Introduction

Psychedelic 60s

Psychedelia and the Psychedelic movement
1960-1975

Psychedelic:

1. Pertaining to or characterized by hallucinations, distortions of perception and awareness, and sometimes psychotic-like behavior.
2. A drug that produces such effects.
3. An art style influenced by the prevalence of hallucinatory drugs, especially LSD, with typical designs featuring abstract swirls of intense color with curvilinear calligraphy reminiscent of Art Nouveau.

(https://visualartsdepartment.wordpress.com/psychedelic-60s/)

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Beginning in the 1960’s and through the 1970's the psychedelic movement had a large  influence on music, art and also pop culture. This included style of dress, language and the way people spoke, art, literature and philosophy. The movement had a lot to do with the popular drug culture at the time that was heavily based in hallucinating.