Psychedelics
Updated: 8 May 1998
Index
*note: Most of the books listed are, unfortunately, missing from my archives... so, links to individual book entries will be slow in forthcoming (I'm also pretty swamped for time).
To be added: publishing details, synopsis, reviews, and biographical material. [this is going to take a while].
Help appreciated. Contributions fully accredited. Links welcome.
Psychedelics
-- NonFiction Books --
A
- Psychedelics: The Uses and Implications of Hallucinogenic Drugs edited by Bernard Aaronson, Humphrey Osmond
(1970, non-fiction, anthology)
- The Use of LSD In Psychotherapy edited by Harold Abramson
(1960, non-fiction, anthology)
- The Use of LSD In Psychotherapy and Alcoholism edited by Harold Abramson
(1967, non-fiction, anthology)
- LSD by Richard Alpert, Sidney Cohen, Lawrence Schiller
(1966, non-fiction)
- The Book of Grass edited by George Andrews and Simon Vinkenoog
(1967, non-fiction, anthology...Grove Press, New York, US)
- The Peyote Dance by Antonin Artaud
(19??, non-fiction... re-issued 1976)
B
- On The Bus: The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and the Birth of the Counterculture by Ken Babbs, Paul Perry
(1991, autobiographical... LSD, counterculture, Ken Kesey, social history)
- Artificial Paradise by Charles Baudelaire
(1???, non-fiction... re-issued 1971)
- Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience by Jerome Beck, Marsha Rosenbaum
(19??, non-fiction)
- Acid: The Secret History of LSD by David Black
(December 1997, non-fiction...Vision, London, UK, pbk... Ronald Stark, Brotherhood of Eternal Light, Operation Julie)
- Utopiates: The Use and Users of LSD-25 by Richard Blum, et al
(1965, non-fiction)
- 100 Camels in the Courtyard by Paul Bowles
(1962, short stories... Morocco)
- The Private Sea: LSD and the Search for God by William Braden
(1968, non-fiction)
- The Yage Letters by William S.Burroughs
(1963, non-fiction, correspondence...City Lights Books, San Francisco, California, US... letters from Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with Yage)
C
- LSD Psychotherapy by W.V.Caldwell
(19??, non-fiction... psychological application of psychedelics)
- The Great Book of Hashish Vol.1 Book 1 by Lawrence Cherniak
(19??, non-fiction, reference, illustrated)
- The Great Book of Cannabis Vol.1 Book 2 by Lawrence Cherniak
(19??, non-fiction, reference, illustrated)
- The Great Book of Hashish Vol.1 Book 3 by Lawrence Cherniak
(forthcoming, reference, illustrated)
- Psychochemotherapy: The Physician's Manual by Sidney Cohen
(1962, non-fiction, reference)
- Drugs of Hallucination: The LSD Story by Sidney Cohen
(1962, non-fiction)
D
- Psychedelic Shamanism: Cultivation, Preparation & Use of Psychotropic Plants by Jim DeKorne
(19??, non-fiction, reference)
- Drugs and the Mind by Robert S.DeRopp
(1961, non-fiction)
- The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia by Paul Devereux
(1997, non-fiction...Arkana / Penguin, New York, US, pbk, ISBN 0-14-019540-8)
E
- Ecstasy: The MDMA Story by Bruce Eisner
(1989, non-fiction)
F
G
- Legal Highs: A Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Herbs and Chemicals with Psychoactive Properties by Adam Gottlieb
(1973, non-fiction, reference...ISBN 0-9527670-0-7)
- Sex Drugs and Aphrodisiacs by Adam Gottlieb
(19??, non-fiction, reference)
- Notes From Underground: A "Gracie and Zarkov" Reader by Gracie & Zarkov
(1992)
- Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered by Lester Grinspoon, James B.Bakalar
(1979, non-fiction)
- Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research by Stanislav Grof, M.D.
(1975, non-fiction...Esalen / Viking Press, New York, US, hbk... psychology, neurologic, lysergic acid diethylamide, subconsciousness)
- The Human Encounter with Death by Stanislov Grof, Joan Halifax
(1977, non-fiction... thanatology)
H
- Best of Homegrown edited by Lee Harris, Chris Render
(November 1994, anthology...Red Shift Books, London, UK... articles, essays, comics, photos... includes recipe for marijuana beer)
- The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of the Cannabis Plant, Marijuana Prohibition, & How Hemp can still Save the World by Jack Herer
(May 1985, non-fiction, reference... hemp use... social history)
- Insight/Outlook by Albert Hofmann
(19??, non-fiction)
- LSD My Problem Child: Refections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism, and Science by Albert Hofmann
(1980, non-fiction, autobiographical... firsthand account of the discovery of LSD...
highly recommended...
I came across this link, but kept getting the dread '404 Not Found' message when I tried to connect)
- The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens by Albert Hofmann, Dr.Richard Evans Schultes
(1973, non-fiction)
- Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers by Albert Hofmann, Dr.Richard Evans Schultes
(1979, non-fiction)
- The Road to Eleusis by Albert Hofmann, R.Gordon Wasson, C.Ruck
(1978, non-fiction)
- The Man Who Turned On The World by Michael Hollingshead
(1973, non-fiction, autobiography...Blond & Briggs, London, UK, pbk, SBN 85634-015-4... LSD, 1960s, Timothy Leary, social history)
"A fascinating first-person account." --Henry W.Targowski.
- The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
(1954, non-fiction... his personal experiences with mescaline)
- Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
(19??, non-fiction... the visionary and religious experience)
- Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience (1931-1963) by Aldous Huxley
(1977, anthology)
I
J
- The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
(1902, non-fiction)
K
- The Boohoo Bible by Arthur Kleps
(1971)
- Millbrook by Arthur Kleps
(1975, non-fiction... social history)
L
- Psychedelic Prayers by Timothy Leary
(1966)
- The Politics of Ecstasy by Timothy Leary
(1968, non-fiction)
- The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert
(1964, non-fiction... available online)
- The Psychedelic Reader edited by Timothy Leary, Gunther M.Weil, Ralph Metzner
(196?, non-fiction)
- Acid Dreams -- The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond by Martin A.Lee, Bruce Shlain
(1985, non-fiction... history of LSD, government experiments, counterculture)
- High Time by David Leigh
(1984, non-fiction, biography... Howard Marks, smuggling, counterculture... revised and re-issued as Howard Marks: His Life and High Times in 1988 with 11 pages of additional text)
"Reads well and presents a positive view." --Henry W.Targowski.
- Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer by John Lilly
(1967, non-fiction... altered states, belief systems, consciousness, sensory deprivation, neurologic)
"Although Lilly's early dolphin work for the US government was very questionable, and his later work with Ketamine seems a bit 'gone-too-far'... his early books are excellent, and this one is an essential classic... a practical handbook for controlling your own consciousness." --Henry W.Targowski.
- The Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space by John Lilly
(1972, non-fiction...Julian Press, US... personal experiences)
- Psychedelic Monographs & Essays Volume 6 edited by Thomas Lyttle
(19??, non-fiction, anthology)
M
- Mr Nice by Howard Marks
(9 September 1996, non-fiction, autobiography...Secker & Warburg, London, UK... smuggling, marijuana, hashish, counterculture)
"This is a fascinating story... a must read." --Henry W.Targowski.
- The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience by Robert E.L.Masters, Jean Houston
(1966, non-fiction)
- Psychedelic Art by Robert E.L.Masters, Jean Houston
(1968, non-fiction)
- Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space by Robert Masters, Jean Houston
(1972...Viking Press, New York, US)
- Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna
(1992)
- True Hallucinations by Terence McKenna
(199?)
- The Invisible Landscape by Terence McKenna, Dennis McKenna
(1975)
- Psilocybin: The Magic Mushroom Growers' Guide by Terence McKenna, Dennis McKenna
(1975, non-fiction, reference)
- Cannabinoids as Therapeutic Agents by Raphael Mechoulan
(19??, non-fiction... medicine)
- Maps of Consciousness by Ralph Metzner
(1972, non-fiction... neurologic)
- Stop the FDA edited by John Morgenthaler, Steven William Fowkes
(1992, non-fiction)
O
- Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide by O.T.Oss, O.N.Oeric
(1985, non-fiction, reference... mycology manual... re-issue of book by Terrence McKenna, Dennis McKenna)
P
- The Psychedelic Reader edited by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Gunther M.Weil
(1965, non-fiction, essays, anthology...University Books, US... covers various aspects of psychedelics)
Q
R
- The Hashish Cookbook by Panama Rose
(1966, non-fiction, cookbook...Gnaoua Press... contains some classic traditional recipes)
- LSD: The Age of the Mind by Bernard Roseman
(1963, non-fiction)
- The Encyclopaedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley
(1998, non-fiction, reference...Little Brown, UK, hbk... sugar, aspartame, tobacco, ground beetles, glue, coffee, Prozac, Ecstasy, opiates, marijuana)
"Rudgley defines psychoactive substances as 'those that alter the state of consciousness of the user' -- yet if we are all biochemical materialists now, what doesn't?" --Steven Poole (in The Guardian , Thursday 19 February 1998).
S
- Ecstasy Reconsidered by Nicholas Saunders
(1997, non-fiction... ecstasy)
- Plants of the Gods: Origins of Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes
(19??, non-fiction)
- PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin
(19??, non-fiction, autobiographical... also see 'additional link' listed below)
- TiHKAL: The Continuation by Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin
(1997, non-fiction, autobiographical... also see 'additional link' listed below)
- Hallucinations: Behavior, Experience, and Theory edited by Ronald K.Siegel, L.J.West
(1975, non-fiction, anthology)
- Timothy Leary, the Madness of the Sixties, and Me by Charles W.Slack
(1974)
- Reefer Madness by Larry Sloman
(1979)
- LSD: The Consciousness-Expanding Drug edited by David Solomon
(1966, non-fiction, anthology... early reports on the use of LSD for creativity, therapy, and rehabilitation)
"Excellent compilation of LSD research" --Henry W.Targowski.
- The Marijuana Papers: An Examination of Marijuana in Society, History and Literature edited by David Solomon
(1966, non-fiction, anthology)
- Drugs and Sexuality edited by David Solomon , George Andrews
(19??, non-fiction, anthology)
- Psychedelic Baby Reaches Puberty by Peter Stafford
(1971, non-fiction...Praeger, US... assemblage of writings, interviews, newspaper reports)
- Psychedelics Encyclopedia by Peter Stafford
(1983, non-fiction, reference)
- LSD: The Problem-Solving Psychedelic by Peter G.Stafford, B.H.Golightly
(1967, non-fiction)
- Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Jay Stevens
(1987, non-fiction... social history, psychedelics)
- Ceremonial Chemistry by Thomas Szasz
(1975, non-fiction)
T
- Altered States of Consciousness by Dr Charles T.Tart
(1969, non-fiction... altered states, consciousness, psychedelics)
- On Being Stoned: A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication by Dr Charles T.Tart
(1971, non-fiction... altered states, psychedelics, marijuana, transpersonal psychology)
- The Brotherhood of Eternal Love by Stewart Tendler, David May
(1984, non-fiction... social history)
- The Essential Psychedelic Guide by D.M.Turner
(19??, non-fiction)
- Salvinorin: The Psychedelic Essence of Salvia Divinorum by D.M.Turner
(1996, non-fiction...Parker Press, ISBN 0-9642636-2-9)
U
V
W
- Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality by R.Gordan Wasson
(1968, non-fiction)
- Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion by R.Gordan Wasson
(1986, non-fiction... mythology)
- The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secrets of the Mysteries by R.Gordan Wasson, Carl A.P.Ruck, Albert Hofmann
(1978, non-fiction)
- The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan W.Watts
(1962, non-fiction, autobiographical...Pantheon Books, US... mescaline, psychedelics, altered states)
- The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness by Andrew Weil
(1971, non-fiction... altered states, consciousness)
- The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon by Andrew Weil
(1980, non-fiction)
- From Chocoloate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs by Andrew Weil
(1983, non-fiction... altered states, psychedelics)
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
(1968, non-fiction... social history... Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs, Merry Pranksters)
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*note:
Publishers are invited to send books for review. Scholars are asked for input.
All contributions will be fully accredited.
Corrections, new additions, and relevant links are very welcome.
Psychedelics
-- Magazines & Pamphlets --
Ganja Digest
(haven't checked this link)
Hemp World
(Canadian-based cannabis magazine... e-zine produced by Mari Kane,
e-mail: alan@walstib.com)
High Life
(Dutch-based cannabis magazine... website?)
High Times
(US-based cannabis magazine... thorough coverage of the cannabis issue, psychedelics... news, reviews, special features)
Magical Blend
(US-based magazine... online version... cannabis, psychedelics, etc.)
New Scientist
(21 February 1998, Vol 157, No 2122... "Marijuana Special Report"... additional material about this topic is available on the NS Plus channel)
"Leaked version of World Health Organization report stating that marijuana is less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol." --Henry W.Targowski.
Red Eye Express
(UK-based cannabis magazine... no website yet...
snail mail: 19 Worcester Ct., Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1LF, England)
Scientific American
(December 1969... classic Marijuana feature...
"Research concluding that marijuana is basically benevolent." --Henry W.Targowski.)
Weed World
(UK-based cannabis magazine...
e-mail: weed1@dircom.co.uk...
snail mail: P.O.Box 79, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 8GR, England)
Psychedelics
-- Audio-Visual Material --
Marihuana Marihuana
(reportage, documentary... Alexander Trocchi, Simon Vinkenoog, Amsterdam, cannabis)
Performance
(feature film, UK... directed by Nicholas Roeg... starring: Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg... filmed in Nottinghill Gate area of London)
Reefer Madness
(feature film, US, ?? minutes)
"A totally ludicrous propoganda film." --Henry W.Targowski.
Speed & Absinthe
(student film, US, ?? minutes... by Ethan Prochnik)
"It's a movie about a college student who discovers a couple of bottles of absinthe....and decides to bring back the drink in America." --Stuart L.Carroll.
The Trip
(feature film, US... directed by Roger Corman... starring: Peter Fonda)
Psychedelics
-- Additional Links --
The Alternative Green Aid
(Alternative Gruene Hilfe... Germany-based site... "We are an organisation which brings together competent lawyers and citizens who are in trouble with the government because of just possessing, using and/or growing cannabis.")
Amsterdam's Coffee Shops
(useful information, map...
uncertain if still a functioning site)
Arcadia
(maintained by Kevin Browne... an online collection of cigarette paper packets, arranged by country and by theme, plus information about the companies that produce them)
Atomic Books Drug Information
(list of available books... catalog entry)
Cannabis Internet Activists
(UKCIA are collecting the details of current and recent cannabis-related convictions... resources...
e-mail: ukcia@mimir.com)
Carl E.Olsen's Marijuana Archive
(information, links...
e-mail: carl@dsmnet.com)
Coalition for Hemp Awareness
(nonprofit advocacy group)
Drug Information Resources
(links)
Drugs Peace Institute
(organisation concerned with the imprisoned victims of the drug wars... Adriaan Bronkhorst, president...
e-mail: spuistr2@dds.nl)
Drug-Related Network Resources
(links)
Hemp Land Psychedelic Links
(Swedish site... good links to psychedelic-related sites... maintained by Mats Åhrman, e-mail: dfl-tea@algonet.se)
The Hemp Picture Library
(lots of images of hemp...
uncertain if still a functioning site)
The Home of Hemp
(located at the Hypermedia Research Centre... maintained by Jay)
The Industrial Hemp Archive
(contains bibliography of hemp resources)
James Dawson's Freedom Page
(check his excellent links page...
has linked to the Alchemy shop)
Killer Shroom File From Hell
(magic mushrooms... how to grow, prepare and injest psychedelic funghi)
LSD
(links)
LSD-25 Synthesis
(taken from Psychedelic Guide to the Preparation of the Eucharist... for reference only)
"Marijuana: Misunderstood Plant of the Century" by Lucy Moon
(a very good summary article available in Lumpen 24...
uncertain if still online)
Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies
(MAP... e-mail st.maps@Cybernetics.net or eric@maps.org)
National NORML Homepage
(National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws...
e-mail: norml@natlnorml.org)
The Old Hippie's Marijuana and Hemp Information Page
(links to all web sites having to do with marijuana...
e-mail: hippie@iglou.com)
Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved
(ties-in with the book: Pihkal -- A Chemical Love Story ... designer amphetamine-related substances... be cautioned)
Psychedelic Psyberspace
(links page... psychedelics, 60s, music, culture)
Red Eye Press
(publish and distribute books dealing with psychedelics)
Sensi Seed Bank
(catalog... maintained on the Finnish Cannabis website)
Terence McKenna
(unofficial page)
Of Related Interest
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