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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
Magic Medicine Summary
Magic Medicine 92%
How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.
by Cody Johnson 2018
4.13
156 ratings
Shroom
by Andy Letcher • 2007
From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.
3.87
375
Shroom Summary
Shroom 92%
From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.
by Andy Letcher 2007
3.87
375 ratings
Psychedelic Medicine
by Richard Louis Miller • 2017
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
4.01
312
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine 91%
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
by Richard Louis Miller 2017
4.01
312 ratings
The Archaic Revival
by Terence McKenna • 1992
Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.
4.18
2k+
The Archaic Revival Summary
The Archaic Revival 91%
Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.
by Terence McKenna 1992
4.18
2k+ ratings
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+
How to Change Your Mind Summary
How to Change Your Mind 91%
Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.
by Michael Pollan 2018
4.27
85k+ ratings
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+
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club 91%
Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.
by Don Lattin 2010
3.92
2k+ ratings
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
by James Fadiman • 2011
Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.
4.17
3k+
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide 91%
Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.
by James Fadiman 2011
4.17
3k+ ratings
DMT
by Rick Strassman • 2000
Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.
4.15
11k+
DMT Summary
DMT 91%
Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.
by Rick Strassman 2000
4.15
11k+ ratings
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
31
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 91%
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
by Dennis McKenna 2023
4.52
31 ratings
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
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary
Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 90%
Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.
by Michelle Janikian 2019
4.33
525 ratings
True Hallucinations
by Terence McKenna • 1993
In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.
4.09
4k+
True Hallucinations Summary
True Hallucinations 90%
In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.
by Terence McKenna 1993
4.09
4k+ ratings
Food of the Gods
by Terence McKenna • 1992
A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.
4.12
13k+
Food of the Gods Summary
Food of the Gods 90%
A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.
by Terence McKenna 1992
4.12
13k+ ratings
Psychedelics
by David J. Nutt • 2023
Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.
4.36
637
Psychedelics Summary
Psychedelics 90%
Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.
by David J. Nutt 2023
4.36
637 ratings
Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley • 1956
Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.
3.52
1k+
Heaven and Hell Summary
Heaven and Hell 90%
Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.
by Aldous Huxley 1956
3.52
1k+ ratings
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley • 1956
Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.
3.90
76k+
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell 90%
Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.
by Aldous Huxley 1956
3.90
76k+ ratings
The Invisible Landscape
by Terence McKenna • 1975
A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.
3.99
1k+
The Invisible Landscape Summary
The Invisible Landscape 89%
A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.
by Terence McKenna 1975
3.99
1k+ ratings
Visionary
by Graham Hancock • 2022
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
4.30
338
Visionary Summary
Visionary 89%
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
by Graham Hancock 2022
4.30
338 ratings
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan • 2021
Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.
3.87
34k+
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants 89%
Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.
by Michael Pollan 2021
3.87
34k+ ratings
Health and Safety
by Emily Witt • 2024
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
3.49
2k+
Health and Safety Summary
Health and Safety 89%
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
by Emily Witt 2024
3.49
2k+ ratings
The Chemical Muse
by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
3.89
177
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse 89%
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008
3.89
177 ratings
In My Own Way
by Alan W. Watts • 1972
A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.
4.18
1k+
In My Own Way Summary
In My Own Way 89%
A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.
by Alan W. Watts 1972
4.18
1k+ ratings
SMiLE
by Domenic Priore • 2005
His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.
3.80
145
SMiLE Summary
SMiLE 89%
His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.
by Domenic Priore 2005
3.80
145 ratings
Supernatural
by Graham Hancock • 2005
Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.
4.22
3k+
Supernatural Summary
Supernatural 89%
Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.
by Graham Hancock 2005
4.22
3k+ ratings
Pink Floyd and Philosophy
by George A. Reisch • 2010
Pink Floyd's albums double as philosophy lectures on Marx, Camus, and the machinery of madness.
3.81
272
Pink Floyd and Philosophy Summary
Pink Floyd and Philosophy 89%
Pink Floyd's albums double as philosophy lectures on Marx, Camus, and the machinery of madness.
by George A. Reisch 2010
3.81
272 ratings
The Immortality Key
by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020
The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.
4.24
6k+
The Immortality Key Summary
The Immortality Key 88%
The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.
by Brian C. Muraresku 2020
4.24
6k+ ratings
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
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg Summary
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 88%
Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.
by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971
4.01
464 ratings
The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby • 1998
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
4.17
8k+
The Cosmic Serpent Summary
The Cosmic Serpent 88%
A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.
by Jeremy Narby 1998
4.17
8k+ ratings
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Padmasambhava • 1350
A Tibetan manual for dying, used as a practical guide for navigating the psychedelic experience.
4.16
11k+
The Tibetan Book of the Dead Summary
The Tibetan Book of the Dead 88%
A Tibetan manual for dying, used as a practical guide for navigating the psychedelic experience.
by Padmasambhava 1350
4.16
11k+ ratings
Whole Earth
by John Markoff • 2022
One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.
3.90
242
Whole Earth Summary
Whole Earth 88%
One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.
by John Markoff 2022
3.90
242 ratings
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
Simulations of God Summary
Simulations of God 88%
God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.
by John C. Lilly 1975
4.00
133 ratings
Psychology of the Future
by Stanislav Grof • 2000
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
4.27
302
Psychology of the Future Summary
Psychology of the Future 88%
Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.
by Stanislav Grof 2000
4.27
302 ratings
Mother American Night
by John Perry Barlow • 2018
Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.
4.18
760
Mother American Night Summary
Mother American Night 88%
Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.
by John Perry Barlow 2018
4.18
760 ratings
Exploring Inner Space
by Jane Dunlap • 1961
A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.
3.92
12
Exploring Inner Space Summary
Exploring Inner Space 88%
A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.
by Jane Dunlap 1961
3.92
12 ratings
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
The Cosmic Game Summary
The Cosmic Game 88%
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
Prometheus Rising
by Robert Anton Wilson • 1983
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
4.25
8k+
Prometheus Rising Summary
Prometheus Rising 88%
You inherited a mental operating system. A guide to spotting the code and rewriting it yourself.
by Robert Anton Wilson 1983
4.25
8k+ ratings
Mile Marker Zero
by William McKeen • 2011
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
3.93
567
Mile Marker Zero Summary
Mile Marker Zero 88%
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
by William McKeen 2011
3.93
567 ratings
Flash
by Charles Duchaussois • 1971
A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.
4.31
2k+
Flash Summary
Flash 88%
A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.
by Charles Duchaussois 1971
4.31
2k+ ratings
The Teachings of Don Juan
by Carlos Castaneda • 1968
Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.
3.93
46k+
The Teachings of Don Juan Summary
The Teachings of Don Juan 88%
Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.
by Carlos Castaneda 1968
3.93
46k+ ratings
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+
The Holotropic Mind Summary
The Holotropic Mind 88%
The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.
by Stanislav Grof 1992
4.02
1k+ ratings
Indiana Jones and Philosophy
by Dean Kowalski • 2023
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
3.71
21
Indiana Jones and Philosophy Summary
Indiana Jones and Philosophy 88%
Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.
by Dean Kowalski 2023
3.71
21 ratings
Dark Star Rising
by Gary Lachman • 2018
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
3.85
517
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising 88%
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
by Gary Lachman 2018
3.85
517 ratings
Psychedelics and the Soul
by Simon Yugler • 2024
Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.
4.57
102
Psychedelics and the Soul Summary
Psychedelics and the Soul 88%
Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.
by Simon Yugler 2024
4.57
102 ratings
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream 88%
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018
4.39
9k+ ratings
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+
Stealing Fire Summary
Stealing Fire 88%
Altered states are the new performance edge, and the race to engineer them has already started.
by Steven Kotler 2017
3.93
9k+ ratings
Ayahuasca in My Blood
by Peter Gorman • 2010
Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.
4.28
467
Ayahuasca in My Blood Summary
Ayahuasca in My Blood 88%
Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.
by Peter Gorman 2010
4.28
467 ratings
Dreaming Wide Awake
by David Jay Brown • 2016
Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.
4.26
125
Dreaming Wide Awake Summary
Dreaming Wide Awake 88%
Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.
by David Jay Brown 2016
4.26
125 ratings
Smoke Signals
by Martin A. Lee • 2012
Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.
4.29
537
Smoke Signals Summary
Smoke Signals 88%
Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.
by Martin A. Lee 2012
4.29
537 ratings
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
by Carl L. Hart • 2021
Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.
4.01
5k+
Drug Use for Grown-Ups Summary
Drug Use for Grown-Ups 88%
Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.
by Carl L. Hart 2021
4.01
5k+ ratings
The Cannabis Manifesto
by Steve DeAngelo • 2015
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
4.10
367
The Cannabis Manifesto Summary
The Cannabis Manifesto 88%
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
by Steve DeAngelo 2015
4.10
367 ratings
The Intellectual Devotional
by David S. Kidder
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
3.90
687
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional 88%
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
by David S. Kidder
3.90
687 ratings
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