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===Early years===

===Early years===

Andrew Thomas Weil was born in [[:en:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] on June 8, 1942,<ref name="EB152">The editors of EB (2015). "Andrew Weil, American Physician", In ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (online, 18 November), see [http://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Weil], accessed 18 November 2015.</ref> the only child of parents who operated a [[:en:Millinery|millinery]] store,<ref name="EB152" /> in a family that was [[:en:Reform_Judaism|Reform Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrew Weil, Shaman, M.D.|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/books/970824weil.html|website=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]}}</ref> He graduated from high school in 1959 and was awarded a scholarship from the [[:en:American_Association_for_the_United_Nations|American Association for the United Nations]],<ref name="EB152" /> giving him the opportunity to go abroad for a year, living with families in [[:en:India|India]], [[:en:Thailand|Thailand]], and [[:en:Greece|Greece]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Judy|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=F2EhDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT92&lpg=PT92|title=Cravings: How I Conquered Food|date=2017-02-28|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-385-54132-9|pages=92ff|language=en|chapter=15 - Lives of the diet gurus; Dr. Andrew Weil}}</ref> From this experience he became convinced that in many ways American culture and science was insular and unaware of non-American practices. He began hearing that [[:en:Mescaline|mescaline]] enhanced creativity and produced visionary experiences, and finding little information on the subject, he read ''[[:en:The_Doors_of_Perception|The Doors of Perception]]'' by [[:en:Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley]].{{when|date=November 2015}}<ref name="lattin2">{{cite book|last1=Lattin|first1=Don|title=The Harvard Psychedelic Club|url=https://archive.org/details/harvardpsychedel00latt|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=9780061655944|edition=Paperback}}</ref>{{rp|24f}}

Andrew Thomas Weil was born in [[:en:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] on June 8, 1942,<ref name="EB152">The editors of EB (2015). "Andrew Weil, American Physician", In ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (online, 18 November), see [http://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Weil], accessed 18 November 2015.</ref> the only child of parents who operated a [[:en:Millinery|millinery]] store,<ref name="EB152" /> in a family that was [[:en:Reform_Judaism|Reform Jewish]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Andrew Weil, Shaman, M.D.|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/books/970824weil.html|website=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]}}</ref> He graduated from high school in 1959 and was awarded a scholarship from the [[:en:American_Association_for_the_United_Nations|American Association for the United Nations]],<ref name="EB152" /> giving him the opportunity to go abroad for a year, living with families in [[:en:India|India]], [[:en:Thailand|Thailand]], and [[:en:Greece|Greece]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Judy|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=F2EhDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT92&lpg=PT92|title=Cravings: How I Conquered Food|date=2017-02-28|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-385-54132-9|pages=92ff|language=en|chapter=15 - Lives of the diet gurus; Dr. Andrew Weil}}</ref> From this experience he became convinced that in many ways American culture and science was insular and unaware of non-American practices. He began hearing that [[:en:Mescaline|mescaline]] enhanced creativity and produced visionary experiences, and finding little information on the subject, he read ''[[:en:The_Doors_of_Perception|The Doors of Perception]]'' by [[:en:Aldous_Huxley|Aldous Huxley]].{{when|date=November 2015}}<ref name="lattin2">{{cite book|last1=Lattin|first1=Don|title=The Harvard Psychedelic Club|url=https://archive.org/details/harvardpsychedel00latt|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=9780061655944|edition=Paperback}}</ref>{{rp|24f}}

===Undergraduate period===

===Undergraduate period===

==Career==

==Career==

Following his internship, Weil took a position with the [[:en:National_Institute_of_Mental_Health|National Institute of Mental Health]] (NIMH) that lasted approximately one year, to pursue his interests in research on marijuana and other drugs;<ref name="Baer032">Baer, H.A. (2003). "The Work of Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra—Two Holistic Health/New Age Gurus: A Critique of the Holistic Health/New Age Movements", ''[[Wikipedia:Medical Anthropology Quarterly|Medical Anthropology Quarterly]]''. '''17''' (2, June): 233-250, esp. 233f, 236, see [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12846118] and [https://borderlandsofhealthandwellness.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/critique-of-new-age-health-gurus.pdf] and [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3655336], accessed 20 November 2015.</ref><ref name="Baer042">{{Cite book|last1=Baer|first1=H. A.|title=Toward an Integrative Medicine: Merging Alternative Therapies with Biomedicine|journal=Medical Anthropology Quarterly|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield/AltaMira|year=2004|isbn=978-0759103023|volume=17|location=Walnut Creek, CA|pages=119–136, esp. 120, 132f, and ''passim''|chapter=Deconstructing Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra (Chapter 5)|doi=10.1525/maq.2003.17.2.233|pmid=12846118|access-date=18 November 2015|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=075910302X|issue=2|s2cid=28219719}}</ref> during this time he may have received formal institutional permission to acquire marijuana for the research.<ref name="lattin">{{cite book|last1=Lattin|first1=Don|title=The Harvard Psychedelic Club|url=https://archive.org/details/harvardpsychedel00latt|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=9780061655944|edition=Paperback}}</ref>{{rp|145f}}

Following his internship, Weil took a position with the [[:en:National_Institute_of_Mental_Health|National Institute of Mental Health]] (NIMH) that lasted approximately one year, to pursue his interests in research on marijuana and other drugs;<ref name="Baer032">Baer, H.A. (2003). "The Work of Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra—Two Holistic Health/New Age Gurus: A Critique of the Holistic Health/New Age Movements", ''[[Wikipedia:Medical Anthropology Quarterly|Medical Anthropology Quarterly]]''. '''17''' (2, June): 233-250, esp. 233f, 236, see [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12846118] and [https://borderlandsofhealthandwellness.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/critique-of-new-age-health-gurus.pdf] and [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3655336], accessed 20 November 2015.</ref><ref name="Baer042">{{Cite book|last1=Baer|first1=H. A.|title=Toward an Integrative Medicine: Merging Alternative Therapies with Biomedicine|journal=Medical Anthropology Quarterly|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield/AltaMira|year=2004|isbn=978-0759103023|volume=17|location=Walnut Creek, CA|pages=119–136, esp. 120, 132f, and ''passim''|chapter=Deconstructing Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra (Chapter 5)|doi=10.1525/maq.2003.17.2.233|pmid=12846118|access-date=18 November 2015|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=075910302X|issue=2|s2cid=28219719}}</ref> during this time he may have received formal institutional permission to acquire marijuana for the research.<ref name="lattin">{{cite book|last1=Lattin|first1=Don|title=The Harvard Psychedelic Club|url=https://archive.org/details/harvardpsychedel00latt|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York, NY|isbn=9780061655944|edition=Paperback}}</ref>{{rp|145f}} He then moved out to a Sioux reservation in South Dakota to study with a man named Leonard Crow Dog.<ref name=":0" />

Weil is reported to have experienced opposition to this line of inquiry at the NIMH, to have departed to his rural northern Virginia home (1971-1972), and to have begun his practices of vegetarianism, yoga, and meditation, and work on writing ''The Natural Mind'' (1972).<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /> At the same time, Weil began an affiliation with the Harvard Botanical Museum that would span from 1971 to 1984, where his work included duties as a research associate investigating "the properties of medicinal and psychoactive plants".<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /> His interests led him to explore the healing systems of indigenous people, and with this aim, Weil traveled throughout South America and other parts of the world, "collecting information about medicinal plants and healing", from 1971 to 1975, as a fellow for the [[:en:Institute_of_Current_World_Affairs|Institute of Current World Affairs]].<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /><ref>{{cite web|author=ICWA|year=2015|title=Past Fellows: Andrew T. Weil, Years: 1971-1975, Topic: Altered States of Consciousness, Area: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, United States|url=http://www.icwa.org/past-fellows/?as=Weil|access-date=21 November 2015|publisher=[[Wikipedia:Institute of Current World Affairs|Institute of Current World Affairs]]|location=Washington, DC, US}}</ref>

Weil is reported to have experienced opposition to this line of inquiry at the NIMH, to have departed to his rural northern Virginia home (1971-1972), and to have begun his practices of vegetarianism, yoga, and meditation, and work on writing ''The Natural Mind'' (1972).<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /> At the same time, Weil began an affiliation with the Harvard Botanical Museum that would span from 1971 to 1984, where his work included duties as a research associate investigating "the properties of medicinal and psychoactive plants".<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /> His interests led him to explore the healing systems of indigenous people, and with this aim, Weil traveled throughout South America and other parts of the world, "collecting information about medicinal plants and healing", from 1971 to 1975, as a fellow for the [[:en:Institute_of_Current_World_Affairs|Institute of Current World Affairs]].<ref name="Baer032" /><ref name="Baer042" /><ref>{{cite web|author=ICWA|year=2015|title=Past Fellows: Andrew T. Weil, Years: 1971-1975, Topic: Altered States of Consciousness, Area: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, United States|url=http://www.icwa.org/past-fellows/?as=Weil|access-date=21 November 2015|publisher=[[Wikipedia:Institute of Current World Affairs|Institute of Current World Affairs]]|location=Washington, DC, US}}</ref>