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Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth<\/h3>\t\t\t

Krishna Hunter, Fran\u00e7oise Bourzat<\/strong>
\nPsychedelic medicines also known as entheogens are entering the mainstream. No wonder: despite having access to the latest wellness trends and advances in technology, we\u2019re no healthier, happier, or more meaningfully connected. Psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and LSD \u2014 as well as other time-tested techniques with the power to shift consciousness such as drumming, meditation, and vision quests \u2014 are now being recognised as potent catalysts for change and healing. But how do we ensure that we\u2019re approaching them effectively? Fran\u00e7oise Bourzat \u2014 a counsellor and experienced guide with sanctioned training in the Mazatec and other indigenous traditions\u2014and healer Kristina Hunter introduce a holistic model focusing on the threefold process of preparation, journey, and integration. A comprehensive guide to the safe and ethical application of expanded states of consciousness, for therapists, healing practitioners and explorers.
\nCopyrighted material, June 2019\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alien Information: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game<\/h3>\t\t\t

Andrew R. Gallimore<\/strong>
\nThe neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist explains how DMT provides the secret to the very structure of our reality, and how our Universe can be likened to a cosmic game that we now find ourselves playing, using a fundamental code which generated our Universe \u2014 and countless others \u2014 as a digital device built from pure information with the purpose of enabling conscious intelligences, such as ourselves, to emerge. You will learn how fundamental digital information self-organises and complexities to generate the myriad complex forms and organisms that fill our world; how your brain constructs your subjective world and how psychedelic drugs alter the structure of this world; how DMT switches the reality channel by allowing the brain to access information from normally hidden orthogonal dimensions of reality.
\nStrange World Press, June 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Shapeshifters<\/h3>\t\t\t

John B. Kachuba<\/strong>
\nThe myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters are brought vividly to life in John B. Kachuba\u2019s compelling and original cultural history. Rituals in early cultures worldwide seemingly allowed shamans, sorcerers, witches, and wizards to transform at will into animals and back again. Today, there are millions of people who believe that shapeshifters walk among us and may even be world leaders. Featuring a fantastic and ghoulish array of examples from history, literature, film, TV, and computer games,\u00a0Shapeshifters\u00a0<\/em>explores our secret desire to become something other than human. Real or imaginary, shapeshifters lurk deep in our psyches and remain formidable cultural icons.
\nUniversity of Chicago Press, June 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Way of the Psychonaut. Encyclopedia for Inner Journeys. Volumes I and II<\/h3>\t\t\t

Stanislav Grof, M.D., PhD.<\/strong>
\nWritten in his late eighties, at the height of his career,\u00a0The Way of the Psychonaut<\/em>\u00a0is possibly Stanislav Grof\u2019s greatest contribution. The astounding breadth and depth of his knowledge, the easy and accessible tone of his writing, and his narratives brightened with amusing anecdotes, intriguing personal accounts, and brilliant case studies makes it a page-turner. Grof reviews the history of depth psychotherapy, the important revisions\u00a0needed to make it more effective, and why the inner quest is such an essential pursuit. As one of the fathers of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, its most experienced practitioner, and deeply deserving of a Nobel Prize in medicine, in these two volumes Grof has successfully unveiled a new and sweeping paradigm in self-exploration and healing. The\u00a0vast and practical knowledge in this book is sure to be an invaluable and treasured resource for all serious seekers.
\nMAPS, July 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Gods of Jade and Shadow<\/h3>\t\t\t

Silvia-Moreno-Garcia<\/strong>
\nThe Jazz Age is in full swing but Cassiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather\u2019s house to listen to any fast tunes. Instead, she spends her time dreaming of a life of her own far from her small town in Southern Mexico. This new life seems as distant the start until she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather\u2019s room. By opening it, she accidentally releases the spirit of the Mayan god of death who requests her help in recovering his throne from his brother. This is a mission she cannot refuse or fail but success could make her dreams come true. In the company of the strangely alluring gods, Cassiopea begins a cross-country odyssey that takes her from the jungles of Yucatan to the bright lights of Mexico City as well as deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.
\nBarnes and Noble, August 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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