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Acid Drops. Adventures in Psychedelia<\/h3>\t\t\t

Andy Roberts<\/strong>
\nHistorical articles on the banning of LSD in Britain and Welsh Psilocybin festivals are coupled with intimate interviews with such figures as LSD chemist Casey Hardison, Jeff Dexter, Andy Munro, and Liz Elliot. As well as being an extraordinary record of British psychedelic culture over the last sixty years, the book is a very frank account of the author’s personal experiences of LSD and the world of the counterculture.
\nPsychedelic Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Microcosms. Sacred Plants of the Americas<\/h3>\t\t\t

Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White<\/strong>
\nTo pay homage to sacred plants revered by Indigenous groups throughout the Americas is a way of honoring the entire world in a time of environmental emergency. The visual contents of this book magnify life in ways that may alter how humans perceive other living entities from our shared and threatened biosphere. Some of these plants contain the most potent psychoactive agents on the planet and serve as intermediaries that have enabled Native communities to communicate with their ancestors, wage war on the enemies of their land and their traditions, conceptualize entire cosmogonies, and maintain a nearly impossible ecological equilibrium.
\nPapadakis<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Genealogy of Plant Foods. The Spiritual, Nutritional, and Medicinal Power of the Foods That Sustain Us<\/h3>\t\t\t

Nathaniel Altman<\/strong>
\nThis wonderful book teaches us about the plant foods upon which we depend. Learn how the avocado, yam, lentil, and other foods detailed in this book migrated from their places of origin to where they can be found today, along with their mythological powers, spiritual significance, and the ancient and modern festivals held in their honour. The author discusses each plant\u2019s nutritional and healing properties, based on the latest scientific findings on nutraceuticals and phytochemicals, to present each food as a medicine.
\nHealing Arts Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Snakes and Arrows. An Oracle for Mapping Your Destiny (includes game board)<\/h3>\t\t\t

Polina Rud<\/strong>
\nOffering introspective insights for the beginning of the year or at any time, the origins of Snakes and Arrows trace back to gyan caupar<\/em>, or the \u201cgame of knowledge,\u201d a spiritual board game from ancient India. Like other forms of divination, such as the I Ching and the Tarot, the game offers a playful yet profound approach to explore the self, the present, and the future as well as understand one\u2019s destiny. The game\u2019s ascending path mirrors spiritual evolution and guides players toward enlightenment,. Rud shows how gyan caupar<\/em> symbolises the psyche\u2019s journey.
\nDestiny Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lament for a Literature<\/h3>\t\t\t

Richard Stursberg<\/strong>
\nA sweeping account of how English Canada once forged a confident literary culture\u2015and how that culture has steadily collapsed. For decades, books provided the country\u2019s most searching reflections on its history, politics, and identity; they shaped the national conversation and anchored a shared sense of who Canadians were. Author and media executive Richard Stursberg traces how this ecosystem emerged, flourished, and then eroded, foreign ownership, shifting cultural priorities, fragile institutions, and policy failures hollowed out the sector. Canadian voices need to be heard now, more than ever!
\nSutherland House<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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