by Terence K. McKenna 

Paperback – 288 pages (May 1992) 

Price: $12.80 

 

“A cyclone of unorthodox ideas capable of lifting almost any brain out
of its cognitive Kansas.”–from the foreword by Tom Robbins 

25 collages by Satty. 

 

Fikes has done genuine fieldwork among the Huichol people in Mexico,
and he presents some of his findings, particularly in relation to the peyote
hunt. 

“As an undergraduate I was heavily influenced by the books of Carlos
Castaneda. After I began learning first-hand from Huichol healers and singers,
the problems with Castaneda’s version of American Indian spirituality became
evident. I was amazed at the amount of 

indifference and hostility I encountered among academic anthropologists
as I did my investigative research. Some professors threatened me with
lawsuits. My first publisher abandoned publication of this book because
of threats of litigation.” — from the author, Jay Fikes.

Chronicles flip-flops in MDMAs legal status, psychological effects,
erotic implications, methods of use, possible future, health risks, chemical
structure and a detailed description of its chemical synthesis by leading
pharmacologist Dr. Alexander T. Shulgin. Also has latest information on
health risks, and the rave scene in England and the USA. 

 

By Daniel Merkur 

Paperback – 218 pages (February 1998) 

Price: $15.96

Puts forth the theory that magic mushrooms are the original “tree of
knowledge” and that the general lack of psychedelic exploration is leading
Western society toward eventual collapse or destruction 

“Deserves to be a modern classic on mind-altering drugs and hallucinogens.”–The
Washington Post. 

Photos and illustrations.

Audio Cassette (May 1994) 

2 cassettes 

 

2 cassettes.

Showcases the infamous icons of the era – from John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper
uniform to Janis Joplin’s hand-painted Porsche. Country Joe McDonald, Allen
Ginsberg, Grace Slick, Mickey Hart, Donovan, Bob Weir and members of the
influential bands Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger
Service, Moby Grape and many others contribute their perspectives. 

Features posters, paraphernalia and an illustrated time line. Coffee
table picture book psychedelic nostalgia. 

 

From early Eurasia (the fly agaric mushroom and the legendary soma)
to Africa (ibogaine and khat), through the arcane traditions of Native
Americans and the plant lore of “witchcraft”, natural hallucinogens have
been an integral part of shamanic belief in a higher plane. 

After the author is fired as a school psychologist in 1964 for writing
a paper on marijuana, he buys lakefront property for a psychedelic retreat
and creates the Neo-American Church. New members receive five peyote buttons
and a membership card. 

A few scenes: Allan Watts well-lubricated on whiskey reeling off an
amazing eulogy to a recently dead Aldous Huxley. Jack Kerouac smashed on
wine and a little LSD visiting a Neo-American meeting in Miami. Timothy
Leary being rebuffed after exclaiming, ?We are all charlatans, aren?t we??
The evil Michael Hollingshead unsuccessfully trying to find a mysterious
stash under a rock with a flashlight during a dark and thundery night.
The 1967 Fourth of July party at Millbrook with pitchers of acid punch,
millionaires dressed in fanciful costumes, an incredible fireworks show
and music by the Grateful Dead. Bill Haines, guru of the psychedelic Sri
Ram Ashram, reading the chief boo hoo?s classic, ?The Bombardment and Annihilation
of the Planet Saturn,? to the Ashram kids. A big acid trip that the author
and Haines take with the Hitchcocks which is the best description of a
really big one in print. A naked and scrawny Owsley, underground chemist,
wandering around Millbrook with his two dim and dusty-looking girlfriends.
Owsley bringing his new wonder drug, STP, to Millbrook, with the usual
consequences. Dick Alpert, aka ?Baba Ram Dass,? with a broken arm caused
by jumping out of a window on LSD to see if he could fly. 

One reviewer said “When I read Naked Lunch I’d felt I had a contact
high from the pages. The book began to work its way through my skin.” 

Burroughs wrote Naked Lunch in a Tangier, Morocco, hotel room between
1954 and 1957. Allen Ginsberg and his beatnik cronies burst onto the scene,
rescued the manuscript from the food-encrusted floor, and introduced some
order to the pages. It was published in Paris in 1959 and in the U.S. in
1962; the landmark obscenity trial that ensued served to end literary censorship
in America. 

A book of two parts. The first part is the semi-autobiographical account
of the continuing love affair of Shulgin & his partner, and their exploration
of psychedelic states together. The second part is a useful compendium
of phenylethylmine derivatives, their structural chemistry, synthesis and
their effects on human volunteers.

Out of print for years, now available in a revised, updated edition
with more material. Illustrated.

“An exceptionally well-balanced scientific discussion of every aspect
of psychedelic drugs…. It is a courageous book which simultaneously succeeds
for both the popular and scientific audiences.”–Carl Sagan 

Timothy Leary–Harvard University psychologist, social change activist,
psychedelia enthusiast, and cyberspace pioneer–died on May 31, 1996, as
this edition of Psychedelic Prayers and Other Meditations was in progress. 

The writers in The Psychedelic Reader include Alan Watts, Timothy Leary,
Sir Julian Huxley, and Ralph Metzner. Touches on everything from the poetry
of Hermann Hesse to specific dosage levels.

Early in his career, after being trained as a Jungian analyst, Jacob
discovered the enormous potential that psychedelics had for psychotherapy.
Jacob chose to utilize substances like LSD and MDMA in his practice despite
their illegality. Risking imprisonment, he turned on thousands of people
during the course of his career and was loved by many. Jacob died in 1988
at the age of 76. 

This extremely valuable book also includes several fascinating case
histories, an extensive list of resources, and touching commentaries by
such notables as Stanislav Grof, Alexander and Ann Shulgin, and Albert
Hofmann. 

One hundred percent of the profits from the sale of this book are pledged
to psychedelic research.

“This book summarizes what I have learned about this topic as the result
of close to 20 years of practical experience in the field, including 5
years in the pen. Correspondence with other cookers and my own original
research makes this the Journal for Clandestine Cookers.” — Uncle Fester

“The most compelling account yet of how psychedelic drugs became an
explosive force in postwar American history.”–Newsweek

Like Shulgin’s earlier work Pihkal, Tihkal is a book of two parts. The
first part is the semi autobiographical account of the continuing love
affair of Shulgin & his partner, and their exploration of psychedelic
states together. The second part is a useful compendium of tryptamine devivatives,
their structural chemistry, synthesis and their effects on very willing
human volunteers.