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Trip Sitting
Julian Vayne

Goes deep on role of sitter.

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Philosophy and Psychedelics
Peter Sjostedt-Hughes, Christine hauskeller

Great series of essays, edited by some of my fave lecturers.

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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
Michael Pollan

'A sweeping and often thrilling chronicle of the history of psychedelics, all interwoven with Pollan's adventures as a psychedelic novice.

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Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain
Andy Roberts

Andy Roberts' Albion Dreaming tells the extraordinary story of how LSD helped shape British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s.

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In Search of Smiles: LSD, Operation Julie and Beyond
Andy Roberts

Smiles shifted millions of doses of LSD before being arrested in 1977 by Operation Julie—the police investigation which unearthed what was then the largest LSD manufacturing and distribution operation of its kind.

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Saint Peter's Snow
Leo Perutz

Vintage work that features what seems to be lsd and its synthesis...years before it officially happened!

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Cobweb of Trips: A Literary History of Psychedelics
Robert Dickins

From spiritual reimaginings and scientific novelty, to political agitation and the counterculture of the 1960s, Cobweb of Trips is a poetic thread emerging when the psychedelic experience alighted in modern history.

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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD
Martin A. Lee

Acid Dreams is a complete social history of the psychedelic counter-culture that burst into full view in the Sixties. With new information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the authors reveal how the CIA became obsessed with LSD during the Cold War, fearing the Soviets had designs on it as well.

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DMT: A molecule that will not stay where it is put
Stephen M. page

The Author's limited edition hardback.In DMT: A Molecule That Will Not Stay Where It Is Put, Stephen Page traces the extraordinary story of N,N-dimethyltryptamine across archaeology, chemistry, psychiatry, law, and modern brain science. From the puma-bone pipes of Inca Cueva to Cold War laboratories in Budapest; from the collapse of the schizophrenia hypothesis to the clinical renaissance of the twenty-first century; from Amazonian ritual knowledge to fMRI scanners and stroke trials, this book follows the molecule through every frame that has tried to contain it.

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Immortality Key, The: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
Brian Muraresku, C.

A lot of fun, a great read and based in fact, long live the kykeon! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and a real-life quest for the Holy Grail.

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