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LSD and the Divine Scientist: The Final Thoughts and Reflections of Albert Hofmann
Read MoreRochester: Park Street Press, 2013.
“Best known as the first person to synthesize, ingest, and discover the psychedelic effects of LSD, Albert Hofmann was more than just a chemist. A pioneer in the field of visionary plant research, he was one of the first people to suggest the use of entheogens for psychological healing and spiritual growth. His insights into the consciousness-expanding effects of psychedelics as well as human nature, the psyche, and the nature of reality earned him a reputation as a mystical scientist and visionary philosopher. This book–Hofmann’s last work before his death in 2008 at the age of 102–offers the acclaimed scientist’s personal experiences and thoughts on chemistry, the natural sciences, mind-altering drugs, the soul, and the search for happiness and meaning in life. Hofmann explains different methods of pharmaceutical research based on traditional plant medicine and discusses psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms that he discovered. He examines the psychological role of psychoactives, their therapeutic potential, and their use in easing the life-to-death transition. Sharing a different side of the father of LSD, one known only to his friends and close colleagues, this book also includes the poetry of this mystical prophet of psychedelic science.” (publisher’s blurb)
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LSD Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Medicine
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStainslav Grof
Lomond: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2008.“The sensationalism surrounding the widespread use of LSD in the late 1960s and the subsequent legislative overkill virtually ended psychotherapeutic LSD research. Much of what had been learned over thirty years of scientific medical study was so distorted or suppressed that no objective overview was available to the general reader except for this book. LSD Psychotherapy is a complete account of a remarkable chapter in the ever-continuing inquiry into our transpersonal nature and origins. The controlled studies described in this book reveal exciting and challenging data about the nature of human consciousness, perception, and reality itself. Drawing on this work, Stanislav Grof outlines a new cartography of the human mind, one which accounts for experiences such as shamanic trances, near-death experiences and altered states of consciousness.” (publisher’s blurb) New Introduction by Albert Hoffman.
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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience: The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche
AU$33.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert Masters; Jean Houston
Rochester: Park Street Press, 2000.“The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience was published in 1966, just as the first legal restrictions on the use of psychedelic substances were being enacted. Unfortunately, the authors’ pioneering work on the effects of LSD on the human psyche, which was viewed by its participants as possibly heralding a revolution in the study of the mind, was among the casualties of this interdiction. As a result, the promising results to which their studies attested were never fully explored. Nevertheless, their 15 years of research represents a sober and authoritative appraisal of what remains one of the most controversial developments in the study of the human psyche. Avoiding the wild excesses taken by both sides on this issue, this book is unique for the light it sheds on the possibilities and the limitations of psychedelic drugs, as well as on the techniques for working with them. With drug legalization an increasingly important issue, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience provides a welcome and much needed contrast to the current hysteria that surrounds this topic.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Psychedelic Reader: The Revolutionary 1960s Forum of Psychopharmacological Substances
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTimothy Leary; Ralph Metzner; Gunther M. Weil
Kensington: Citadel Press, 2007.Classic selections from The Psychedelic Review, edited by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Gunther M. Weil. Foreword by Erik Davis.
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Psychedelic Chemistry
AU$45.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Valentine Smith
Berkeley: Ronin, 1981.“Out-of-print for years, and impossible to find Psychedelic Chemistry includes Marijuana THC and analogs, magic Mushrooms and other indole trips, mescaline and friends, harmaline and other beta-carbolines, muscimole and other isoxazoles, LSD, Cocaine, miscellaneous psychedelics, literature and chemical information, miscellany on underground laboratories, role of the DEA labs in drug busts …and more! Psychedelic Chemistry is the biggest, best and most complete book every written on how to make psychedelic drugs. The most complete book ever written on how to manufacture psychedelic drugs. Requires thorough knowledge of lab techniques in organic chemistry.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Sex, Drugs, and Aphrodisiacs: Where to Obtain Them, How to Use Them, and Their Effects
AU$22.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAdam Gottlieb
Berkeley: Ronin Publishing, 1993.“The essential connoisseur’s guide to herbs and potions traditionally associated with enhanced sensual pleasure. Throughout history men and women have sought to increase their sexual pleasure through the use of a variety of substances. SEX DRUGS AND APHRODISIACS chronicles the results of this eternal quest. Includes discussions of yohimbe, fugu, absinthe, yage and other exotic specialties and includes a comprehensive history of sources, preparations, uses and effects. Finally this hard to obtain cult classic is available again.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Mystery School In Hyperspace: A Cultural History of DMT
Read MoreGraham St John
Berkeley: Evolver Editions, 2015.“Since its discovery in the mid-1950s, the psychoactive compound DMT has attracted the attention of experimentalists and prohibitionists, scientists and artists, alchemists and hyperspace emissaries. Until now, the complete story of DMT has remained untold. Mystery School in Hyperspace is the first book to delve into the history of this substance, the discovery of its properties, and the impact it has had on poets, artists, and musicians.” (publisher’s blurb). Foreword by Dennis McKenna. This copy signed by the author on the wrappers verso
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Birth of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary, the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRam Dass; Ralph Metzner; Gary Bravo
Santa Fe: Synergetic Press, 2010.“No understanding of the history of the sixties could be complete without a grasp of the work of Leary, Alpert, and Metzner, the cultural resistance to their experiments, and the way in which psychoactive drug use became a part of contemporary society. Next Generation Independent Book Awards Finalist, Birth of a Psychedelic Culture explores these experiments and their cultural milieu through never before seen photographs, personal accounts of authors Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass, and conversations with luminaries such as Aldous Huxley, Charles Mingus, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and others that appeared on the scene.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Beyond the Narrow Life: A Guide for Psychedelic Integration and Existential Exploration
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKile M. Ortigo
Santa Fe & London: Synergetic Press, 2021.“With the second renaissance and re-emergence of psychedelics in Western society, the public and therapists alike are confronting new areas of exploration with few comprehensive models available to aid in the profound process of integrating such powerful and mystical-like experiences into one’s life. Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy offers one useful model for this work, but access to even traditional therapy is limited due to expense and inadequate specialized training. With questions surrounding legal access, criminalization, and medical indications and contraindications, the immediate future of psychedelic-assisted therapy remains shrouded in uncertainty, even in the face of expanding interest and promise. Beyond the Narrow Life seeks to ‘thread a needle’ by addressing profound themes elicited by psychospiritual and therapeutic use of psychedelics while avoiding merely ‘preaching to the choir.’ This book explores common topics that emerge during psychedelic journeys by integrating several frameworks, spanning evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy, Jungian depth psychology, existential philosophy, compassion and mindfulness practices, comparative mythology, pop culture, film, and scientific understandings of the cosmos. Instead of a dry overview of big ideas, Dr. Ortigo gently guides readers through an awe-inspiring journey that confronts the deeper questions and concerns we all face as humans in this modern time.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam A. Richards
New York: Columbia University Press, 2018.“Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life. Richards’s analysis contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book serves as an invaluable resource for readers who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our understanding of reality, advancing new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being. His findings enrich humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies and bringing depth to research in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.” (publisher’s blurb
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Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGraham St John
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2025.An intellectual biography of one of the most celebrated and yet least understood figures of the late twentieth century, Terence McKenna. A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was the twentieth century’s psychedelic Renaissance man. Perfecting his rugged philosophy on the role of psychedelics in evolution, consciousness, and time, McKenna was a riotous charmer who stalked the shadows, but also sought the iridescence. More than twenty years since his untimely passing, McKenna has an enduring magnetism across the virtual pop stream, in pervasive digitization, and within social media networks. In Strange Attractor, the first biography of this enigmatic figure, Graham St John detects the signal behind the noise. This book is an engaging chronicle of the life, works, and legacy of this brazen adventurer of the inner and outer dimensions, whose weird intelligence has affected multitudes and whose spirit continues to haunt the present. It draws on original documents and letters, features fifty two rare photographs and artworks, and shares previously untold stories from over eighty people. Neither glorifying nor disparaging its subject, Strange Attractor will appeal to those interested in the evolution of a psychedelic intellectual, and to those for whom McKenna’s wisdom endures.” (publisher’s blurb) This copy, a signed first printing.
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The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna
AU$45.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDennis McKenna
Santa Fe and London: Synergetic Press, 2023.“Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna, is an autobiographical account of renowned ethnobotanist Dennis McKenna’s childhood, his relationship with his brother, and the author’s experiences with and reflections on psychedelics, philosophy, and scientific innovation.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMike Jay
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2021.“A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity.” (publisher’s blurb) This is a signed copy of the first paperback printing, with the illustrations in colour.
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High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMike Jay
London: Thames & Hudson, 2024.“A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day.” (publisher’s blurb) This copy signed by the author.
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Free Radicals: How a Group of Romantic Experiments Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMike Jay
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2025.“The story of the circle of scientists, poets and dissidents who discovered laughing gas–and forever changed our understanding of the mind” (publisher’s blurb) This is a signed copy of the first revised printing.
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Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
Read MoreMike Jay
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2025.“A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind.” (publisher’s blurb) This copy signed by the author.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Read MoreTom Wolfe
New York: Black Swan, 1989.“I looked around and people’s faces were distorted…lights were flashing everywhere…the screen at the end of the room had three or four different films on it at once, and the strobe light was flashing faster than it had been…the band was playing but I couldn’t hear the music…people were dancing…someone came up to me and I shut my eyes and with a machine he projected images on the back of my eye-lids…I sought out a person I trusted and he laughed and told me that the Kool-Aid had been spiked and that I was beginning my first LSD experience…” (publisher’s blurb) The rollicking LSD narrative of Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead.
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Tuning In: Experiencing Music in Psychedelic States
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteven J. Gelberg
Albany: SUNY Press, 2025.“The first authoritative study of the important role of music in psychedelic use and the ways in which psychedelics provide unprecedented access to the deeper mysteries of music.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Illustrated Field Guide to DMT Entities: Machine Elves, Tricksters, Teachers, and Other Interdimensional Beings
Read MoreDavid Jay Brown; Sara Phinn Huntley
Rochester: Park Street Press, 2025.“Examines 25 of the most commonly encountered DMT entities, from machine elves and fairies to insectoids, Reptilians, and divine beings such as Grandmother Ayahuasca. Discusses each entity in depth, including people’s encounters with them from trip reports and scientific studies, descriptions of how the entities appear and behave, and communications or teachings they impart. Features visionary art by Sara Phinn Huntley and other artists, including Alex Grey, Andrew Jones, Luke Brown, Juliana Garces, Erial Ali, and Harry Pack.” (publisher’s blurb)
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DMT Dialogues: Encounters with the Spirit Molecule
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Luke; Rory Spowers
Rochester: Park Street Press, 2018.“Cutting-edge explorations and discussions of DMT experiences and plant sentience from leading luminaries in the field of psychedelic research.” (publisher’s blurb)