Author: Seth Warner
Publisher: Ed Rosenthal
ISBN: 1936807580
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Interest in the benefits of mushrooms has exploded. And it turns out growing psilocybin at home may be easier than you may think. Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource. This easy-to-use guide to the world of psilocybin covers a wide range of topics: Dosage, sourcing spores, psychedelic safety, and all the tools and instructions needed to successfully grow potent magic mushrooms at home. Readers will see exactly how to cultivate magic mushrooms and integrate them into their lives. With a little experience anyone can scale up with ease. This easy-to-use text is a thorough guide to the world of psilocybin. From sourcing spores to psychedelic safety, Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource: Learn an easy cultivation system that uses materials and tools that can be found at grocery and hardware stores, Explore the psychedelic experience and the different dosage guidelines including a microdosing crash course. Find out about proper drying and storage resulting in high-quality ad consistency. Discover the important modern history of plant medicine reform. This definitive text takes you on a 360-degree journey through the psychedelic experience. Welcome to Psilocybin is a fascinating and informative handbook that equips readers with practical cultivation methods and cultural knowledge to guide their integrative practice. Welcome to Psilocybin is a go-to text for the entire mushroom community.
Welcome to Psilocybin
Author: Seth Warner
Publisher: Ed Rosenthal
ISBN: 1936807580
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Interest in the benefits of mushrooms has exploded. And it turns out growing psilocybin at home may be easier than you may think. Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource. This easy-to-use guide to the world of psilocybin covers a wide range of topics: Dosage, sourcing spores, psychedelic safety, and all the tools and instructions needed to successfully grow potent magic mushrooms at home. Readers will see exactly how to cultivate magic mushrooms and integrate them into their lives. With a little experience anyone can scale up with ease. This easy-to-use text is a thorough guide to the world of psilocybin. From sourcing spores to psychedelic safety, Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource: Learn an easy cultivation system that uses materials and tools that can be found at grocery and hardware stores, Explore the psychedelic experience and the different dosage guidelines including a microdosing crash course. Find out about proper drying and storage resulting in high-quality ad consistency. Discover the important modern history of plant medicine reform. This definitive text takes you on a 360-degree journey through the psychedelic experience. Welcome to Psilocybin is a fascinating and informative handbook that equips readers with practical cultivation methods and cultural knowledge to guide their integrative practice. Welcome to Psilocybin is a go-to text for the entire mushroom community.
Publisher: Ed Rosenthal
ISBN: 1936807580
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Interest in the benefits of mushrooms has exploded. And it turns out growing psilocybin at home may be easier than you may think. Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource. This easy-to-use guide to the world of psilocybin covers a wide range of topics: Dosage, sourcing spores, psychedelic safety, and all the tools and instructions needed to successfully grow potent magic mushrooms at home. Readers will see exactly how to cultivate magic mushrooms and integrate them into their lives. With a little experience anyone can scale up with ease. This easy-to-use text is a thorough guide to the world of psilocybin. From sourcing spores to psychedelic safety, Welcome to Psilocybin is an incredibly useful introductory mushroom resource: Learn an easy cultivation system that uses materials and tools that can be found at grocery and hardware stores, Explore the psychedelic experience and the different dosage guidelines including a microdosing crash course. Find out about proper drying and storage resulting in high-quality ad consistency. Discover the important modern history of plant medicine reform. This definitive text takes you on a 360-degree journey through the psychedelic experience. Welcome to Psilocybin is a fascinating and informative handbook that equips readers with practical cultivation methods and cultural knowledge to guide their integrative practice. Welcome to Psilocybin is a go-to text for the entire mushroom community.
The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible
Author: K. Mandrake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937866945
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This brand-new second edition of the best-selling The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible is the most comprehensive source of information on the market regarding mushroom cultivation, harvesting, and consumption. This book uses detailed, straightforward language and high-resolution color, step-by-step photos to ensure readers can understand and apply everything they need to know about growing mushrooms. The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible will teach readers the efficient, safe, and quick process of cultivating their own magic mushrooms. In 2015, The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible was the first new book on magic mushroom cultivation published since 2006. Since its publication, it has sold over 100,000 copies and has established itself as one of the most accessible, enjoyable, and informative books on the topic, with its authors directly assisting home growers through forums and courses in the years since. This new edition expands and revises the original, with brand new photos, "how to" photo essays, new chapters on both low tech and advanced growing methods, and additional indoor and outdoor techniques for new species. Processes include how to build containers and equipment at home and comprehensive instructions on multiple methods of producing magic mushrooms. This new edition also discusses current research on psilocybin as medicine, the recent decriminalization movements, as well as methods for consuming magic mushrooms, from simply eating them, to making tea or discreet pills, and even turning the mushrooms into delicious treats to be enjoyed with friends. The first edition of The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible was truly ground-breaking and this new edition not only expands on the previous topics with updated research but also provides new, in-depth information and methods that will ensure it continues to be the number one choice for anyone wanting to know as much as they want about psilocybin mushroom cultivation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937866945
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This brand-new second edition of the best-selling The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible is the most comprehensive source of information on the market regarding mushroom cultivation, harvesting, and consumption. This book uses detailed, straightforward language and high-resolution color, step-by-step photos to ensure readers can understand and apply everything they need to know about growing mushrooms. The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible will teach readers the efficient, safe, and quick process of cultivating their own magic mushrooms. In 2015, The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible was the first new book on magic mushroom cultivation published since 2006. Since its publication, it has sold over 100,000 copies and has established itself as one of the most accessible, enjoyable, and informative books on the topic, with its authors directly assisting home growers through forums and courses in the years since. This new edition expands and revises the original, with brand new photos, "how to" photo essays, new chapters on both low tech and advanced growing methods, and additional indoor and outdoor techniques for new species. Processes include how to build containers and equipment at home and comprehensive instructions on multiple methods of producing magic mushrooms. This new edition also discusses current research on psilocybin as medicine, the recent decriminalization movements, as well as methods for consuming magic mushrooms, from simply eating them, to making tea or discreet pills, and even turning the mushrooms into delicious treats to be enjoyed with friends. The first edition of The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible was truly ground-breaking and this new edition not only expands on the previous topics with updated research but also provides new, in-depth information and methods that will ensure it continues to be the number one choice for anyone wanting to know as much as they want about psilocybin mushroom cultivation.
Stuff You Should Know
Author: Josh Clark
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250268516
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious—curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood. As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. They've since amassed a rabid fan base, making Stuff You Should Know one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics. The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time—featuring a completely new array of subjects that they’ve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressions—including charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost. Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious with Stuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, there’s something interesting about everything (...except maybe jackhammers).
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250268516
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious—curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood. As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. They've since amassed a rabid fan base, making Stuff You Should Know one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics. The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time—featuring a completely new array of subjects that they’ve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressions—including charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost. Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious with Stuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, there’s something interesting about everything (...except maybe jackhammers).
How to Grow Your Own Magic Mushrooms
Author: David Roland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781679163692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
GROW YOUR OWN MAGIC MUSHROOMS AT HOMEThis book is a step by step guide on how to cultivate your own Psilocybin MushroomTo successfully grow magic mushroom is very simple if you can follow the principles and process, as with any other plants, they also requires some guidelines and care to make them grow well. If you are new to psilocybin mushroom, this book is a comprehensive guide to all your needs to know about magic mushrooms. If you have not grown a mushrooms before, you may be tempted to begin with magic mushroom grow kit. These are ready to use packs that contains a living mycelium substrate (the material that helps mushroom growth), and this grower's kit need to be cared for. This book has also outline how to make your grower's kit and mushroom farm free from pest and disease and in this book, you will learn more about mushroom therapy, uses, mushroom poisoning, the legality of magic mushroom is also detailed here.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781679163692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
GROW YOUR OWN MAGIC MUSHROOMS AT HOMEThis book is a step by step guide on how to cultivate your own Psilocybin MushroomTo successfully grow magic mushroom is very simple if you can follow the principles and process, as with any other plants, they also requires some guidelines and care to make them grow well. If you are new to psilocybin mushroom, this book is a comprehensive guide to all your needs to know about magic mushrooms. If you have not grown a mushrooms before, you may be tempted to begin with magic mushroom grow kit. These are ready to use packs that contains a living mycelium substrate (the material that helps mushroom growth), and this grower's kit need to be cared for. This book has also outline how to make your grower's kit and mushroom farm free from pest and disease and in this book, you will learn more about mushroom therapy, uses, mushroom poisoning, the legality of magic mushroom is also detailed here.
The Psilocybin Connection
Author: Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623176557
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to psilocybin mushrooms and their impact on our psychology, biology, and social development. How—and why—do psychedelics exist? Did psilocybin catalyze our early human ancestors’ social evolution? And how can an integral understanding of psychedelics quite literally change the world? In an ambitious and comprehensive look at psilocybin—and an inside look at how humanity co-evolved alongside "magic" mushrooms—Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD, explores our historical and ancestral relationship to psychedelics and presents new and exciting research about what psilocybin can mean for us today. Separated into three sections—Present, Past, and Future—The Psilocybin Connection advances our understanding of psychedelics in unexpected and original ways. Khamsehzadeh shares compelling research that suggests how naturally occurring psychedelics may have played an essential role in humanity's social, cultural, and linguistic evolution. Supported by archaeological evidence, neuroscience, and academic studies, he explores how mushrooms gave rise to art and expression, impacted spiritual experiences, and even spurred human brain development. Blending the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of psilocybin research with stories of his own and others' psychedelic awakenings, Khamsehzadeh moves our understanding of the psychedelic mushroom forward toward a fresh, hopeful, and exciting future.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623176557
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to psilocybin mushrooms and their impact on our psychology, biology, and social development. How—and why—do psychedelics exist? Did psilocybin catalyze our early human ancestors’ social evolution? And how can an integral understanding of psychedelics quite literally change the world? In an ambitious and comprehensive look at psilocybin—and an inside look at how humanity co-evolved alongside "magic" mushrooms—Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD, explores our historical and ancestral relationship to psychedelics and presents new and exciting research about what psilocybin can mean for us today. Separated into three sections—Present, Past, and Future—The Psilocybin Connection advances our understanding of psychedelics in unexpected and original ways. Khamsehzadeh shares compelling research that suggests how naturally occurring psychedelics may have played an essential role in humanity's social, cultural, and linguistic evolution. Supported by archaeological evidence, neuroscience, and academic studies, he explores how mushrooms gave rise to art and expression, impacted spiritual experiences, and even spurred human brain development. Blending the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of psilocybin research with stories of his own and others' psychedelic awakenings, Khamsehzadeh moves our understanding of the psychedelic mushroom forward toward a fresh, hopeful, and exciting future.
The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook
Author: K. Mandrake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937866419
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The only psilocybin-focussed cookbook on the market. If you've mastered the art of growing mushrooms at home and have your growing method tuned in perfectly, or you've just got very good at foraging and have a reliable patch, you'll have an endless stream of psilocybin-containing mushrooms. But where do you go from here? What's the best method of extraction to minimize loss, and how can you stave off the dreaded nausea every time you dose? What's the deal with microdosing, and how do you do it safely? And if you want to put on a three-course dosed dinner for a few of your best friends, what are the best dishes to cook? All these questions are answered, deliciously, in The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook. Containing fifty recipes, eight different extraction methods, cocktails, drinks and more, The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook is the only psilocybin extraction and consumption guide you'll ever need. With photo-essays to illustrate each step of the extraction processes, largely vegan recipes and many that cater for gluten-free and sugar-free diets, this cookbook will be the staple of every psychonaut's kitchen. From the best-selling authors of the The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing and Using Magic Mushrooms, this cookbook offers sound, evidence-based methods for psilocybin extraction as well as recipes honed from the author's years of working in professional kitchens, food writing and consulting in test kitchens--as well as their years of psilocybin experimentation. This indispensible guide is fully illustrated, with mouth watering full-color photos throughout. With eight easy-to-follow photo-essays showing you exactly how to master each extraction process, and an entire chapter dedicated to microdosing and how to do it safely and sanely, The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook teaches you how to be the psychedelic cordon bleu icon you've always wanted to be. Don't settle for choking down tea or munching down on dry shrooms; make every trip delicious!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937866419
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The only psilocybin-focussed cookbook on the market. If you've mastered the art of growing mushrooms at home and have your growing method tuned in perfectly, or you've just got very good at foraging and have a reliable patch, you'll have an endless stream of psilocybin-containing mushrooms. But where do you go from here? What's the best method of extraction to minimize loss, and how can you stave off the dreaded nausea every time you dose? What's the deal with microdosing, and how do you do it safely? And if you want to put on a three-course dosed dinner for a few of your best friends, what are the best dishes to cook? All these questions are answered, deliciously, in The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook. Containing fifty recipes, eight different extraction methods, cocktails, drinks and more, The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook is the only psilocybin extraction and consumption guide you'll ever need. With photo-essays to illustrate each step of the extraction processes, largely vegan recipes and many that cater for gluten-free and sugar-free diets, this cookbook will be the staple of every psychonaut's kitchen. From the best-selling authors of the The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing and Using Magic Mushrooms, this cookbook offers sound, evidence-based methods for psilocybin extraction as well as recipes honed from the author's years of working in professional kitchens, food writing and consulting in test kitchens--as well as their years of psilocybin experimentation. This indispensible guide is fully illustrated, with mouth watering full-color photos throughout. With eight easy-to-follow photo-essays showing you exactly how to master each extraction process, and an entire chapter dedicated to microdosing and how to do it safely and sanely, The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook teaches you how to be the psychedelic cordon bleu icon you've always wanted to be. Don't settle for choking down tea or munching down on dry shrooms; make every trip delicious!
Magic Mushrooms: Guide to Cultivation and Safe Use
Author: Israel Bouseman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093578928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
GROW YOUR OWN MAGIC MUSHROOMS AT HOME "The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible" is for anyone who wants to understand the basics of magic mushrooms, their safe use and ways to cultivate them quickly, safely, and effectively at home. This book will guide you through different methods of cultivating psilocybin mushrooms and provide you with detailed step-by-step instructions on how to create your first flush at home. The author outlines different ways to grow magic mushrooms to fit everyone's needs, from basic growing teks, such as the PF tek and Psilly Simon's Method, ideally suited for the beginner, to more advanced techniques such as working with agar and grain. Whatever your level of experience is, this book is the right companion on your psychedelic journey. In detail, this book allows you to... Get a comprehensive overview of magic mushrooms and feel comfortable to start your own mushroom experience Learn everything about the biology of the psilocybin mushroom Get to know the most common psilocybin species and be able to identify them Discover some facts and figures about the magic of mushrooms that you'll have never heard before! Understand the essentials for your psychedelic journey and be prepared to get the most out of your trip Gain insights about the pharmacology and effects of the psilocybin mushroom Learn everything about the set, setting and the optimal dosage for an enjoyable and safe trip Discover how psilocybin can help you through a journey of personal growth Learn about the benefits of microdosing Discover the basics for magic mushroom cultivation and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project Learn everything you need to know about the life cycle of the mushroom and the stages of cultivation Gain an understanding of the basic teks and the equipment needed to start growing Understand the importance of sterilization and their safety measures to prevent contamination Explore more advanced techniques and bring your cultivation to the next level Discover how to work with agar and learn the specifics of grain Get to know techniques to make spore syringes to reuse the spores from one batch Intensify your knowledge about outdoor cultivation Take the first step on your psychedelic journey.To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093578928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
GROW YOUR OWN MAGIC MUSHROOMS AT HOME "The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible" is for anyone who wants to understand the basics of magic mushrooms, their safe use and ways to cultivate them quickly, safely, and effectively at home. This book will guide you through different methods of cultivating psilocybin mushrooms and provide you with detailed step-by-step instructions on how to create your first flush at home. The author outlines different ways to grow magic mushrooms to fit everyone's needs, from basic growing teks, such as the PF tek and Psilly Simon's Method, ideally suited for the beginner, to more advanced techniques such as working with agar and grain. Whatever your level of experience is, this book is the right companion on your psychedelic journey. In detail, this book allows you to... Get a comprehensive overview of magic mushrooms and feel comfortable to start your own mushroom experience Learn everything about the biology of the psilocybin mushroom Get to know the most common psilocybin species and be able to identify them Discover some facts and figures about the magic of mushrooms that you'll have never heard before! Understand the essentials for your psychedelic journey and be prepared to get the most out of your trip Gain insights about the pharmacology and effects of the psilocybin mushroom Learn everything about the set, setting and the optimal dosage for an enjoyable and safe trip Discover how psilocybin can help you through a journey of personal growth Learn about the benefits of microdosing Discover the basics for magic mushroom cultivation and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project Learn everything you need to know about the life cycle of the mushroom and the stages of cultivation Gain an understanding of the basic teks and the equipment needed to start growing Understand the importance of sterilization and their safety measures to prevent contamination Explore more advanced techniques and bring your cultivation to the next level Discover how to work with agar and learn the specifics of grain Get to know techniques to make spore syringes to reuse the spores from one batch Intensify your knowledge about outdoor cultivation Take the first step on your psychedelic journey.To get started, scroll up and grab your copy.
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
Author: John M. John M. Allegro
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505452808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is the first published statement of the fruits of some years' work of a largely philological nature. It presents a new appreciation of the relationship of the languages of the ancient world and the implication of this advance for our understanding of the Bible and of the origins of Christianity.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505452808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is the first published statement of the fruits of some years' work of a largely philological nature. It presents a new appreciation of the relationship of the languages of the ancient world and the implication of this advance for our understanding of the Bible and of the origins of Christianity.
Introduction to Mushrooms - Grow Mushrooms for Pleasure and Profit
Author: Dueep Jyot Singh
Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN: 1310643571
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Table of Contents Introduction to Mushrooms Introduction So What Is a Mushroom? Mushroom Fungophobia Fairy Rings Mushroom Hunting Cultivation of Mushrooms How Are Mushrooms Grown Making a Mushroom Bed Best Mushroom Compost Compost Fermentation Pasteurization Mushrooms in Shelves or Trays Spawning Watering of Mushrooms Ventilating Casing Harvesting Mushrooms in Cuisine Mushrooms in Medicine Conclusion Mushroom Identification Mushroom Guide Is a Mushroom Edible Getting to Know More about Morels Learning about Truffles Starting up a Mushroom Business Author Bio Publisher Introduction Just look at the illustration of any fairy story with a number of fairies, elves, gnomes, and other imaginary creations of the writer’s imagination. You are going to see them sitting on toadstools and mushrooms. The Amanita muscaria is one of the easiest recognizable of all these illustrations, because you see it ever so often in illustrations, associated with gnomes. In ordinary terms, this is called a toadstool.
Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN: 1310643571
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Table of Contents Introduction to Mushrooms Introduction So What Is a Mushroom? Mushroom Fungophobia Fairy Rings Mushroom Hunting Cultivation of Mushrooms How Are Mushrooms Grown Making a Mushroom Bed Best Mushroom Compost Compost Fermentation Pasteurization Mushrooms in Shelves or Trays Spawning Watering of Mushrooms Ventilating Casing Harvesting Mushrooms in Cuisine Mushrooms in Medicine Conclusion Mushroom Identification Mushroom Guide Is a Mushroom Edible Getting to Know More about Morels Learning about Truffles Starting up a Mushroom Business Author Bio Publisher Introduction Just look at the illustration of any fairy story with a number of fairies, elves, gnomes, and other imaginary creations of the writer’s imagination. You are going to see them sitting on toadstools and mushrooms. The Amanita muscaria is one of the easiest recognizable of all these illustrations, because you see it ever so often in illustrations, associated with gnomes. In ordinary terms, this is called a toadstool.
How to Change Your Mind
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.