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Was the author of Alice in Wonderland on an acid trip when she wrote the book?
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∙ 12y ago
There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that Lewis Carroll ever used any form of narcotic.
Carroll was a very conservative and respectable gentleman and there is no reason to suppose that he used narcotics other than wishful thinking on the part of people who would like it if there were a connection between ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and the recreational use of drugs.
He definitely wasn't crazy, either. He was a mathematician, with a very clear and logical understanding of everything around him. It's because he was so logical that he could play with logic as he did. The crazy answers and unreasonable reason of his characters are strange, most of the time hilarious, but they never actually lack in logic.
The story is so twisted and wonderful because Lewis Carroll was also very creative and imaginative.
Lewis Caroll was neither crazy nor on drugs when he wrote Alice in Wonderland. He was extremely tired of Children's Books trying to teach a moral or with a religious theme. He wanted to write pure fantasy that children could simply enjoy.
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∙ 12y ago
There is no evidence to suggest that Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was on an acid trip when he wrote the book. The fantastical and surreal aspects of the story were likely influenced by his creativity and imagination.
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∙ 14y agoThere is one significant mushroom in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and although it is a magical mushroom, it is unlikely that it is a magic mushroom. We know that it isn't a liberty cap, as it has a flat top, so that the Caterpillar can sit on it. It is possible that it is fly agaric, but that is not how Tenniel illustrated it.
Mushrooms are a frequently recurring motif in Fairy Tales and it is more probable that Carroll was referring to fairy tales then to narcotics. (Although the reason why mushrooms are so common in folk and fairy tales might well originally be due to the hallucinogenic properties of some of them.)
Alice in Wonderland is set within the parameters of a dream and contains all the attendant surreality of dreaming. Based on what is known about Lewis Carroll and his life, there is more reason to assume that the fantastical nature of the story derives from dreams, fairy tales and the author's imagination than from any reference to hallucinogenic episodes.
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∙ 14y agoNo, Lewis Carroll was not a drug addict.
Although he may have taken drugs for medicinal reasons in his later life, there is no evidence at all that he ever took narcotics for recreational purposes.
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∙ 12y agoNo. LSD wasn't invented when the book was first written.
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∙ 12y agoNo, acid hadn't been invented when Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. And there is no evidence that he was under the influence of, or ever used, any other sort of narcotic.
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∙ 11y agoNo, Lewis Carroll was not on drugs.
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∙ 13y agoNo, LSD wasn't even invented then.
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∙ 12y agoNo
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Why is LSD connected to Alice in Wonderland?
Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland long before LSD was invented, so obviously, he didn't intend there to be any connection between the two. However, in the 1960s Alice in Wonderland was embraced by the drug extolling counter culture. It has been suggested that the connection with LSD was first made in the by the psychiatrists who introduced the drug. The relationship between Alice and acid was popularised by Grace Slick, who performed the hit song 'White Rabbit' with Jefferson Airplane in the late 60s. The song was ostensibly about Alice in Wonderland but managed to sneak drug references into the mainstream, and secured radio airplay without causing an outcry. Ever since then, Alice has become irrevocably associated with drugs in the public imagination.
What is Alice in Wonderland REALLY about?
What Alice in Wonderland is really about is a question which provokes a great deal of debate. There is a school of thought which believes the entire story is a metaphor for drugs and drug use; the principal evidence for this being the Caterpillar's hookah, and the mushroom on which he is sitting - the consumption of which causes the distortion of Alice's body, which could be compared to the visual effects of hallucinogenic drugs. The behaviour of some of the characters is also sometimes explained in terms of drug use; both the Caterpillar's and the Dormouse's languor might be attributable to marijuana or some form of opiate, and it has been suggested that the White Rabbit's rushing around is caused by, or is symbolic of cocaine. LSD is also frequently mentioned in relation to Alice in Wonderland, as the colourful, confusing and distorted nature of Wonderland seems comparable to an acid trip. It can be categorically stated however, that Alice in Wonderland has nothing whatsoever to do with either cocaine or LSD, as cocaine had only been recently invented at the time the book was written and had not begun to be used even in a medicinal context, and LSD wasn't invented til decades later in the mid twentieth century. Marijuana, opiates and hallucinogenic mushrooms however, were both available and legal when the book was written, so may have had some influence on the story. Most critics and scholars eschew the claims of a connection between Alice in Wonderland and drugs, believing the book to be what it appears, an innocent tale written for the amusement of children. Unlike other writers associated with recreational drug use - Samuel Taylor Coleridge for example - there is no evidence that Lewis Carroll either took or was even interested in the effects of narcotics, and as he was a conservative mathematician and Anglican deacon, find it hard to reconcile his character with that of the archetypal rock 'n' roll drugs fiend. There is no real evidence that Alice in Wonderland is about drugs, but similarly there is no proof that it isn't, and so, the debate seems destined to carry on. Alice in Wonderland is indeed about drugs. My teacher believes its about drugs to. I mean following the white rabbit, eating mushrooms, shrinking, it's all hallucinations. Disney just messed with it and made it seem like its not about drugs. "Alice in Wonderland is a perfect, down-to-earth example of childhood through adolescence. Just as a child's life is filled with good and bad choices, hers is too. As most do, Alice learns from her experiences and ultimately becomes more mature. Alice in Wonderland has many connections to how one grows and develops from childhood up through adolescence. Alice matures emotionally by how she thinks, how she deals with her problems, and how she perceives different situations, all of which are encompassed in the progression of a child."
Is it true the Alice in Wonderland characters are all on a different drug?
There is no evidence to suggest that Alice in Wonderlandis either about or influenced by narcotics.The story was originally made up by Lewis Carroll, who was a very respectable Oxford Don and Anglican Deacon, to entertain three little girls on a rowing trip. There is no evidence that he ever took drugs, or even that he was interested in them. Carroll kept extensive diaries and wrote huge numbers of letters (which he took the trouble to catalogue) and no mention is made of drugs anywhere in his writngs. Quite a lot is known about his life and he was a very busy person who was unlikely to have had either the time or the inclination to experiment with narcotics.It wasn't until a century after the book was written that the idea that there may be some connection with drugs started. Members of the drug taking counter culture of the nineteen-sixties noticed similarities between the hallucinogenic effects of narcotics such as LSD and the strange events in the book Alice in Wonderland, such as Alice's changes in size, and embraced the book as representing a drug taking experience. Jefferson Airplane's song White Rabbit immortalised this idea and some people have associated Alice in Wonderland with drug taking ever since.What people tend to overlook is that drugs are not the only source of hallucinogenic effects, and the illusion of things stretching and shrinking can also be caused by neurological imbalances (which Carroll may have suffered from.) Of course the idea of a person changing sizes could also simply be created by the imagination.Other than her changes in size, the key moment in the book that people claim is representative of drug taking is Alice's encounter with the Caterpillar. When she meets him, he is sitting on a mushroom, smoking a hookah. It is not impossible that this is a reference to drugs, but it is equally possible that it isn't. The mushroom is a common motif in fairy stories and it is more likely that this is the reason for its presence than because Carroll is alluding to the hallucinogenic effects of magic mushrooms. It is also possible that the Caterpillar is smoking opium or marijuana in his hookah, but it is just as likely that he is smoking tobacco. However, the fact that the mushroom and the hookah appear together will forever represent proof of a reference to drug taking in the minds of some readers.If we choose to accept the hypothesis that the Caterpillar is either consuming or representative of drugs, this of course doesn't mean that Carroll is condoning drug use or that Alice in Wonderland is about drugs. Madness is a theme which runs throughout the book and Alice encounters numerous characters who are all "mad" for whatever reason. It is frequently suggested that the Hatter is mad as a result of mercury poisonong and it is generally believed that hares are mad in March because of excessive friskiness during the mating season - however, nobody ever suggests that Alice in Wonderland is about mercury poisoning (or friskiness for that matter.) The Caterpillar is just one of the mad people that Alice meets on her journey and he is not a pleasant character. There is no suggestion that he is someone we would wish to emulate. Therefore, if his madness is caused by the consumption of drugs, we can assume that this is not something Carroll is attempting to promote (any more than he is attempting to promote mercury poisoning.)It is generally believed by critics and people who have studied Lewis Carroll, that Alice in Wonderland is NOT about drugs. Those who seek to enjoy or promote recrational drug use frequently claim that it is.To add on to MisoSoup's answer, Alice in Wonderland is thought to actually be about math. The author was a mathematician, and there were some kinds of new math theories. He didn't like them, so he wrote a book where he applied the the theories. You'll notice that Alice really did not like it.
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