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"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions...
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Thirty years ago the University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan initiated a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. In a series of fascinating dialogues, Castaneda sets...
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1992
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"In this astonishing, luminous and terrifying work, Carlos Castaneda at last completes the long journey into the world of sorcery that began with his now-legendary meeting with don Juan...In a sense, Castaneda's three earlier books, each of them the story of a triumphant and daring journey into the unknown, have been merely the long pereparation for Tales of Power, in which don Juan's task of educating Castaneea, of making him 'a man of knowledge'...
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2024.
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"When he signed up for a psychedelic retreat run by a mysterious Argentine woman deep in Brazil's rainforest in early 2018, Ernesto Londoño, a veteran New York Times journalist, was so depressed he had come close to jumping off his terrace weeks earlier.His nine-day visit to Spirit Vine Ayahuasca Retreat Center included four nighttime ceremonies during which participants imbibed a vomit-inducing plant-based brew that contained DMT, a powerful mind-altering...
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"Ordinarily, events that change our path are impersonal affairs, and yet extremely personal. My teacher, don Juan Matsus, said this is guiding me as his apprentice to collect what I considered to be the memorable events of my life.... Don Juan described the total goal of the shamanistic knowledge that he handled as the preparation for facing the definitive journey: the journey that every human being has to take at the end of his life. He said that...
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[2024]
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"As the legalization of psilocybin in clinical/therapeutic settings spreads across the country, people who have tried other hallucinogenic drugs like MDMA, ketamine, LSD, and opium to treat depression, anxiety, etc. or who have used magic mushrooms on their own or in ceremonial contexts are likely to be curious about what the clinical expectations and benefits from psilocybin are. What does the science say are benefits of psilocybin, and for what...
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2021.
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"Technology can now control the spiritual experience. This is a journey through the high-tech aids for psychological growth that are changing our world, while exploring the safety, authenticity and ethics of this new world. We already rely on technology to manage our health, sleep, relationships, and finances, so it's no surprise that we're turning to technological aids for the spiritual journey. From apps that help us pray or meditate, to cybernauts...
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[2017]
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Hallucinogens are drugs that have profound impacts on the users' perceptions of reality. Throughout history, some cultures have embraced hallucinogens as part of a path to spiritual enlightenment. Unfortunately, hallucinogens that are available on the streets can also have terrifying side effects. This book explores the history, effects, and risks of a wide variety of hallucinogenic drugs. From caffeine and aspirin to heroin and meth, drugs are an...
12) The eagle's gift
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©1981
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"In this haunting and deeply personal book, Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason...Castaneda emerges, for the first time, as...a sorcerous leader"--Cover.
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"In 1961, young anthropologist Carlos Castaneda began an extraordinary apprenticeship with don Juan Matus, a powerful and mysterious Yaqui Indian spiritual leader. Don Juan's message became the basis for Castaneda's classic bestselling accounts of his explorations into ancient Mexican spiritual philosophy, which captivated millions of readers. In 1968, Castaneda returned to Mexico, to don Juan and his hallucinogenic drugs, and to a world of experience...
15) Blinding light
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[2005]
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Explores creative genius and fame through the life of a writer whose search for a muse has led him into dangerous and destructive places.
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2007, c2006
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2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl is the acclaimed metaphysical epic that binds together the cosmological phenomena of our time, ranging from crop circles to quantum theory to the resurgence of psychedelic drugs, to support the contention of the Mayan calendar that the year 2012 portends a global shift-in consciousness, culture, and way of living-of unprecedented consequence.
The Classical Maya developed a highly sophisticated civilization in the...
19) Hallucinogens
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[1996]
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IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3
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This book examines the history of the use of hallucinogenic, or psychodelic, drugs, their physical and social effects, and the dangers of taking these drugs.
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