33 Books like The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

by Michelle Janikian • 2019

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

4.33

525

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 98%

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

by Michelle Janikian 2019

4.33

525 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

How to Change Your Mind

by Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

4.27

85k+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

How to Change Your Mind 98%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

by Michael Pollan 2018

4.27

85k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Psychedelics

by David J. Nutt • 2023

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

4.36

637

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Psychedelics 98%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

by David J. Nutt 2023

4.36

637 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

4.13

156

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine 97%

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018

4.13

156 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

4.01

312

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Psychedelic Medicine 97%

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017

4.01

312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 97%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Psychology of the Future

by Stanislav Grof • 2000

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

4.27

302

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Psychology of the Future 96%

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

by Stanislav Grof 2000

4.27

302 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

The Holotropic Mind

by Stanislav Grof • 1992

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

4.02

1k+

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Holotropic Mind 96%

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

by Stanislav Grof 1992

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Holotropic Breathwork

by Stanislav Grof • 2010

Breath and music unlock a self-healing state that reaches where talk therapy cannot.

3.87

621

🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🌀 Non-Ordinary States 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤲 Somatic Therapy

Holotropic Breathwork 96%

Breath and music unlock a self-healing state that reaches where talk therapy cannot.

by Stanislav Grof 2010

3.87

621 ratings

🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🌀 Non-Ordinary States 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤲 Somatic Therapy

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

4.15

11k+

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT 96%

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000

4.15

11k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Psychedelics and the Soul

by Simon Yugler • 2024

Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.

4.57

102

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Depth Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 🕳️ Shadow Work 🧘 Somatic Healing

Psychedelics and the Soul 96%

Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.

by Simon Yugler 2024

4.57

102 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Depth Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 🕳️ Shadow Work 🧘 Somatic Healing

Good Chemistry

by Julie Holland • 2020

Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.

4.14

633

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤝 Attachment Theory 🌿 Holistic Healing 🖤 Shadow Work

Good Chemistry 96%

Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.

by Julie Holland 2020

4.14

633 ratings

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤝 Attachment Theory 🌿 Holistic Healing 🖤 Shadow Work

Dreaming Wide Awake

by David Jay Brown • 2016

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

4.26

125

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Dreaming Wide Awake 95%

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

by David Jay Brown 2016

4.26

125 ratings

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Altered States of Consciousness

by Marc Wittmann • 2018

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

3.74

194

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

Altered States of Consciousness 95%

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

by Marc Wittmann 2018

3.74

194 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

by Dennis McKenna • 2023

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

4.52

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 95%

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

by Dennis McKenna 2023

4.52

31 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Conscious Dreaming

by Robert Moss • 1996

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

4.24

666

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Conscious Dreaming 95%

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

by Robert Moss 1996

4.24

666 ratings

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Why Woo-Woo Works

by David R. Hamilton • 2021

The data that explains why meditation, Reiki, and crystals work, from a chemist who went looking.

4.01

1k+

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Integrative Health 🧘 Meditation Research 💊 Placebo Effect 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Why Woo-Woo Works 95%

The data that explains why meditation, Reiki, and crystals work, from a chemist who went looking.

by David R. Hamilton 2021

4.01

1k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Integrative Health 🧘 Meditation Research 💊 Placebo Effect 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Stealing Fire

by Steven Kotler • 2017

Altered states are the new performance edge, and the race to engineer them has already started.

3.93

9k+

🌊 Altered States 🏔️ Peak Performance ⚡ Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Research 🚀 Human Potential

Stealing Fire 95%

Altered states are the new performance edge, and the race to engineer them has already started.

by Steven Kotler 2017

3.93

9k+ ratings

🌊 Altered States 🏔️ Peak Performance ⚡ Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Research 🚀 Human Potential

The Map of Consciousness Explained

by David R. Hawkins • 2019

Every thought you think registers on a scale from 1 to 1000. Only above 200 is life worth living.

4.43

815

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🪷 Spiritual Development ☯️ Non-Dual Spirituality 🎈 Ego Transcendence ⚡ Energy Psychology

The Map of Consciousness Explained Summary

The Map of Consciousness Explained 95%

Every thought you think registers on a scale from 1 to 1000. Only above 200 is life worth living.

by David R. Hawkins 2019

4.43

815 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🪷 Spiritual Development ☯️ Non-Dual Spirituality 🎈 Ego Transcendence ⚡ Energy Psychology

The Cosmic Game

by Stanislav Grof • 1997

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

4.21

523

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

The Cosmic Game 95%

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

by Stanislav Grof 1997

4.21

523 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

Simulations of God

by John C. Lilly • 1975

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

4.00

133

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Simulations of God 95%

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

by John C. Lilly 1975

4.00

133 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Then I Am Myself the World

by Christof Koch • 2024

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

3.98

388

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Then I Am Myself the World 95%

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

by Christof Koch 2024

3.98

388 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Core Transformation

by Connirae Andreas • 1993

Before you fix that bad habit, ask what it wants. The answer changes everything.

4.11

262

🧩 Parts Work 👶 Inner Child Work 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🧠 Nlp 🌳 Generational Healing

Core Transformation 94%

Before you fix that bad habit, ask what it wants. The answer changes everything.

by Connirae Andreas 1993

4.11

262 ratings

🧩 Parts Work 👶 Inner Child Work 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🧠 Nlp 🌳 Generational Healing

Aware

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2018

A visual map of the mind trains attention, dissolves mental filters, and opens new possibilities.

3.60

1k+

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🎯 Attention Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🕊️ Trauma Healing

Aware 94%

A visual map of the mind trains attention, dissolves mental filters, and opens new possibilities.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2018

3.60

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🎯 Attention Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🕊️ Trauma Healing

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 94%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment

by Chris Niebauer • 2014

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

4.18

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self ☯️ Nonduality 🤲 Acceptance Practice

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 94%

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

by Chris Niebauer 2014

4.18

61 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self ☯️ Nonduality 🤲 Acceptance Practice

Coming to Wholeness

by Connirae Andreas • 2018

Find where the small self contracts in your body and dissolve it with a precise method.

4.34

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🕯️ Spiritual Practice 🪢 Inner Integration 🧘 Somatic Meditation ☯️ Nonduality

Coming to Wholeness 94%

Find where the small self contracts in your body and dissolve it with a precise method.

by Connirae Andreas 2018

4.34

65 ratings

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🕯️ Spiritual Practice 🪢 Inner Integration 🧘 Somatic Meditation ☯️ Nonduality

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg

by Joseph Chilton Pearce • 1971

Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.

4.01

464

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏗️ Reality Construction 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 👁️ Belief And Perception 🔮 Non-Ordinary States

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 94%

Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.

by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971

4.01

464 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏗️ Reality Construction 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 👁️ Belief And Perception 🔮 Non-Ordinary States

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

by Stephen LaBerge • 1989

Learn to notice when you are dreaming, and then rewrite the script: the original training manual.

4.22

4k+

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💤 Sleep Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛡️ Nightmare Treatment 💡 Creative Incubation

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming Summary

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming 94%

Learn to notice when you are dreaming, and then rewrite the script: the original training manual.

by Stephen LaBerge 1989

4.22

4k+ ratings

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💤 Sleep Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛡️ Nightmare Treatment 💡 Creative Incubation

Integral Life Practice

by Ken Wilber • 2006

Cross-training the self: a workout for your mind, your body, and everything you suppress.

4.09

663

🌿 Holistic Self-Help 🖤 Shadow Work 🧘 Body-Mind Integration 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌏 East-West Synthesis

Integral Life Practice 94%

Cross-training the self: a workout for your mind, your body, and everything you suppress.

by Ken Wilber 2006

4.09

663 ratings

🌿 Holistic Self-Help 🖤 Shadow Work 🧘 Body-Mind Integration 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌏 East-West Synthesis

Advanced Lucid Dreaming

by Thomas Yuschak • 2006

Most dream guides skip the chemistry. These supplement stacks trigger lucidity on demand, reliably.

4.12

153

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💊 Nootropics 🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Neurochemistry 😴 Sleep Science

Advanced Lucid Dreaming 94%

Most dream guides skip the chemistry. These supplement stacks trigger lucidity on demand, reliably.

by Thomas Yuschak 2006

4.12

153 ratings

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💊 Nootropics 🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Neurochemistry 😴 Sleep Science

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness

by Mario Alonso Puig • 2017

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

4.12

1k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💗 Mind-Body Connection 🌊 Ego Transcendence

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness 94%

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

by Mario Alonso Puig 2017

4.12

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💗 Mind-Body Connection 🌊 Ego Transcendence

Who Would You Be Without Your Story?

by Byron Katie • 2008

Four questions that stop the war inside. Turn any belief around and watch the suffering fall away.

4.27

609

🪞 Self-Inquiry 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🕉️ Non-Dual Wisdom ✨ Radical Acceptance 🧠 Thought Work

Who Would You Be Without Your Story? Summary

Who Would You Be Without Your Story? 94%

Four questions that stop the war inside. Turn any belief around and watch the suffering fall away.

by Byron Katie 2008

4.27

609 ratings

🪞 Self-Inquiry 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 🕉️ Non-Dual Wisdom ✨ Radical Acceptance 🧠 Thought Work

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