From MAPS Conference:
Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia – On the Bus from MAPS: Psychedelic Science on Vimeo.
Psychedelic veteran Carolyn Garcia aka Mountain Girl joined the Merry Pranksters in 1964 and traveled on Ken Kesey’s bus “Furthur” presenting “Acid Tests” in California. She joined the Grateful Dead family in the Haight Ashbury in 1967. In this talk, Carolyn recounts tales from the height of the 1960s psychedelic culture.
She has been on the board of Rex Foundation among others, for many years, and keeps up with psychedelic and cannabis issues and developments as best she can. Currently she serves as President of the Women’s Visionary Council, which presents the annual Women’s Visionary Congress and other educational events investigating the marvelous. Jerry Garcia and Carolyn have two daughters.
This video is from the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century, a conference in San Jose, California, April 15-18 2010, organized by MAPS – the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies in collaboration with: the Heffter Research Institute, The Council on Spiritual Practices, & the Beckley Foundation
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This video was produced by Teal Sievers with livingdreamfilms.com
Medical doctors, other medical professionals, psychologists, and social workers can earn continuing medical education/ continuing education credits by viewing these videos. Visit www.maps.org
Mountain Girl is my hero!!!
Through her I also recently found the organization that the Dead and Ram Dass founded called SEVA! Their health projects serve indigenous peoples around the globe. They are perhaps best known for their work in preventable blindness. SEVA has helped nearly 3 million people suffering from things like cataracts in poor countries to see again! They also do great work with Native Americans to fight diabetes. Check them out at http://www.seva.org
I particularly love their Gifts of Service catalog, an alternative giving catalog that lets you restore a blind person’s eyesight in the name of your honoree, among many other moving gifts! Check it out at http://www.seva.org/gifts.
Thanks Mountain Girl and the whole DEAD family!!!!