Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats: A Guide to the History, Identification and Use of Psychoactive Fungi
Paul Stamets
The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. Stamet’s new book brings depth and understanding to an often-misunderstood topic. Revealing the potential of these powerful, mind-awakening fungi to help us live better, happier lives through micro- and macro-dosing, this handbook is an indispensable—and potentially lifesaving—addition to mushroom field guides from the biggest name in mycology.
Random House
Psychedelic Capitalism
Jamie Brownlee / Kevin Walby
This book locates this psychedelic renaissance in the context of corporate capture, medicalization, and the war on drugs. Wealthy entrepreneurs are investing billions in the psychedelics industry. Biotechnology firms are racing to capture intellectual property and monopolize psychedelic supply chains. Venture capitalists are leveraging the prospects of a lucrative mass market. Together, these actors are appropriating Indigenous knowledge and claiming ownership over substances that have been in the public domain for centuries.
Fernwood Publishing
Navigating Liminal Realms. Psychonavigation Skills for Lucid Dreaming, Trance Journeys, and Altered States
Norma J. Burton / Nisha Burton
Norma and Nisha Burton map the important connection between three gateways into the psyche’s depths: lucid dreaming, shamanic drumming trance journeys, and ceremonial plant medicine journeys. With drumming-induced trance journeys, they explore the scientific effect on brainwave frequencies alongside consciousness teachings from indigenous cultures like the Sami of Norway and Huichol of Mexico. Their approach to lucid dreaming transcends basic instruction, offering sophisticated techniques to not only summon but sustain lucidity and integrate suppressed parts of oneself.
Findhorn Press
This is Chaos
Peter J. Carroll
Carroll’s work showcases where chaos magic has come from, where it is now, and most importantly, where it is going. Helmed by one of the originators of chaos magic, Peter J. Carroll, this book is filled with essays by some of the most respected chaos magic workers who are redefining magic for the modern practitioner. Among its contents: Chaos magic meets witchcraft, Egregores, Virtual reality and cyber magic, Animist sorcery, The power of personal mythology and quantum chaos, Tarot in chaos magic, Chaos magic and neuro-hacking, Esoteric Buddhism and the eight chaos gods.
Weiser Books
We Can Do Hard Things. Answers to Life’s 20 Questions
Glennon Doyle / Abby Wambach / Amanda Doyle
Every day, Glennon Doyle spirals around the same questions.The harder life gets, the less likely she is to remember the answers she’s spent her life learning. She wonders: I’m almost fifty years old. I’ve overcome a hell of a lot. Why do I wake up every day having forgotten everything I know? Glennon’s compasses are her sister, Amanda, and her wife, Abby. Recently, in the span of a single year, Glennon was diagnosed with anorexia, Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Abby’s beloved brother died. They turned toward the only thing that’s ever helped them find their way: deep, honest conversations with other brave, kind, wise people.
The Dial Press