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As Psychedelics Revival Rolls On, Don't Downplay Bad Trips

By John Horgan — 2015

I'm no psychedelic prude. I reported on, and applauded, the resurgence of research into psychedelics in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism. I participated in a peyote ceremony of the Native American Church, and I advocated legalization of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes. But the enthusiasm with which some journalists are now touting psychedelics makes me a bit uneasy.

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TIHKAL: The Continuation

TiHKAL: The Continuation is the sequel to PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. TiHKAL is written about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines with TiHKAL being an acronym for "Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved”. Like its predecessor, it is divided into two parts.

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PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story

An acronym for “Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved”, the book spans autobiography, organic chemistry, politics, ethnobotany, and psychopharmacology. PiHKAL is divided into two parts, the first of which is a fictionalized autobiographical 'novel', The Love Story.

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The Doors of Perception

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary.

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Am I Dreaming?: The New Science of Consciousness and How Altered States Reboot the Brain

When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar.

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The Importance of the Psychedelic Experience During Ketamine Infusions

Part of the way healing occurs during the ketamine infusion is due to the non-ordinary (psychedelic) experience. In this non-ordinary state, the unconscious mind is accessed and allows processing of unresolved emotions and traumatic events.

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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience: The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche

The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience was published in 1966, just as the first legal restrictions on the use of psychedelic substances were being enacted.

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Ayahuasca DMT Trip Simulation (Pov) | What Ayahuasca “Looks” Like

Ayahuasca is a DMT/MAOI Amazonian brew that is used by shamans to connect with higher planes of existence, and to heal people.

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Michael Pollan—Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Bioneers

As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how we feed ourselves, Michael will share his luminous insights from what began as investigative reportage and became a very personal interior journey into the mystery of consciousness and the nature of...

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A Graham Hancock Reader: The Divine Spark—Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Birth of Civilization

In this anthology edited by bestselling author Graham Hancock, 22 writers discuss psychedelics and their myriad connections to consciousness. Travel to South America, the American Southwest, outer space, inner space, and back in time to revisit Pahnke's The Good Friday experiment.

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Taking Mushrooms with a Shaman

Our time with a curendera in the small town of Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Mushroom healer from the Mazatec tradition. We also visit the home and family of Maria Sabina.

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