{"id":3579,"date":"2025-07-01T06:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2025-07-01T06:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:08:55","slug":"goodnews-july-2025-good-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2025\/07\/01\/goodnews-july-2025-good-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"goodnews july 2025 \u2013 good to read"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats: A Guide to the History, Identification and Use of Psychoactive Fungi\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t

Paul Stamets<\/strong>
\nThe past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. Stamet\u2019s 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\u2014and potentially lifesaving\u2014addition to mushroom field guides from the biggest name in mycology.
\nRandom House<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Psychedelic Capitalism<\/h3>\t\t\t

Jamie Brownlee \/ Kevin Walby
\n<\/strong>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.
\nFernwood Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Navigating Liminal Realms. Psychonavigation Skills for Lucid\u00a0Dreaming, Trance Journeys, and Altered States<\/h3>\t\t\t

Norma J. Burton \/\u00a0Nisha Burton
\n<\/strong>Norma and Nisha Burton map the important connection between three gateways into the psyche\u2019s 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.
\nFindhorn Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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This is Chaos<\/h3>\t\t\t

Peter J. Carroll
\n<\/strong>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.
\nWeiser Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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We Can Do Hard Things. Answers to Life’s 20 Questions<\/h3>\t\t\t

Glennon Doyle \/ Abby Wambach \/ Amanda Doyle
\n<\/strong>Every day, Glennon Doyle spirals around the same questions.The harder life gets, the less likely she is to remember the answers she\u2019s spent her life learning. She wonders: I\u2019m almost fifty years old. I\u2019ve overcome a hell of a lot. Why do I wake up every day having forgotten everything I know? Glennon\u2019s 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\u2019s beloved brother died. They turned toward the only thing that\u2019s ever helped them find their way: deep, honest conversations with other brave, kind, wise people.
\nThe Dial Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Stamets The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. Stamet\u2019s 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\u2014andContinue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3579"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3709,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions\/3709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}