How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (Paperback)
Michael Pollan (author)- 10+ in stock
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness
When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned.
In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people?
Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinatedby the implications of these drugs.
How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141985138
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'This is a serious work of history and science, but also one in which the author, under the influnce of toad venom, becomes convinced he's given birth to himself.' - The Observer
'His approach is steeped in honesty and self-awareness. His cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling' - Washington Post
'An easy-going humane generosity ... mischievous self-regard ... as if Henry David Thoreau had had an encounter with Woody Allen and never been quite the same since' - Simon Schama
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