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recommend me books about psychedelics

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Hey..

I im interested in psychedelic therapy and drugs like: MDMA, LSD, shrooms, ketamine and DMT.
I just finished reading "dmt - the spirit molecule" (very good book btw) .

Im very thankful for books or even links/videos recomendations.

Thanks.
 
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Just off the top of my head, there are lots of good books out there. "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" is a good one too...(I know you've already read it :))
 
Stan Grof's books about psychedelic therapy using LSD might be interesting for you.
 
These are all ficiton, any good non fiction were psychedelic use is a main feature in the plot / characters?
 
I've read all of them and can't really think of a good one. Perhaps the original biog/autobiog of Maria Sabina at a push.
 
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Dale Pendell - Pharmako Trilogy
(Pharmako/Poeia
Pharmako/Dynamis
Pharmako/Gnosis)
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I've been thinking of getting these what's your opinion of them - worth buying?

I'd recommend 'Ayahuasca in my blood' - Peter Gorman, 'The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide' by James Fadiman is also good.
Basically you could just go through the list of books published by Park Street Press & you wouldn't go far wrong.
 
Here's 2 of the best: The Invisible Landscape and True Hallucinations, Both by Terence McKenna. If going only for one, I would say the latter. What indeed happens in that book is so mind boggling, it can change one's life.
 
Definitely pick up The Joyous Cosmology by Alan Watts. No attempts to ram sociological psychedelic "revelations" down your throat, or anything of the sort. It's basically just a beautiful and eloquent poetic expression of Watts' own psychedelic experiences. Like one, long, amazing trip report.
 
Any disassociative kids should check out 'the psychonauts guide to the invisible landscape' by dan carpenter...an easy read, but fairly unique. The author catalogs his high-dose exps of dxm and describes his analysis of the 'hive mind'. Its been a few years, but i remember this crazy intense part, where after becoming acwuainted with the navigation f the hive mind, he sees on one exp his friends dad being brought into the large hive-like construct on a stretcher or something...turns out his friends dad died that night while he was dxming. Trip-ville

Essentials: plants of the gods
The psychedelics encyclopedia by peter Stafford

I'm a fan of books regarding anthrpologcal views on I digenous psychedelic Shamanism. Wizard of the four winds is amazing in being a first hand account of Peruvian San Pedro Shamanism, very very insightful.
 
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Its been a few years, but i remember this crazy intense part, where after becoming acwuainted with the navigation f the hive mind, he sees on one exp his friends dad being brought into the large hive-like construct on a stretcher or something...turns out his friends dad died that night while he was dxming.
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Very interesting. I can't help but flirt with the idea that I tapped into the hive mind the night before my last MXE trip. :D
 
OTGee said:
These are all ficiton, any good non fiction were psychedelic use is a main feature in the plot / characters?
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The Illuminatus! trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson. Then the Shrodinger's Cat trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson.

All of his books are amazing, and I have a feeling they are exactly what you are looking for.


EDIT: I beg your pardon. Sometimes I tend to confuse fiction with non-fiction...
 
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

As well as all the books by Carlos Castaneda.

EDIT: Especially if you want to know about shamanic Mescaline/peyote, Datura, and the like. VERY GOOD READ.
 
the delicious grace of moving ones hand, by tim leary, best book on sex and psychedelics ive ever come across
 
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Can't Find My Way Home by Martin Torgoff is a great read. While it's not JUST about psychedelics, large portions are dedicated to the '60s psychedelic revolution and the re-surgence of LSD/other psychs in the '90s (and lots about MDMA too). Very interesting non-fiction read if you're interested in drug culture and history.
 
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