🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs

First-person accounts of journeys through altered consciousness, rendered with honesty and literary care—part confession, part map of inner territory.

True Hallucinations

by Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

4.09

4k+

🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology

True Hallucinations 93%

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

by Terence McKenna 1993

4.09

4k+ ratings

🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology

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

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 93%

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

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

Shroom 91%

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

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+

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification

Health and Safety 91%

She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.

by Emily Witt 2024

3.49

2k+ ratings

🧪 Drug Experimentation 🎶 Rave Culture 🏙️ Urban Gentrification

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

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

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States

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

Psychedelic Medicine 91%

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

Flash

by Charles Duchaussois • 1971

A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.

4.31

2k+

💉 Drug Memoir 🛤️ Hippie Trail 🌀 Addiction Spiral

Flash 91%

A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.

by Charles Duchaussois 1971

4.31

2k+ ratings

💉 Drug Memoir 🛤️ Hippie Trail 🌀 Addiction Spiral

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

Magic Medicine 91%

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

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

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

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States

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

DMT 91%

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

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

Psychedelics 91%

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

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+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing

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

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing

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

🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights

Mother American Night 91%

Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.

by John Perry Barlow 2018

4.18

760 ratings

🌵 Countercultural Memoir 🎸 Grateful Dead 🔐 Digital Rights

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Tell 91%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

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

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 91%

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

The Archaic Revival

by Terence McKenna • 1992

Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.

4.18

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution

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

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution

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

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism

Ayahuasca in My Blood 90%

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

by Peter Gorman 2010

4.28

467 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism

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+

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis

In My Own Way 90%

A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.

by Alan W. Watts 1972

4.18

1k+ ratings

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis

Wonderland Avenue

by Danny Sugerman • 1989

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

4.25

3k+

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction

Wonderland Avenue 90%

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

by Danny Sugerman 1989

4.25

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction

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+

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens

The Invisible Landscape 90%

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

by Terence McKenna 1975

3.99

1k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens

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

🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Divine Immanence

Exploring Inner Space 90%

A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.

by Jane Dunlap 1961

3.92

12 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Divine Immanence

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Acid Queen 90%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

Porcelain

by Moby • 2016

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

3.98

4k+

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs

Porcelain 90%

A sober Christian in 1990s rave culture: the paradox, the crash, and the hospice room.

by Moby 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🎧 Electronic Music 🪩 Rave Culture 🎤 Music Memoirs

One Train Later

by Andy Summers • 2006

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

4.04

1k+

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process

One Train Later 90%

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

by Andy Summers 2006

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process

Do You See What I See?

by Russell Targ • 2008

A blind physicist ran the CIA's psychic spy program and discovered that suffering can be unlearned.

3.80

🧪 Psi Research 👨‍🔬 Physicist Memoir 🧠 Nonlocal Mind

Do You See What I See? 89%

A blind physicist ran the CIA's psychic spy program and discovered that suffering can be unlearned.

by Russell Targ 2008

3.80

56 ratings

🧪 Psi Research 👨‍🔬 Physicist Memoir 🧠 Nonlocal Mind

A Sorcerer's Apprentice

by John Herlosky • 2015

He joined a CIA-derived psychic spy program to debunk it. It wasn't a hoax.

4.05

🎯 Remote Viewing 🕵️ Psychic Espionage 🧠 Consciousness Studies

A Sorcerer's Apprentice 89%

He joined a CIA-derived psychic spy program to debunk it. It wasn't a hoax.

by John Herlosky 2015

4.05

20 ratings

🎯 Remote Viewing 🕵️ Psychic Espionage 🧠 Consciousness Studies

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey • 2003

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

3.69

265k+

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery

A Million Little Pieces 89%

Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.

by James Frey 2003

3.69

265k+ ratings

💊 Addiction Memoir 🎯 Radical Accountability 🔑 Choice-Based Recovery

Attention

by Casey Schwartz • 2020

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

3.12

394

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction

Attention 89%

Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.

by Casey Schwartz 2020

3.12

394 ratings

🏪 Attention Economy 💊 Prescription Stimulants 📱 Digital Distraction

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+

👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy

Heaven and Hell 89%

Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.

by Aldous Huxley 1956

3.52

1k+ ratings

👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy

The Red Book

by C.G. Jung

1913. Jung's terrifying visions of blood and flood. Madness or prophecy? Then World War I began.

4.39

848

🕳️ Depth Psychology 📖 Visionary Autobiography 🏛️ Myth And Psyche

The Red Book 89%

1913. Jung's terrifying visions of blood and flood. Madness or prophecy? Then World War I began.

by C.G. Jung

4.39

848 ratings

🕳️ Depth Psychology 📖 Visionary Autobiography 🏛️ Myth And Psyche

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity

Nonbinary 89%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 89%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique

I Forgot to Die

by Khalil Rafati • 2015

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

4.34

3k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

I Forgot to Die 89%

How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.

by Khalil Rafati 2015

4.34

3k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Way of the Explorer

by Edgar D. Mitchell • 1996

An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.

3.84

222

👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌉 Science Spirituality Bridge

The Way of the Explorer 89%

An astronaut's secret ESP test from the moon launched a quest to prove a conscious universe.

by Edgar D. Mitchell 1996

3.84

222 ratings

👨‍🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌉 Science Spirituality Bridge

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

4.33

23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

The Center Cannot Hold 89%

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

by Elyn R. Saks 2007

4.33

23k+ ratings

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

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+

🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 👁️ Perception And Reality

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell 89%

Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.

by Aldous Huxley 1956

3.90

76k+ ratings

🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 👁️ Perception And Reality

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+

🧘 Tibetan Buddhism 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 💨 Ego Dissolution

The Tibetan Book of the Dead 89%

A Tibetan manual for dying, used as a practical guide for navigating the psychedelic experience.

by Padmasambhava 1350

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧘 Tibetan Buddhism 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 💨 Ego Dissolution

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

The Book of Drugs 89%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

Food of the Gods

by Terence McKenna • 1992

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

4.12

13k+

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States

Food of the Gods 89%

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.12

13k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

3.93

25k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States

Hallucinations 89%

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States

Slash

by Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

4.00

31k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction

Slash 89%

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

by Slash 2007

4.00

31k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction

Unwasted 89%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

Sastun 89%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

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

Psychology of the Future 89%

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

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

The Sunset Route 89%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

Meetings With Remarkable Men

by G.I. Gurdjieff • 1960

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

4.10

3k+

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions

Meetings With Remarkable Men 89%

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960

4.10

3k+ ratings

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions

Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance

by James Fadiman • 2025

One-tenth of a psychedelic trip, taken on schedule, to ease depression, pain, and brain fog.

4.23

181

🧪 Microdosing 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance Summary

Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance 89%

One-tenth of a psychedelic trip, taken on schedule, to ease depression, pain, and brain fog.

by James Fadiman 2025

4.23

181 ratings

🧪 Microdosing 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Divided Minds 89%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

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+

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science

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

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science

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

🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🦅 Shamanic Studies

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

🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🦅 Shamanic Studies

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