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2014 - Present / Psychedelic Book Review
by Robert Dickins · Published August 8, 2016 · Last modified December 2, 2016
Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT by Graham St John
Graham St John's Mystery School in Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT was first published in 2015 by Evolver Editions. The book joins other cultural histories centred on particular psychoactive substances, such as Shroom (2006) by Andy Letcher, Storming Heaven...
by Robert Dickins · Published December 3, 2014
Acid: A New Secret History of LSD by David Black
Originally published in 1998 with the subtitle 'The Secret History of LSD', 'Acid: A New Secret History of LSD' is written by David Black, and is a revised and expanded edition released in 2001. Black is a freelance writer and...
by Via the House · Published February 6, 2014 · Last modified January 22, 2015
The Hashish Club Vol.1 & 2 by Peter Haining
Originally published in two volumes in 1975 'The Hashish Club: An Anthology of Drug Literature' is compiled and edited by Peter Haines. Volume one looks at the founding of the modern tradition of pharmacography, from Coleridge to Crowley, while the...
by Via the House · Published November 28, 2011 · Last modified February 5, 2015
The Man who Turned on the World by Michael Hollingshead
Originally published in 1973 'The Man who Turned on the World' by Michael Hollingshead recounts the author's involvement in the psychedelic movement of the 1960s. Having been told by Aldous Huxley to talk with Timothy Leary, and having subsequently given...
by Via the House · Published November 30, 2010 · Last modified December 9, 2016
White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg by Peter Conners
Originally published by City Lights in 2010 'White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg' is authored by Peter Conners. The book takes a refreshing look at psychedelia's most culturally potent point of history to date....
by Via the House · Published May 11, 2010 · Last modified February 5, 2015
The Harvard Psychedelic Club By Don Lattin
Originally published in 2010 'The Harvard Psychedelic Club' by Don Lattin is a work of narrative non-fiction. It biographically examines the lives of four men, involved in various ways with what was originally called the Harvard Psilocybin Project. Based on...
The Politics of Ecstasy By Timothy Leary
Originally published in 1968 'The Politics of Ecstasy' is a collection of essays by, and interviews with, psychedelic troubadour Timothy Leary. The book contains Leary's central ideas for the Sixties psychedelic revolution; both social and scientific. Arguably less well received...
by Via the House · Published March 1, 2010 · Last modified February 5, 2015
Sacred Mushroom of Visions Teonanácatl by Ralph Metzner (Ed)
Originally published in 2004 'Sacred Mushroom of Visions: Teonanácatl' is a relatively comprehensive sourcebook on the psilocybin mushroom. The book is edited by Ralph Metzner, who's history with the psychedelic movement dates back to the Harvard Psilocybin Project. It contains...
by Via the House · Published February 24, 2010 · Last modified February 5, 2015
Psychedelic Prayers By Timothy Leary
Originally published in 1966, 'Psychedelic Prayers after the Tao Te Ching' by Timothy Leary is a work of textual interpretation, an exercise in creativity and an attempt to illuminate and guide the psychedelic experience through the lens of an ancient text....
Birth of a Psychedelic Culture
Originally published in 2010 'Birth of a Psychedelic Culture – Conversations about Leary, the Harvard experiment, Millbrook and the Sixties' is a fascinating insight into the early years of the Western social phenomena, known as psychedelia. Its multifaceted approach produces...