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The Sacred Mushroom. Key to the Door of Eternity (1959\/2025)<\/h3>\t\t\t

Andrija Puharich<\/strong>
\nIn 1954, neurologist Andrija Puharich, M.D., receives a call from a wealthy supporter of his lab about an unusual subject worthy of further research: Harry Stone, a young sculptor with unusually acute extrasensory perception. When handed an ancient Egyptian artifact, Harry had fallen into a deep trance, drawing hieroglyphic symbols, including mushrooms, and using ancient Egyptian phrases to describe a drug that can enhance psychic abilities. This book reveals all the details of that story in this new edition of the psychedelic classic.
\nPark Street Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Handbook of Entheogenic Healing\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t

Michael J. Winkelman (Contributor)
\n<\/strong>Handbook of Entheogenic Healing
\nEntheogenic Healing describes and analyses twenty contemporary indigenous traditional practices, mestizo adaptations, and recently emerging global traditions, illustrating the ritual and cultural contexts and the commonalities of these psychedelic therapeutic practices as guidelines for enhancing clinical approaches of the Psychedelic Renaissance.
\nBrill<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t

Andrew Gallimore
\n<\/strong>DMT is the world\u2019s strangest and most mysterious drug, inducing one of the most remarkable and yet least understood of all states of consciousness. This common plant molecule has, from ancient times to the modern day, been used as a tool to gain access to a bizarre alien reality of inordinate complexity and unimaginable strangeness, populated by a panoply of highly advanced, intelligent, and communicative beings entirely not of this world. The story of DMT forces us to reconsider our most basic assumptions about the nature of reality and our place within it.
\nSt. Martin\u2019s Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Plant energy Medicine. The Guiding Voice & Healing Vobrations of 58 Plants<\/h3>\t\t\t

Rhonda Pallasdowney & Sandi O\u2019Connor
\n<\/strong>By learning to listen quietly to flowers and plants, we can tune in to the inner teachings they have to offer us. Plants can not only heal us, but they can also teach us how to live a more joyful, healthy, and balanced life. Each plant discussion also features full-color close-up photos by Rhonda PallasDowney that capture the energetic imprint and personality of the plant. Sharing the teachings they’ve received through years of attentive listening to flowers, trees, and plants, Rhonda PallasDowney and Sandi O’Connor explore how to deepen your personal experience with the world of plants and connect with their energies.
\nBear & Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A Philosopher Looks at Clothes<\/h3>\t\t\t

Kate Moran
\n<\/strong>Clothes are much more than just what we put on in the morning. They express our identity; they can be an independent statement or the result of coercion; and they have deeply entrenched historical, political, and social aspects. Kate Moran explores the connections between clothes and philosophy, showing how clothes can illustrate and pose philosophical problems, and how philosophical ideas influence clothing. Her portrait of our clothes helps us to understand an important and underexplored aspect of our lives.
\nCambridge University Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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