Cathy Coleman; Ralph Metzner
Rochester: Park Street Press, 2024.

“Reveals the vast impact of Ralph Metzner’s healing therapies and wisdom on colleagues, students, clients, and the fields in which he worked. Includes contributions from Rick Doblin, Charles S. Grob, Stan Grof, Stanley Krippner, Dennis McKenna, the late Christian Ratsch, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Dorothy Fadiman, Luis Eduardo Luna, and others.” (publisher’s blurb)

Mike Marinacci
Rochester: Park Street Press, 2023.

LSD, Cannabis, and Spiritual Sacraments in Underground America.

Charles S. Grob
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2002.

Edited by Charles S. Grob with contributions by Andrew Weil, Terrence McKenna, Huston Smith, Jeremy Narby, Albert Hofmann, Ralph Metzner, Roger Walsh, Rick Strassman, and others.

Stanislav Grof
Santa Cruz: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2019.

“The Way of the Psychonaut is one of the most important books ever written about the human psyche and the spiritual quest. The new understandings were made possible thanks to Albert Hofmann’’s discovery of LSD–—the microscope and telescope of the human psyche–—as well as other psychedelic substances. This comprehensive work is a tour de force through the worlds of psychology and psychotherapy, Holotropic Breathwork, maps of the psyche, birth, sex, and death, psychospiritual rebirth, the roots of trauma, spiritual emergency and transpersonal experiences, karma and reincarnation, higher creativity, great art, and archetypes. Written in his late eighties, at the height of his magnificent career, The Way of the Psychonaut is possibly Grof’’s greatest contribution.” (publisher’s blurb)

Stanislav Grof
Santa Cruz: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2019.

“The Way of the Psychonaut is one of the most important books ever written about the human psyche and the spiritual quest. The new understandings were made possible thanks to Albert Hofmann’’s discovery of LSD–—the microscope and telescope of the human psyche–—as well as other psychedelic substances. This comprehensive work is a tour de force through the worlds of psychology and psychotherapy, Holotropic Breathwork, maps of the psyche, birth, sex, and death, psychospiritual rebirth, the roots of trauma, spiritual emergency and transpersonal experiences, karma and reincarnation, higher creativity, great art, and archetypes. Written in his late eighties, at the height of his magnificent career, The Way of the Psychonaut is possibly Grof’’s greatest contribution.” (publisher’s blurb)

Julian Vayne
Vale of Pewsy: Psychedelic Press, 2025.

“Trip Sitting is your essential guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science and extensive real-world experience, this book offers practical insights into the skills, techniques, and mindset that every effective trip sitter needs. From preparing the space and setting the tone, to navigating the journey and supporting successful integration, Trip Sitting takes a holistic approach to care. With a strong foundation in ethics and practical experience this guide will help you hold space with clarity, confidence, and compassion, maximising the benefits and minimising the risks when exploring these magical medicines.” (publisher’s blurb)

Andy Roberts
Vale of Pewsey: Psychedelic Press, 2025.

“Doctors believed LSD was a panacea for disorders of the mind. The Secret Intelligence Services and Ministry of Defence were confident they could harness the drug’s powers for interrogation and the battlefield. Countercultures celebrated acid as not only a hotline to spiritual experience, but also a wonderland of the senses. Governments decried it. LSD remains protean. Andy Roberts’ Albion Dreaming tells the extraordinary story of how LSD helped shape British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s. First published in 2008, this new and revised edition benefits from the author’s many years of continued research into psychedelic history and the addition of several appendices.” (publisher’s blurb) The sold out hardcover printing of the revised edition.

C. J. Spotswood
New York: Ulysses Press, 2022.

A step-by-step manual to improve your physical and mental health through psychedelic medicine.

Luis Eduardo Luna; Steven F. White
Santa Fe & London: Synergetic Press, 2016.

“The Ayahuasca Reader is an expansive anthology of texts translated from several different languages covering multiple aspects of the ayahuasca experience. The book is a classic in ayahuasca literature and a must read for those interested in learning more about this sacred plant medicine.” (publisher’s blurb)

Ralph Metzner
El Verano: Four Trees Press, 2022.

“This monograph is based on 50 years of experience as a participant-observer in the international underground sub-culture involved with entheogenic, consciousness-expanding substances. The author discusses the uses and values of such substances when the explicit intention or purpose is for spiritual awakening, psychotherapy, healing, increased understanding and the enhancement of creativity. The intent of this documentation is not to prove or promote any particular method or treatment of any condition. The evaluation of entheogens needs to be in terms of how productive these experiences are of healthier approaches to the issues of living in these times, in this world.” (publisher’s blurb)

Ralph Metzner
El Verano: Four Trees Press, 2020.

“Ralph Metzner first wrote about alchemy when he was in his early 30s. He included a chapter on alchemy in his book Maps of Consciousness, which was published in 1971. In the last few years of his life Ralph recorded his thoughts on some 36 alchemical terms. Over an arc of some 50 years, Ralph worked on the practice of using alchemical processes for inner transformation. This volume of musings combines his earliest writing on alchemy with his last writings on alchemical terms, bookends of an arc of exploration.” (publisher’s blurb)

Ralph Metzner
El Verano: Four Trees Press, 2013.

Bufo alvarius and 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine. With forewords by Stanislav Grof and Charles Grob. “In this monograph, I relate findings from more than 30 years of experiences and observations with this substance, in various user groups and individuals, both in the US and in Europe. I use the term underground in referring to the explorations with these substances, in the sense that they were hidden – out of respect for the restrictions and prohibitions of mainstream culture. These are ethnographic field reports: first-hand observations from an underground sub-culture, accompanied by the experiences of a selected number of participant-observers. It is important to recognize that in research with these and other so-called psychedelic or entheogenic substances, one cannot limit the observations and reflections solely to their physical and psychological effects. As most of the people cited here emphasize, the experiences with these substances at times can go far beyond their physical and psychological effects into the deepest and highest dimensions of our existence, both the cosmic and the spiritual.” (publisher’s blurb)

Francis Moraes; Debra Moraes
Berkeley: Ronin, 2003.

“Provides a detailed look at opium today in the context of its long history of use as a therapeutic and recreational drug.” (publisher’s blurb)

Alexander Shulgin
Berkeley & Santa Fe: Transform Press & Synergetic Press, 2021.

“The Nature of Drugs presents Sasha Shulgin’s popular San Francisco State University course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. The course also delves into social issues and reactions involving drugs, and discussions of governmental attempts at controlling them and features Sasha’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides.” (publisher’s blurb)

Alexander Shulgin
Berkeley & Santa Fe: Transform Press & Synergetic Press, 2023.

“The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 2, presents lectures from Alexander Shulgin’s popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society. Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlight Shulgins’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin’s teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory. Building on the introductory lectures in The Nature of Drugs, Volume 1, this second volume contains extensive examinations of dozens of compounds, featuring lectures 9 through 23 of the course. ” (publisher’s blurb)

Timothy Leary; Ralph Metzner; Richard Alpert
New York: Penguin, 2008.

Peter Stafford
Berkeley: Ronin, 2003.

“Describes the dramatic effects people experience when consuming psychoactive mushrooms. There are over 100 “entheogenic” fungi known to stimulate ecstatic states in curious seekers. Stafford recounts the known history of magic mushrooms, also called “sacred” mushrooms, and describes the interesting aspects of this extraordinary class of mind-changers. He tells how they are psychically relaxing and focusing, anc act as a catalyst to creative breakthroughs.” (publisher’s blurb)

Otto Snow
Spring Hill: Thoth Press, 2001.

The science of OxyCodone, and other opioids.

Marlene Dobkin de Rios
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984.

Peter Stafford
London: Academy Editions, 1972.

An assemblage of conversations exploring psychedelics with contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Arthur Kleps, and many others.

Michael J. Harner
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973.

David Lee
Berkeley: And/Or Press, 1981.

First printing of the revised edition of the Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook. The handbook was an essential reference with numerous printings totaling well over a hundred thousand during the 1970s. This revised edition first published in 1981 continued its aims of harm minimisation with corrected, revised, and expanded information on the chemistry, testing, purification, culture, and law of one of the 20th century’s most notorious stimulants.

Michael Wink; Ben-Erik van Wyk
Pretoria: Briza, 2008.

Harvey Cohen
New York: The Olympia Press, 1972.

A startlingly new view of the drug scene from the inside.