Drawing it Out7 reviews
Sherana Harriette Frances

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2001

Suicide is painless ...

+ A Trip to the Source
+ A Profound and Evocative Portrayal
+ I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
+ Drawing It Out: Befriending the Unconscious
  
  











  



  
Shivitti: A Vision (Gateways Consciousness Classics) (Consciousness Classics)3 reviews
et al Ka-Tzetnik 135633

Gateways Books & Tapes, 1998

a witness to the greatest atrocity in history

+ dangers of psychedelic psychotherapy
+ haunting good book

This book is a great insight into the personality of the author Yehiel Dinur a.k.a Katzetik. The book stands on its own as a powerful recording of the events that took place in the life of the author during the holocaust. As with all of Katzetnik's books the events are heart wrentching. Particulary ...
  
  











  



  
The Human Encounter with Death1 review
Stanislav Grof, Joan Halifax

E. P. Dutton, 1977

Healing for the Dying Through Psychedelic Therapy

In THE HUMAN ENCOUNTER WITH DEATH, Stanislav Grof, M.D. and Joan Halifax tell how psychedelic therapy can be used to help people with terminal illness. One way the dying are helped by psychedelic therapy is in accepting their impending death. After a psychedelic-induced transcendent spiritual ...
  
  











  



  
Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered (Drug Policy Classics Reprints Series Number 1)2 reviews
Lester Grinspoon, James B. Bakalar

The Lindesmith Center, 1997

Informative, and this book needs to have stars.

+ LSD: Gnosis or Psychosis?

Reluctant as I am to write a review, noticing that this fine publication has gone unreviewed demands that I take some initiative. It is direct, well-written, provides sound cultural and scientific analysis and is truly enlightening. The issue of drugs and their relationship to 21st century ...
  
  











  



  
Hallucinogens: A Reader (New Consciousness Reader)2 reviews
Charles S. Grob

Tarcher, 2002

essential

+ excellent

a beautifully designed and conceived work that lays out some of the more important articles ever written on the subject of Westerners' interpretations on the meanings of psychoactives. The reader is easily entertained and enriched by well-informed, educated voices who take it one step further by ...
  
  











  



  
Through the Gateway of the Heart: Accounts of Experiences with MDMA and Other Emphathogenic Substances1 review

Four Trees Publications, 1986

A Welcome Counterpoint

At last, a book about the MDMA experience that doesn't simply parrot the same old war-on-drugs propaganda, but sheds light on the subjective experience of real people who took the psychoactive agent and found the experience to be transformative in important ways. This is a welcome addition to the ...
  
  











  



  
LSD, Spirituality, and the Creative Process: Based on the Groundbreaking Research of Oscar Janiger, M.D.1 review
Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Oscar Janiger

Park Street Press, 2003

Really amazing :)

This is a great book. Not only doest it the 'core characters' of an acid trip, the book also includes first hand accounts from the subjects in Dr. Janiger's LSD experiments. There is sections of poetry and art created by subject on LSD. Its a pretty awesome book. :)
  
  











  



  
The Beyond Within: The L.S.D. Story1 review
Sidney Cohen

Encore Editions, 1972

The definative book on LSD

Absolute must have for any one with extensive interest in LSD. ALL aspects of the drug are explained and there are many testimonials. Ever tripped really hard and didn't know what to think? This book shows that others have had your experiences and translates everything into definitions for all of ...
  
  











  



  
Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics (Suny Series in Transpersonal and ...3 reviews

State University of New York Press, 2005

How it all began

+ Great interviewbook with mindexpanded pioneers
+ A Psychedelic Resource for Every Library

Roger Walsh and Charles Grob have edited a fine text concerning the impact of psychedelics. It is a very important and interesting book in this field. It is a book detailing how psychedelics became an intensely studied topic in psychiatry and psychology. Beginning with the synthesis of LSD by ...
  
  











  



  
Drug, Set and Setting: The Basis for Controlled Intoxicant Use1 review
Norman E. Zinberg

Yale Univ Pr, 1984

A classic, sadly neglected and out of print

It is a terrible shame that this classic book is out of print. It is one of the most insightful, and sensible, books written about drug use and addiction. The author tackles what is probably still the most taboo subject in drug research (controlled heroin use) with dignity and responsibility. ...
  
  











  



  
Gateway to Inner Space: Sacred Plants, Mysticism and Psychotherapy2 reviews

Avery Publishing Group, 1990

Entheogens: Professional Listing

+ Nice Compendium

"Gateway to Inner Space" has been selected for listing in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy." http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy
  
  











  



  
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience: The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche7 reviews
Robert Masters, Jean Houston

Park Street Press, 2000

Best Ever Work About The Psychedelic Experience

+ Read this book!
+ well written approach to psychedelic therapy
+ Informative, eye-opening view of the psychedelic experience
+ The best book on psychedelics of ALL.
  
  











  



  
The Secret Chief Revealed3 reviews
Myron J. Stolaroff

MAPS, 2005

conversations with a true human and an intro to the major players in psychededlic reasearch

+ Psychedelic Exploration - Theory & Practice
+ Interesting and Motivational

The Secret Chief Revealed: conversations with Leo Zeff, pioneer in the underground psychedelic therapy movement, Strolaroff, Myron, MAPS Sarasota, FL, 2004 Reviewed by dogbreth (willing to accept comments) bethere@centurytel.net A quick read loaded with insights, The Secret Chief Revealed ...
  
  











  



  
LSD: My Problem Child16 reviews
Albert Hofmann

MAPS, 2005

a third way through book. fascinating. RIP Albert

+ The Ultimate Perscription
+ Who Better?
+ problem children can do great things
  
  











  



  
Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transendence in Psychotherapy (Suny Series, Transpersonal & Humanistic ...6 reviews
Stanislav Grof

State University of New York Press, 1986

A NEW VIEW OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH

+ Plenty of nuggets in the goldfield
+ Challenges the existing paradigm
+ Preverbal Revelation
  
  











  



  
The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Inner ...7 reviews
Stanislav Grof

State University of New York Press, 1988

The Most Brilliant Investigator in History

+ Inner Journey's.
+ Hitching a Ride on the Infinite Subway
+ Hyperventilation as a Therapy Towards Wholeness and Healing
+ One of his best
  
  











  



  
Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic ...9 reviews
Christopher M. Bache

State University of New York Press, 2000

Remarkable Account of Our Collective Transformation

+ Dark Night, Early Dawn
+ 'Dark Night' adds light to spiritual journey
+ Read it
  
  











  



  
LSD Psychotherapy8 reviews
Stanislav Grof M.D.

MAPS, 2001

Remarkable, practical wisdom

+ christopher theophilus from the green mountain state of Vermont writes:
+ Great book
+ 3,000 sessions and counting . . .
  
  











  



  
Lsd Psychotherapy: An Exploration of Psychedelic and Psycholytic Therapy,1 review
William Vernon. Caldwell

Grove Press, 1968

The big view

Caldwell travelled widely in the USA and Europe visiting and studying results in the practices or clinics of psychiatrists using LSD as a psychotherapeutic tool. In the book he gives an excellent synthesis of the mass of information and experience gathered. I come back to this book again and ...
  
  











  



  
Thanatos to Eros: 35 Years of Psychedelic Exploration Ethnomedicien and the Study of Consciousness (Series ...2 reviews
Myron J. Stolaroff

Verlag for Wissenschaft Und Bildung, 1994

An important testament to the guided use of psychedelics

+ Entheogens: Professional Listing

This truly remarkable book details the structured use of a variety of phenethylamine and tryptamine derivatives by the author and his entrepid band of psychonauts. Working within the framework of the law (Stolaroff stopped use when particular drugs were scheduled) Myron Stolaroff is truly an ...