Negative Space: hallucinogens
- Altered States of Consciousness
- No book about altered states in the late sixties/early seventies could avoid the political implications of their work, and Charles T. Tart addresses those issues, though he appears happier investigating the literature on them and their similarities to other altered states.
- The Compleat Psilocybin Mushroom Cultivator’s Bible
- Psilocin and psilocybin are among the most potent naturally-occuring psychoactive substances and the least toxic.
- General Considerations
- We take drugs because we have achieved our cultural goals. We are at the “end of a myth” and are searching for a new one.
- Growing Wild Mushrooms
- Bob Harris’s “Complete Guide to Cultivating Edible and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms” seems to be very step-by-step, and comes with good color pictures.
- Hallucinogenic Drugs
- F. Christine Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Research Associate in Psychiatry. Publication #825 American Lecture Series, American Lectures in Living Chemistry (Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1972).
- Hallucinogens
- Hallucinogens have a long history with religion, from peyote to mushrooms and iboga.
- The Indoles
- DMT, ibogaine, and psilocybin/psilocin make up the wide variety of hallucinogens classified as indoles.
- The Marriage of the Sun and Moon
- Andrew Weil’s Marriage of the Sun and Moon is a fascinating, if extra-ordinarily non-rigorous, journey through contrasts and consciousness. Andrew Weil.
- Methods of Tobacco Use in South America
- In ritualistic use, tobacco was consumed in quantities large enough to cause hallucinations. The most common method of use was some form of smoking. Among some cultures, tobacco use replaced coca use.
- Psilocybin Cultivation
- F. C. Gould’s cultivation book covers quite a bit of ground. Gould makes the interesting observation that black market forces result in the more powerful LSD being much more popular than psilocin.
- Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide
- O. T. Oss & O. N. Oeric have written an easy-to-follow book on growing psilocybin mushrooms. Some of the description is a bit rich, however, though that befits a guide to growing shrooms.
More Information
- The Marriage of the Sun and Moon•
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This is a fascinating book about the kinds of things people were interested in, in the seventies. Andrew Weil writes about his travels to South America in search of religious experiences, his encounters with fake psychics and real magicians, and our fear of nature.
- Altered States of Consciousness•
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Starting with the controversial insight that “steak tastes good”, this compilation covers the gamut of altered states, from dreams to meditation to drugs, and the physiological markers of these states. Fascinating and long.
