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Psychedelic Press UK
http://psypressuk.wordpress.com
PsypressUK is a research blog dedicated to psychedelic literature, which includes literary reviews, research features and news & music from the psychedelic community
- Added on: Feb 28th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Rob Dickins
- Listed in: Education & Learning Non-Fiction
- Tags: review literature philosophy research psychedelic knowledge
Recent Posts
Literary Review – ‘The Archaic Revival’ By Terence McKenna
‘The Archaic Revival’ was originally published in 1991. The book is a collection of articles, essays and interviews with psychonaut Terence McKenna, which he describes as “my explorer’s notepad, my journey of travel through time and ideologic...
Literary Review: ‘Writing on Drugs’ By Sadie Plant
‘Writing on Drugs’ by Sadie Plant was originally published in 1999. The book is a dense examination on how drugs have influenced contemporary culture through the medium of literature. She uses a wide variety of sources and employs several post-s...
Literary Review: ‘The Joyous Cosmology’ By Alan Watts
‘The Joyous Cosmology – Adventures in Chemical Consciousness’, by British born philosopher Alan Watts, was originally published in 1962. Watts takes a variety of his psychedelic drug experiences and creates a single stream of consciousness that...
Literary Review: ‘DMT: The Spirit Molecule’ by Rick Strassman
Originally published in 2000 ‘DMT: The Spirit Molecule’, by Rick Strassman, has quickly become one of the leading books in psychedelic literature. Strassman presents a genuine attempt to tie up the esoteric and the scientific in a manner perhaps ...
Literary Review: ‘Food of the Gods’ By Terence McKenna
Published in 1999 ‘Food of the Gods’, written by psychedelic grandmaster Terence Mckenna, was part of a small host of books the author released in the late 1990s. It expands on the foundations of earlier works like ‘The Archaic Revival’,...
Book Review: ‘How to consult the I Ching’ by Alfred Douglas
Through a twist of synchronicity, I found Alfred Douglas’ ‘Oracle of Change: How to consult the I Ching’ in a local second-hand book store, just hours after finishing ‘The Invisible Landscape’ by the McKenna brothers. It seems right then...
