50 Books like Magic Medicine

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 98%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

4.01

312

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Psychedelic Medicine 98%

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017

4.01

312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

How to Change Your Mind

by Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

4.27

85k+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

How to Change Your Mind 98%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

by Michael Pollan 2018

4.27

85k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Psychedelics

by David J. Nutt • 2023

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

4.36

637

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Psychedelics 98%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

by David J. Nutt 2023

4.36

637 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

by James Fadiman • 2011

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

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3k+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide 97%

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

by James Fadiman 2011

4.17

3k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

by Michelle Janikian • 2019

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

4.33

525

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 97%

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

by Michelle Janikian 2019

4.33

525 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

This Is Your Mind on Plants

by Michael Pollan • 2021

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

3.87

34k+

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

This Is Your Mind on Plants 96%

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

by Michael Pollan 2021

3.87

34k+ ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

4.15

11k+

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT 96%

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000

4.15

11k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 95%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

by Dennis McKenna • 2023

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

4.52

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 95%

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

by Dennis McKenna 2023

4.52

31 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Food of the Gods

by Terence McKenna • 1992

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

4.12

13k+

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

Food of the Gods 94%

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.12

13k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

Psychology of the Future

by Stanislav Grof • 2000

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

4.27

302

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Psychology of the Future 94%

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

by Stanislav Grof 2000

4.27

302 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

by Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

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5k+

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Drug Use for Grown-Ups 94%

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

by Carl L. Hart 2021

4.01

5k+ ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Psychedelics and the Soul

by Simon Yugler • 2024

Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.

4.57

102

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Depth Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 🕳️ Shadow Work 🧘 Somatic Healing

Psychedelics and the Soul 94%

Psychedelics open the soul. Myths show the way through what you find there.

by Simon Yugler 2024

4.57

102 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Depth Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 🕳️ Shadow Work 🧘 Somatic Healing

Good Chemistry

by Julie Holland • 2020

Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.

4.14

633

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤝 Attachment Theory 🌿 Holistic Healing 🖤 Shadow Work

Good Chemistry 94%

Your brain is built for belonging. Isolation rewires it. Mapping the neurochemistry of connection.

by Julie Holland 2020

4.14

633 ratings

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤝 Attachment Theory 🌿 Holistic Healing 🖤 Shadow Work

True Hallucinations

by Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

4.09

4k+

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

True Hallucinations 94%

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

by Terence McKenna 1993

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs

by Joanna Moncrieff • 2009

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

4.36

107

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal 🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique 📋 Informed Consent

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs Summary

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs 93%

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

by Joanna Moncrieff 2009

4.36

107 ratings

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal 🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique 📋 Informed Consent

Seeing through the Smoke

by Peter Grinspoon • 2023

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

4.03

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Seeing through the Smoke 93%

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

by Peter Grinspoon 2023

4.03

87 ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

The Chemical Muse

by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

3.89

177

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

The Chemical Muse 93%

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

by D.C.A. Hillman 2008

3.89

177 ratings

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

The Holotropic Mind

by Stanislav Grof • 1992

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

4.02

1k+

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Holotropic Mind 93%

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

by Stanislav Grof 1992

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Gabor Maté • 2007

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

4.48

24k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts 93%

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

by Gabor Maté 2007

4.48

24k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Addiction Recovery

Holotropic Breathwork

by Stanislav Grof • 2010

Breath and music unlock a self-healing state that reaches where talk therapy cannot.

3.87

621

🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🌀 Non-Ordinary States 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤲 Somatic Therapy

Holotropic Breathwork 93%

Breath and music unlock a self-healing state that reaches where talk therapy cannot.

by Stanislav Grof 2010

3.87

621 ratings

🌬️ Breathwork 🔮 Transpersonal Psychology 🌀 Non-Ordinary States 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🤲 Somatic Therapy

Tell Your Children

by Alex Berenson • 2019

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

4.01

1k+

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Tell Your Children 93%

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

by Alex Berenson 2019

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Mad in America

by Robert Whitaker • 2002

Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.

4.18

3k+

🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness 🧬 Eugenics 🔬 Scientific Fraud

Mad in America 93%

Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.

by Robert Whitaker 2002

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness 🧬 Eugenics 🔬 Scientific Fraud

Altered States of Consciousness

by Marc Wittmann • 2018

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

3.74

194

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

Altered States of Consciousness 93%

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

by Marc Wittmann 2018

3.74

194 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 💓 Interoception

Chasing the Scream

by Johann Hari • 2015

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

4.50

22k+

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Chasing the Scream 93%

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

by Johann Hari 2015

4.50

22k+ ratings

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

The Invisible Landscape

by Terence McKenna • 1975

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

3.99

1k+

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Invisible Landscape 93%

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

by Terence McKenna 1975

3.99

1k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Cosmic Serpent

by Jeremy Narby • 1998

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

4.17

8k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

The Cosmic Serpent 93%

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

by Jeremy Narby 1998

4.17

8k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

Antidepressed

by Beverley Thomson • 2021

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

4.40

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

Antidepressed 93%

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

by Beverley Thomson 2021

4.40

48 ratings

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

Advanced Lucid Dreaming

by Thomas Yuschak • 2006

Most dream guides skip the chemistry. These supplement stacks trigger lucidity on demand, reliably.

4.12

153

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💊 Nootropics 🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Neurochemistry 😴 Sleep Science

Advanced Lucid Dreaming 93%

Most dream guides skip the chemistry. These supplement stacks trigger lucidity on demand, reliably.

by Thomas Yuschak 2006

4.12

153 ratings

🌙 Lucid Dreaming 💊 Nootropics 🧬 Biohacking 🧪 Neurochemistry 😴 Sleep Science

The Immortality Key

by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

4.24

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Immortality Key 93%

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

by Brian C. Muraresku 2020

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

Ten Drugs

by Thomas Hager • 2019

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

4.18

5k+

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Ten Drugs 93%

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

by Thomas Hager 2019

4.18

5k+ ratings

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

The Cannabis Manifesto

by Steve DeAngelo • 2015

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

4.10

367

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

The Cannabis Manifesto 92%

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

by Steve DeAngelo 2015

4.10

367 ratings

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

American Therapy

by Jonathan Engel • 2008

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

3.39

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy 🧠 Biological Psychiatry ✊ Anti-Psychiatry

American Therapy 92%

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

by Jonathan Engel 2008

3.39

70 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy 🧠 Biological Psychiatry ✊ Anti-Psychiatry

Desperate Remedies

by Andrew Scull • 2022

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

4.09

448

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Desperate Remedies 92%

For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.

by Andrew Scull 2022

4.09

448 ratings

🏥 History Of Psychiatry 🏛️ Institutional Critique 💉 Medical Hubris 🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Smoke Signals

by Martin A. Lee • 2012

Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.

4.29

537

🌿 Cannabis History ⚔️ Drug War 💊 Medical Marijuana ✌️ Counterculture History ⛓️ Drug Criminalization

Smoke Signals 92%

Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.

by Martin A. Lee 2012

4.29

537 ratings

🌿 Cannabis History ⚔️ Drug War 💊 Medical Marijuana ✌️ Counterculture History ⛓️ Drug Criminalization

Stealing Fire

by Steven Kotler • 2017

Altered states are the new performance edge, and the race to engineer them has already started.

3.93

9k+

🌊 Altered States 🏔️ Peak Performance ⚡ Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Research 🚀 Human Potential

Stealing Fire 92%

Altered states are the new performance edge, and the race to engineer them has already started.

by Steven Kotler 2017

3.93

9k+ ratings

🌊 Altered States 🏔️ Peak Performance ⚡ Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Research 🚀 Human Potential

Then I Am Myself the World

by Christof Koch • 2024

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

3.98

388

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Then I Am Myself the World 92%

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

by Christof Koch 2024

3.98

388 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Psycho-Logical

by Dean Burnett • 2021

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

3.84

1k+

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psycho-Logical 92%

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

by Dean Burnett 2021

3.84

1k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

Dreaming Wide Awake

by David Jay Brown • 2016

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

4.26

125

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Dreaming Wide Awake 92%

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

by David Jay Brown 2016

4.26

125 ratings

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

No One Cares About Crazy People

by Ron Powers • 2017

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

3.87

4k+

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

No One Cares About Crazy People 92%

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

by Ron Powers 2017

3.87

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

Caffeinated

by Murray Carpenter • 2014

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

3.59

1k+

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

Caffeinated 92%

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

by Murray Carpenter 2014

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 92%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Simulations of God

by John C. Lilly • 1975

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

4.00

133

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Simulations of God 92%

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

by John C. Lilly 1975

4.00

133 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Why God Won't Go Away

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2001

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

3.89

1k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

Why God Won't Go Away 92%

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2001

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

The Cosmic Game

by Stanislav Grof • 1997

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

4.21

523

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

The Cosmic Game 92%

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

by Stanislav Grof 1997

4.21

523 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

3.93

25k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations 92%

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Ayahuasca in My Blood

by Peter Gorman • 2010

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

4.28

467

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🌱 Plant Spirit Shamanism

Ayahuasca in My Blood 92%

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