LSD, THC and Gilgamesh

Introduction
Testosterone and Neural Dysfunction
Some insights into the pineal and related bio-chemistry
Bio-chemistry overview and a bit on sleep
Some more thoughts on bipedalism

Does the 'God' of chemistry live in the right side of the brain?

Assume the chemical quest for 'God' in traditional and contemporary approaches has some element of validity. The perceived effects of one of the most powerful chemicals, LSD, being primarily restricted to the right hemisphere may be a significant clue that only makes sense in the context of a damaged/retarded left hemisphere? ECR.

Excerpt from-Biological Foundations of Cerebral Dominance, N. Geschwind and A. Galaburda, Cambridge/Harvard University Press, 1984.

Serafetinides (1965) administered LSD-25 preoperatively and postoperatively to 12 patients who underwent right temporal lobe removals and to 11 with left-sided ablation. He found that the typical perceptual responses to LSD disappeared after right, but not left, temporal lobectomy. One interpretation of these findings is that lateralised differences in response to drug administered systemically is the result of an asymmetrical distribution of receptor sites or differences in sensitivity on the two sides. The occurrence of left-sided neurological signs in a chemically mediated illness such as depression (Brumback and Staton, 1981; Freeman et al., in press) is consonant with this concept.

(Serafetinides, E. A. 1965. The significance of the temporal lobes and of hemispheric dominance in the production of LSD-25 symptomatology in man. Neuropsychologia 3:69-79)

Also--

"Check out recent research that links Tetrahydrocannabinol with rapid elevation in melatonin levels, note time delay in effect, compare this with the effects of meditation on melatonin production."

www: http://cures-not-wars.org/melajuana.html

References to meditation research will be added when they turn up!
NB recent reports of cannabinols in breast milk add further intrigue.
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More from Gilgamesh and his quest for the lost state of being

To see whether the gods might make an exception also in Gilgamesh's case, Utanapishtim tests his "immortality potential," his ability to do without sleep. When confronted with the evidence of his human frailty, his need for sleep, Gilgamesh despairs. Utanapishtim expels the ferryman from his post for having brought Gilgamesh, and assigns him to restore Gilgamesh to his royal role and accompany him back to Uruk. They start to sail off but Utanapishtim calls him back, yielding to his wife's compassionate insistence that Gilgamesh be given something to show for his efforts. So it is that Utanapishtim tells another "secret of the gods" A "plant of rejuvenation" will allow Gilgamesh to regain his lost youth, apparently to live life over with the advantage of his new wisdom.

(The Epic of Gilgamesh, Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs, Stanford University Press, 1989)