Psychedelics A to Z
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All the books about psychedelics
Trauma and Ecstasy
Trauma and Ecstasy by Alex Abraham is a powerful memoir that reveals how psychedelic therapy helped heal both childhood trauma and chronic physical pain.
The Beginner’s Guide to Ego Death
The Beginner’s Guide to Ego Death by AJ Murillo maps your journey through psychedelics & consciousness, from theory to transformative ego dissolution.
Psychedelic Therapy in Practice
Psychedelic Therapy in Practice by Mika Turkia compiles fourteen ethnographic case studies exploring the use of psychedelics in treating various mental health conditions, primarily those stemming from trauma. The book details both supervised and unsupervised therapeutic approaches, highlighting the potential benefits and risks involved, and advocating for a more nuanced understanding of psychedelic therapies beyond …
A Really Good Day
A Really Good Day by Ayelet Waldman dives into the author’s month long experiment with microdosing LSD to combat her mood disorder.
Ergot Alkaloids
Ergot Alkaloids brings English readers Albert Hofmann’s seminal 1960s encyclopedia detailing his historic investigation into magical plants and their psychotropic potential.
How to Change Your Body
How to Change Your Body by Saga Briggs explores the profound yet overlooked link between bodily awareness, social connection, and mental well-being. Briggs guides readers through rigorous research and moving personal stories to argue that symptoms of common afflictions like depression, anxiety, and addiction may originate from a disconnection between mind and body exacerbated by alienation. Techniques like psychedelic-assisted therapy, synchronous movement, and energy work can help restore presence and reconnect us to ourselves and others. For those facing mental health challenges or simply seeking a deeper sense of embodiment and community, this book insightfully examines interoception as an eighth sense fundamental to human flourishing.
The Nature of Drugs – Volume 2
The Nature of Drugs – Volume 2 – by Alexander ‘Sasha’ Shulgin gives you a deep dive into the excellent lecture series that Sasha gave in the late ’80s. The lectures provide an overview of how the body works and how drugs (including psychedelics) influence it. Throughout the book, you are greeted with a positive attitude, an alchemic way of teaching, a joking demeanour of Sasha and poignant criticism of drug laws that would still apply today.
MindApps
MindApps by Thomas Roberts explores the concept of creating and installing mental technologies, or mindapps, which can expand one’s cognitive abilities and lead to new patterns of thinking and action. Roberts, discusses various mindapp practices, including psychedelics, meditation, hypnosis, lucid dreaming, biofeedback, and more, and shows how they can be used to intentionally redesign one’s mind and generate new ideas.
Triumph Over Trauma
Triumph Over Trauma by Randell Hansen is a collection of 23 inspirational and powerful stories from individuals across various walks of life who have experienced personal transformations through the use of psychedelic medicines. The book provides essential information on the history and functioning of psychedelics and guidance on intentional use, ultimately offering readers a potential path for their own healing and transformation.