8082]

@@rivergeek Far as I know, his given name was Augustus Stanley Owsley III. But of course everyone knows him as Bear

[@jwm2352]

@@marcsalzman8082 lol. Jesus you guys. His name was Augustus Owsley Stanley. He legally dropped Augustus and was simply Owsley Stanley.

[@dickhedd8490]

Thank You Again Bear!! REST IN PEACE.

[@martymetcalf]

He does not talk much about the Greatful Dead and yet he was VERY much a part of their community. I’m glad I found this. Thanks for sharing.

[@ripplebear]

Have you listened to David Gan's audio interview with him? He talks about the band quite a bit there. There's two hours of it available on youtube right now, some overlap and a bit more in David's book, and then there's about four more hours still unreleased. I would love to hear the rest of it.

[@ceas694]

Please make all his full speeches available for purchase. this is too good to keep locked away somewhere. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@joebreskin]

This is a truly remarkable monologue. There is quite a bit of history unrolled and a whole lot of wisdom presented, both very very clearly. And around 20 minutes into this talk, he starts reflecting on subverting the economy - first the importance of killing the "Black Market" and then he looks at the nature of the surrounding economy - unemployment and Mafia's connection to world's economies - in a way you have probably never heard before ...

[@JimWilbur]

Purple owsley? Hmm, I remember it well.

[@isaklytting5795]

I agree. This is a super monologue. I didn't know he was such a mellow, easy-going, modest person. And I really like that he had bigger visions of just making society work better, and making it a better place to have a human life, and that he didn't feel any of the things he had managed to do had lived up to achieving any of those goals. Really nice, and easy to sense what kind of a nice person he was. And as he said, making the psychedelics weren't a goal of his, just a tool to work with and open his mind. He seemed like a nice guy, a bit like Nick Sand.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

joe breskin - and by Mafia, he is/was talking about the main player bankers and globalists, -i.e. the Rothschilds, J.P. Morgan, the Rockefellers, Jacob Schiff, Paul Warburg, etc. and the their kind/ilk. They are the ones who subverted the global economy and the banking and business world (including the creation and funding of wars, and national economies). These are the kind of people whose limitless greed caused depressions, and recessions, through their economic / financial / investment / currency manipulations.

[@dickhedd8490]

Isak Lytting No wonder Alexander Shulgin thought So Much of Him!! Hope their sitting with God Happily Conversing& Tripping on Top of Heaven!! 1 Love My Brothers

[@johnd7435]

Gosh....and all this time I thought it was the poor folks!

[@TomMyersComedy]

ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A NEW OWSLEY INTERVIEW, OF COURSE SERENDIPITY WOULD HAVE ME BE THE 13TH VIEWER! THANKS, BEAR!

[@julielinn-strat6317]

Bear referenced a concept from conversation I once had with him. "...maybe it's just high level craft..." he said. Memories from 1989-1990, New years, his assessment of beadwork I made as "craft, but not art" really stung! But as I see his meaning clearer in this conversation, not a jab, a self-reflection! Starfinder is also mentioned. Great video!

[@rebbe-lr3kz]

Well, Bear certainly did have a rough life as he was growing-up and I feel sorry for him. The GD and the Kesey group were his "family." Probably the only "family" he had. He "had his moments," but, genuinely, he was a good soul. May he Rest in Peace. He could be verbally abusive, but, then again, he had a rough life. He will always be a legend. I hope he has finally found peace in his life.

[@sammyscotch9945]

He had a son

[@elizabethgramer5970]

A true genius. It is a treasure to see this odd, brilliant man speak for himself. Thanks for making this available!

[@ripplebear]

I understand where you're coming from, but he was definitely closer to GD side of things. He wasn't quite a prankster. I always saw him is being in his own little world closer to the Grateful Dead - but not quite fully on with the crew in the later days. And I love that about him, even if it made him a bit lonely. He still always had his family in them, but it says a lot about him that he didn't just go along with whatever just to stick around in the crew after the hiatus. He never backed down from what he thought was right, even for the smallest thing. But he definitely found more fulfillment when he met his wife. And he was at least close with the children born closer to the scene. If anyone hasn't read the interviews in David Gan's book "conversations with the Dead", I highly recommend it. You can also search the ol' archive for a 2 hour excerpt of the audio for that interview. I'm sure it's on here as well. That leaves a remaining 4 hours of audio still unheard. I asked David about releasing it and he said it's up to Bear's family to decide if that gets released.

[@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul]

Owsley came from a prominent family in Kentucky.

[@joepalooka2145]

A fascinating and extremely intelligent man. The only thing wrong with this interview---- it's too short! He had many more hours of interesting stories to tell about his life and his art, and his opinions about the world.

[@vedranbalic5918]

"let's turn on the world"..."I don't care about that, I care about what I take".. perfect description of his idea; he wasn't out to change the world, he was only immersed in his work. He thought of it as his art. He didn't seek glorification. An incredible mind, one who disposed of all things unimportant to his will and vision. A life fully lived.

[@jwm2352]

Yeahhh that's not really true. Owlsey thoroughly enjoyed being the pied piper of LSD and he was giving it out and pushing it on all kinds of people during the 60s. There's alot of false modesty in this video

[@brianisaac1575]

he was a true son of the great creator, he believes he made over 500 grams and started making it before the summer of love. that is a butt load of tripping that was not illegal, and Owsley said it would trip heavy millions of people. Mr. Stanley, I believe, made the widow pane we had in the summer of 1970 on 100 hit cards. one-quarter of one hit was too much for most of mine and my best bud (R.I.P.) Norman's neighborhood friends. John Stonecipher took a quarter hit and ended up outside in the fetal position on the lawn, crying for his mother. Waaaaaa! Typically, it was a 12-hour trip with a fairly quick peak that was so intense you didn't want to be around people. However, my little sister would usually wake up at 3:00 o clock - we always took it at midnight and hung out with us. Since those 100 hits in 1970, I have taken several things that were sold to me as acid. It may be acid, but it is not LSD-25. It is complete crap. Smoke some liquid DM T the other day. It was loco crazy. And fungicide in cattle and livestock feed, and no mushrooms.

[@rodciferri9626]

I bumped into him once at a Dead show. I was in the taper's section squatting down talking to taper Dan Kirschner at the set break (hey now, Dan!) when I stood up and took a half step back - I had bumped into someone who was swiftly passing by. As I looked over my shoulder at him, I saw a little balding guy bounce off of me and spin 360 degrees perfectly keeping his balance all the while still perfectly moving swiftly in the direction he was going and he never looked back at me as he headed towards the stage (I've read that Bear had years of training in ballet). Dan, who had quickly looked up to see the collision, said: "you know who that is?" I said "no". He said "Bear" and I've been in awe ever since.

[@SimonDadia]

And after all that - he died in a car crash a year later.... unbelievable. when you times up. its up. We are all born into this amazing world with an hour glass... and when its done ts done.. There are very few things one can do to add more sand.

[@mikebiketrike]

put dmt crystals in the hour glass xd

[@mundi352]

Eat vegetables usually will add a little sand to the glass

[@Seeklip196T]

Not at all.

[@G8GT364CI]

When I was a kid (late 60's), we used to buy Owsley acid, 5 bucks a hit, purple owsley, orange owsley etc, was always the best. It traveled all over, I'm from MA.

[@JB-sv5pr]

Bob aloha bob that’s wild I always wondered if Boston and New England had big acid era !!!!!!!

[@jameshadfield2658]

we're all from ma.

[@dublinboyo]

3 words: Wall of Sound. Nuff said.

Travis Bickle Yup!!!

[@clarkewi]

I got to hear it and talk to Bear about it. A genius.

[@stevencastillo8914]

Bear is a legend

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

Nice username travis lol

[@msaintpc]

Yep. Wall of sound for the "Dead", and another for Bill Graham at his Fillmore West, and a damn good killer system for Ken Kesey's bus. He built me an amp for my guitar that I still have today.

[@nadapuesnada7716]

Thank you for all you taught us, beautiful soul Bear.

[@artificium_]

i think he did make a positive contribution to human life. lsd was a pretty large catalyst to a lot of change. changes that are still relevant and changes that are still happening.

[@johnroberts9131]

To bad California is a haven for corruption, illegal immigration, homelessness, inflation, sky high home prices, completely inept state congress, and corrupt politicians everywhere.

[@dillonpolok3198]

@@johnroberts9131 That literally has nothing to do with what he was saying I'm confused? Is it because LSD used to be popular in California? Then the harder drugs took over I believe.

[@johnroberts9131]

@@dillonpolok3198 Just saying that his ideal economic theory is the exact opposite of what has happened in California over the last 30 years? Do your ears work or are they full of shit?

[@johnstallings4049]

@@johnroberts9131 😠

[@jacksprat3009]

@@johnroberts9131 - A lot of people wanted and still want to be here for some pretty good reasons. There are still places that are free and pretty easy (not to be confused with "cheap") and creative, where people pretty much care for each other. Sounds like you had or still are on a pretty rough trip. Hope you work it out.

[@twomindz79]

I was there for this at Melbourne uni. But was real struggling to hear him speak due to the mic and his voice . Thanks for upload .

[@davidkahil5158]

After a long life you realize the greatest gift of God is sobriety. A sober mind is a gift.

[@grande1590]

You realize you can achieve altered states of consciousness through meditation, rhythm, and dance. All of which are considered by many to be holy. So what makes it different if you achieve an altered state through chemicals?

[@agear2]

amen

[@bluntmarathon7073]

I would bet that you drink, coffee, tea or sweetened drinks. This already a drug my friend. Of course not strong as a lsd trip but anyway. Perspective is key 🔑

[@davidkahil5158]

@@bluntmarathon7073 then you would lose that bet

[@DoctorBlankenstein]

Thank you Bear. 🙏 ♥ 🙏

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

@epic_rawbert ...

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

On Instegram ..,,,

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

They offer a variety of products, including Mushrooms, dmt, lsd, and more. Plus, they provide shipping to all locations ❤️

[@ilikepie1123]

dude made some dope belt buckles! wish i had one!

[@kunchoktashii]

Email his son

[@mechcavandy986]

One is on eBay for $9,500! 🙀✌🏻

[@monicaflores4063]

This guy is awesome an beyond! Albert Hoffman is too.mind blowing!

[@dwoodard5717]

Man he was just taking heroic dosages like it was nothing. When he talked about mixing then all and said it took 4 days to get right it sent shivers down my back, I couldn't even imagine. 12 hrs and I'm ready to take some xanax and sleep

[@JubeProductions]

No kidding. I did some good blotters in about 1986 and I could barely handle those. An acid trip was a very powerful thing not to be taken lightly. But at my peak I did take several hits of good acid right from the family, we would take 3 or 4 or the course of a night as we tripped under the jersey boardwalk at night and clear into the next day. I tripped for over 30 hours before and it took 2 days to recover.

[@SolzeyeJewels]

How am I just now seeing this? My dear dear Bear. 💝

[@truthtoad]

my first question was "how do they get all those little dancing bears on that little piece of paper?" Smoked a joint with Bear and learned how to hand pollenate my plants!

[@bighupp3081]

thanks for the trips Bear!

[@halfaday1]

you changed my life !!! thank you

[@matthewmaguire3554]

A true pioneer and a real American in the best sense. But let it be just the start. We need to demand access to these substances on a legal and safe grounds. We know so much more about this then before. Let people be informed on how to get into the right set of mind before taking and be in a safe setting to explore what may come. This can work in so many ways. It is a right of free people to become as free as possible.

[@ScottRuen]

+Matthew Maguire you dont demand access, you take the right away!

[@dickhedd8490]

Matthew Maguire WELL SAID SIR!!! 👏

[@dickhedd8490]

Matthew Maguire The answer to this is to Repeal the drug laws. as long as it remains profitable on the black market And to governments to use these laws to manipulate us the citizens whom they Work For things will never change. We Must carry on and Take Back Control over our governments & our God given inalienable rights. 1 Love My Brother

[@antrygis1]

"Let people be informed on how to get into the right set of mind before taking and be in a safe setting to explore what may come" The problem is or was, Matthew, too many people didn't consider that. I just talked to a guy who was at the Fillmore and he said on an "occasion" the coffee was spiked. That is dangerous. As you said, in a good environment, people you are comfortable with, escape hatches, vitamin C. Peace. And God trips. Amen.

[@konaboss83]

It’ll never happen though the Indian reservations can use paoti for religious ceremonies so I guess build yourself a bonfire and dance around that bitch call it a religious exercise then u might be able to beat it in court

[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

This guy is badass!

[@graymouser5609]

Brilliant. Clarity, brevity, focus. Insight....Wisdom. ... Wow. Thanks for the upload.

[@Andf-kc4xx]

Thank you for what you showed me, rest in eternal peace...

[@RobertJones-nf9ve]

God bless him,the grateful dead and all of y'all. Bear is and all ways will be the man. Thanks for the silver wear

[@rebbe1000]

Well......Bear could be a real SOB, a jerk, grumpy, patronizing, brilliant, amazing, had an extremely kind side, too, a legend and there will never be another one like him. Wish he were still around.....

[@StoneSavant]

rebbe1000 you forgot racist and biggot

[@berryseinfeld6772]

@@StoneSavant sources?

[@StoneSavant]

Yeah I didn’t forget his Dixie origins

[@StoneSavant]

Ir the time he dumped DANNY JSLB A MISSION EMERGENCY or the time he forgot PHIL LESH was a child genius who needed a baby sitter 50 per cent of the time

[@StoneSavant]

Kelb

[@LichenAndMoss]

So happy to finally hear his voice, thank you!

[@ripplemeinwater1]

I did not know the man on any personal level. I would say he was highly intelligent and had a very open mind as far as art, Music and so on. He did help create the wall of sound for the band and was in his words not a chemist but a sound man. I just took some time to look at some of his art work and it was all very cool to me. He apparently made a ll those brass belt buckles you see and the one he is wearing. All I know is that if not for him LSD would have more them likely stopped at Albert Hoffmans door. And if not illegalized in what 1968 or so it would be one of the best medications that people could take without Overdosing like all these kids and people are today with heroin laced with fentanyl and other drugs like Meth and cocaine. We all know the government is still using LSD for mind control and other applications. Now when of if you can find it you have to test it to see what your getting. What a shame. Rest In Peace Bear.

[@grendelum]

Yeah, the government gave up on psychedelics research long ago... my neighbor was one of the directors of several such programs. He never would tell me if that was because they’d abandoned the concept as too unreliable (most likely) of that they’d found the perfect cocktail...

[@brentberman4270]

Bear's the Man!

[@ilovewiki]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video of Bear Stanley. This is fantastic. Cheers!

[@caseyjoanz]

Kid Charlemagne. From the Hall of Unsung Heroes, thanks for the video!

[@delhapln1649]

As what appears is what he's wearing here, I have, and have always worn, serial #2 of Owsley's(Bear) 1983 signed/numbered Steal Your Face belt buckles and was in Lhasa, Tibet during my two years living there when Owsley died. My first Dead show was 12/16/78 Nashville, a couple weeks before their legendary Closing of Winterland New Year's shows... RIP Bear, WALSTIB

[@crustycobs2669]

Thanks be to the Bear. RIP for his handiwork.... 50 years ago I did my own research in Neuropsychopharmacology.

[@TiEDyeDEyeZ]

I have one of the belt buckles he is wearing, one of the first editions.

[@DimiGem]

TiEDyeDEyeZ which is?

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Keep it til death.

[@anthonybryant7390]

True artist. In sound innovation and most of all in metal castings.

[@michaelmorrison827]

the true American folk hero in my book my life would never never have been what it is if he had never been truly I think made the world a better place or at least more fairing thanks and praise!

[@jasondalton-earls9972]

You are 100% right. I healed up from everything the 1st time I took Bears substance at 14 in 1972. Then when I got the Blue cones/pyramids in 1974 I found cosmic consciousness. Haven't got that high to many times but even once but once you 'grok' "I am the I am' it changes lives forever.

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

I jumped around a bit, and didn't listen to the entire video, but I don't believe he mentions the fact that at the same time he was manufacturing LSD in the 60's, he was also a professional ballet dancer.

[@MakMuk]

+GlobalTubeTruth Not professional. It was a hobby.

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

Mak Muk That's true. From what I understand, he was on a level of proficiency that was comparable to a professional. Maybe that's just hype they put in the books, I don't know. It is interesting though. I also find it interesting that he was involved with the military's rocket science program. I'm curious if he ever spent any time at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in California, as well as if he was acquainted with a man named Jack Parsons. There's no doubt that Owsley was most definitely involved with the MK-Ultra program, and to the extent of being a manufacturer of LSD. The fact that he found himself in prison is testament to how he was double crossed by the CIA, and wound up in trouble with "drug enforcement". I don't think there was any DEA at that time.

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

Mak Muk Ya ain't gonna touch that last comment with a 10 foot pole. Huh Mak Muk?? lol I don't blame ya bro. The deeper you look into that subject, the more evident some things become. It begins to challenge more than most people are able to question about themselves, or the world around them. For some people, it literally rocks their world to such a depressing degree, that they have no choice but to deny it all, and live in a state of denial about their life. That is truly sad.

[@MakMuk]

GlobalTubeTruth I said he was not a professional ballet dancer and you agreed that he was not a professional, merely as good as a professional (unlikely).

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

Mak Muk No, I meant about MK-Ultra, not ballet dancing. lol

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Thank's , Liked and Shared . RIP Bear

[@johnnycoyo]

Truly one of a kind ,,, brilliant ,,,funny... crazy as a loon ...loved him ...my occasional times with him were always stimulating and sometimes inspiring ... thanks for posting !

[@richardfinlayson1524]

fantastic great to see this legend..........I ran into Sam Cutler in Melbourne recently, his van had broken down, he is a legend too,and another cancer survivor,and a very nice man to boot!............turn on tune in transform the planet!

[@Coopdog1911]

Thank you for this. Fascinating to hear him tell it in his own words.

[@jkidder01]

that owsley buckle shining!!! rest in peace bear

[@spiritpath6177]

He is hysterica! Love it! RIP. Loved the wall of sound - the art - the experience!

[@davidolszowka3716]

Thanks Bear. You may have felt you didnt affect society in a positive way, but you did. Thanks Bear

[@Theweeze100]

I actually owned a couple of bass cabinets that were featured in the wall of sound back in the 80s. The JBL’s have been pulled out of them, and someone had put a EVM 15B’s in them. They were beautiful, sounded wonderful, but we’re so heavy that I had to sell them off. Didn’t realize what I had… But, made some great memories with them.

[@jumpingspider9]

R.I.p

[@liamwhitney509]

His memory is a Blessing.

[@Steve_643]

He’s the unknown mastermind behind a lot of the Counter Culture of the 60’s. He was a amateur chemistry, Sound Engineer, and a artist!!!!

[@medshow3]

Unknown ? DEFINATELY NOT ! He is a legend in my circles.

[@dickhedd8490]

Amateur?? ROTMFFLMMFAO HARDLY!!

[@christopherjones1649]

One of the most fascinating individuals in the Grateful Dead’s orbit outside of the band themselves.

[@poopy_pants_joe1194]

The dead wouldn't have existed without him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound_(Grateful_Dead)#:~:text=As%20Stanley%20described%20it%2C,1973%20for%20the%20Grateful%20Dead.

[@theclanmorrison]

Owsley only lived a few Kilometres from me but I never got to meet him.I was invited to a party at his house but I never went as I had to work that night,that is a regret that I have as it would have been a pleasure to meet him.Sadly he died in a car accident on the 12 March 2011.R.I.P

[@dadzbluz]

+Craig Morrison Yes my Bro. He was an irascible genius & a trip to be around; yet never too complicated if you weren't starstruck.. Never be shy; always embrace those you may hold apart as "heroes!" They are simply human beings as are you and I. I spent 1971 in London & France. Jammed with Jeff Beck. Marched against the British occupation of Northern Ireland with John and Yoko. Fell in love for the first time. ( I miss you Fiona) Never hold back, never give in! Peace, Bluzie Le Chat ♫♪♥*¨*♥♪♪w=^•_~^=~\w-/-RoCK'N'BLuZCaTZBaND-\w/~^~_•^~\w/♪♪♥*¨*♥♪♫

[@HBC101TVStudios]

+BluzCatKeef Mo I bet you're high on LSD too!

[@theclanmorrison]

***** Hey mate,I am sorry for the late reply.You certainly have been there, done that! I admire you for having the courage to follow your heart and soul.You were in the midst of a very interesting era to say the least as we are now.While you were Jamming with Jeff Beck in '71 I was getting my bum slapped by a doctor! Ha ha.I lost a friend not so long ago,He was born in England,He travelled the world as free as he wanted to be when was a very young man.He had stories of his travels and a short one was that he stayed with his friend who was Bob Dylan's gardener at the time.Bob allowed him to stay in the guest house for about a year.Sadly he passed last December aged 72.He was the most intersting and humble man I have ever had the pleasure of meeting! I'm sure you are of the same Ilk.Good luck mate and keep smiling! Until next time,Craig

[@PatrickBateman1987]

+Craig Morrison I wonder why you hold on to that specific date.

[@theclanmorrison]

+Timothy Price Which date are you refering to Timothy?

[@dickhedd8490]

And Happy New Year to You Sir Bear; Your THE MAN ALBERT HOFFMAN SAID WAS " THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT THE CRYSTALIZATION RIGHT" I Look Forward to Sharing a Talk with You Sir; Til Then......

[@GiffysChannel]

18:51 did he just call the clockwork elves the tinkertoy men?

[@brettfarve718]

Mix: I love mixing acid mescaline dmt .

[@tommyturner6923]

Very cool to have stumbled upon this. I have read about him for years and even corresponded with him at one point when I considered purchasing one of his medallions( wish I had), but never even saw a picture of him much less saw him in an interview. Very good stuff.

[@gawful44]

Listening to this now, around 21:00!

[@mikaylaboo1]

My first hit of acid cost me $2 bucks. I really didn't have to take any after that because it was the best rip of my life. It was called "California Berkeley Blue".

[@PostPatriot]

No crit, but you missed out on some good ones. Not to mention a lot of Analogues that arguably are better than the original. If that did it, hey, no worries, but there are a million rollercoasters too, I have to ride one when I find it. 😂

[@dickhedd8490]

@@PostPatriot Well Spoken Sir!! Here. Here...

[@InfamousMedia]

Haji al Kidya nobody “has” to take acid but I sure do enjoy it

[@wallacechrstensen7406]

Took Acid like window pane.Never heard of California......

[@paulbeahm3891]

@@PostPatriot absolutely incorrect. I love taking 1p-lsd which is almost indiscernible from lsd and I'll be the first to admit even that isnt as good as real acid. There is no trip like true lsd. The only reason these analogues exist is because their superior versions exist already.

[@LuvCanalCraig]

Thank you kind sir for your immeasurable contribution to all of mankind.

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

@epic_rawbert

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

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[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

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[@jameshadfield2658]

truly one of the greatest of greats. acid could cure alot of the world's ills, but that will not be tolerated by the evil. R.I.P. bear you are missed and loved!

[@jamesorr50276]

Well spoken

[@cameronmoore3674]

2:28 this was recorded in 2009. i guess the concept of" stimulus-checks isn't brand-new. Owlsey is brilliant, wherever he is. Just a down to Earth no bullshit free thinker.

[@encoencomen8361]

Kid Charlemagne, thank you. May you R.I.P.

[@bitterick]

"you just put a little extra in there.." OH WHAT!?!?!?!

[@featherheadsify]

if you've read the MK-ULTRA documents, listen to this man closely.

[@4estfloor]

elaborate please.. this sounds good

[@katiejo1095]

CIA.

[@sethstine4698]

Exactly

[@agear2]

yep…highly deviant and dark arts at work….people are clueless...

[@staninjapan07]

Interesting fella. Reminded me of Jacque from The Venus Project to look at him. Thanks for the video.

[@JaimeyPerham]

rip bear. you are a legend, and true artist (steal your face, wall of sound, band sound recordings). the grateful dead wouldn't be the same without you. you wouldn't believe how things have changed in the year 2020 with the legalization of medical marijuana everywhere and states starting to consider the legalization of magic mushrooms for mental health.

[@tiluriso]

Kid Charlemagne.

[@Enjoythepour]

That was me. 💯 I’d wait 29 minutes and take another. Mescaline hits so fast and so hard. My goodness the fun!

[@christophercampbell1677]

Thanks bear 🐻

[@williambaxter4628]

WOW!!!

[@rolandbenjamin5390]

Try my plug

[@rolandbenjamin5390]

MyCohenRy 33

[@rolandbenjamin5390]

On Instagram

[@rolandbenjamin5390]

He sells and will guide you

[@dickhedd8490]

Here I am hi again Bear Thank You for your bravery!! And QUALITY LSD.

[@tonydanis1480]

Thanks! Important stuff! A brilliant mind!

[@JubeProductions]

I know Bear designed the Grateful Dead's massive speaker monster known as "the wall of sound", but I would not say he invented "the wall of sound" because the wall of sound is a recording production technique pioneered by recording engineer Phil Spector, as I am sure you are aware of. I realize that Bear's monster speaker that the Dead toured with was also called the wall of sound, but it's not the same thing. I don't even know if it matters, after all.

[@oddballrecords6551]

The Wall of Sound sound system was a huge speaker set up which acted as a monitoring system for the band and offered clarity for the projection of the sound by offering sections of the wall to each instrument. Which in turn allowed the band to go LOUD without it being a painful thing. They had extreme clarity. When you've not got every single instrument fighting to make a speaker move, then it can do more. Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" was to record an acoustic guitar track maybe 4 times... 8 times.... And layer the absolute living hell out of everything. That can sound cool, but also it becomes very muddy. So Phil Spector I would say is known for some pretty bad recording techniques. If you check out George Harrison's All Things Must Pass original 1970's mix of the album that's classically the Wall of Sound.... Too many musicians, too much echo. That sound has been undone on a 2020 remix of the album and there's clarity during the entire thing now. Check the two against each other. Phil Spector I think maybe receives too much credit than what he deserves. Phil Spector's Wall of Sound is possibly quite the opposite philosophy to Bear's Wall of Sound as his ideas was to chuck so much at it you'd lose clarity. I think in modern times you can use Phil Spector's ideas and kind of tame them more with modern technology. There's only so much double/quadruple layering that's worth it until you're not creating much of a difference at all. Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood used to do this technique on the early Electric Light Orchestra recordings. But they realised that recording 4 drum kits was the same as one. So why record 4 when one does the job? :)

[@JubeProductions]

@@oddballrecords6551 Thanks for that explanation, it's helpful. I don't know much about bear's Wall of Sound other than what little I've read, or seen in documentaries. I got the basic idea, but not the details. I know a little more about Phil Spector and his productions. He was given a lot of credit for basically recording talented people. I think his early work with the Ronette's and the Cyrstal's were a good use of the layering and echo. After a while he just overused the technique and basically ruined the Let it Be album and Harrison's All things must Pass.....not only that but he killed Lana Jean Clarkson.

[@ryanmoore2779]

Fool of a Took

[@thomasmazur6916]

My first two trips were on Purple Owsley. Thanks

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

@epic_rawbert

[@VintageKing-yi8hy]

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[@rosemaryhill8804]

Me roo!

[@calstongroup]

Back in the day you always hoped you could find some Ousley acid, you could always be sure it was made with heart and integrity, you could always trust what you were getting. It's also great to see what a cool guy he was. Thanks for posting this.

[@paxwallacejazz]

He is Kid Charlemagne for real from Steely Dan fame. Check out the lyrics.

[@terbailey9978]

You are spot on. Love the song and love Steely Dan. One of my favorite songs. I was fortunate enough to be able to get some of his products years ago

[@mysterious144]

The song also talks about Ken Kesey; “Everyone stopped and stared at your Technicolor motor home.”

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

@alaskakyle The line is "Is there gas in the car? There's gas in the car."

[@mysteree3012]

awesome. id like to know more about being able to affect amplifiers on dmt;) what a great man.

[@kimrunic5874]

Would've loved to have tried some Owsley acid. The Chateau Petrus of LSD.

[@MrJonsound]

they left out true MDA and he loved it, made by another great guy who made the first hug drug MDA..many called him Ben and some john. he was a great friend and the best guy ever.

[@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother]

I loved the old MDA. Used to get it on Maalox tablets in Madison, Wi. back n '68.

[@Indra.artist]

was best ever, they called it the hug drug.

[@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother]

I remember the first time I tried it. Wading around in the lake on a beautiful summers day literally hugging myself.

[@Indra.artist]

nice, my first time was in a room with 60 other people all of took it at same time. 25 min on we all spontaneously stood up and had a 60 person hug fest. was crazy looking into peoples open eyes/mind and feeling them in heart instead of mind.

[@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother]

A very nice, warm, glow indeed.

[@845callaway]

Wow...such a fascinating man

[@MrJonsound]

ha haa ha used to stand in peoples park when he threw out no 10 cans of joints at the dead practices then all free.