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PSYCHOTROPIC MIND
The World according to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism
Jeremy Narby, Jan Kounen and Vincent Ravalec £14.99 ISBN 978-15947-73129
In the Amazon, shamans do not talk in terms of hallucinogens but of tools for communicating with other life-forms. Ayahuasca, for example,
is first and foremost a means of breaking down the barrier that separates humans from other species, allowing us to communicate with them.
The introduction of plant-centred shamanism into the Western world in the 1970s was literally the meeting of two entirely different paradigms.
In The PSYCHOTROPIC MIND, three of the individuals who have been at the forefront of embracing other ways of knowing look at
the ramifications of the introduction into our Western culture of these shamanic practices and the psychotropic substances that support them.
SACRED MIRRORS: THE VISIONARY ART OF ALEX GREY
Alex Grey/Wilber/McCormick £26.00 ISBN 978 089281 314 8
This unique series of paintings takes the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of
the self. From anatomically correct rendering of the body systems, Grey moves to the spiritual/energetic systems with such images as
"Universal Mind Lattice," envisioning the sacred and esoteric symbolism of the body and the forces that define its living field of
energy.Includes essays on the significance of Grey's work by Ken Wilber, the eminent transpersonal psychologist, and by the noted New York
art critic, Carlo McCormick.
SACRED MIRRORS CARDS
Alex Grey £19.99 ISBN 978 159477 162 0
The Sacred Mirrors are a journey through our physical socio-political and spiritual anatomy. The SACRED MIRRORS CARDS contains
twenty-three meditation cards featuring reproductions of all twenty-one of Alex Grey's Sacred Mirrors paintings plus two additional
transformative images: Oversoul and The Angel. Grey's visionary poetry on the back of each card leads the meditator through contemplation
of the image on the front of the card culminating in a one-word theme for reflection. The twenty-three cards in this boxed set are intended to
lead the viewer through the process of theosis - that is coming closer to God - through contemplation of iconic archetypes and seeing oneself
each other and the world as a reflection of the divine.
SACRED MUSHROOM OF VISIONS: TEONANACATL
A Sourcebook on the Psilocybin Mushroom
Ralph Metzner £14.99 ISBN 978 159477 044 9
Teonanácatl was the name given to the visionary mushrooms used in ancient Mesoamerican shamanic ceremonies, mushrooms that contain
psilocybin, the psychoactive agent identified by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. The rediscovery of these visionary
mushrooms by the Mazatec healer Maria Sabina and mycologist R. Gordon Wasson ignited a worldwide mushroom culture that inspired the
consciousness revolution of the 1960s.
This book describes in vivid detail the consciousness-expanding experiences of psychoactive mushroom users - from artists to psychologists
- and the healing visionary inspiration they received. It provides firsthand accounts of studies performed in the controversial Harvard
Psilocybin Project, including the Concord Prison study and the Good Friday study. It also details how psilocybin has been used since the
1960s in psychotherapy, prisoner rehabilitation, the enhancement of creativity, and the induction of mystical experiences and is being studied
as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
SACRED MUSHROOM SEEKER
Thomas Riedlinger £21.00 ISBN 978 089281 338 4
A celebration of the life and pioneering work of the eminent mycologist and scholar R. Gordon Wasson. A legendary figure in ethnobotany,
R. Gordon Wasson's trail-blazing work on hallucinogenic mushrooms with the Mexican curandera Maria Sabina in the 1950s
brought increased scholarly attention to the importance of psychoactive plants in the spiritual life of indigenous peoples and had a profound
influence well beyond the academic world. His accessible writings helped popularize these discoveries, forming the ground for
the social revolution of the following decade. With the growing interest in the role of psychoactive plants in society today, the work of
R. Gordon Wasson and the example set by the man himself, so well illustrated here, takes on increasing importance.
SACRED VINE OF SPIRITS: AYAHUASCA
Edited by Ralph Metzner £14.99 ISBN 978 159477 053 1
Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic Amazonian plant mixture that has been for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years by native Indian and
mestizo shamans in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador for healing and divination. Many Western trained physicians and psychologists
have acknowledged that this substance can allow access to spiritual dimensions of consciousness, even mystical experiences
indistinguishable from classic religious mysticism.
In SACRED VINE OF SPIRITS: AYAHUASCA, Ralph Metzner, a pioneer in the study of consciousness, has assembled a group of
authoritative contributors who provide an exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological and chemistry of Ayahuasca from
leading scholars in the field of psychoactive research. He concludes with his own findings on Ayahuasca, including its applications in
medicine and psychology, and compares the worldview revealed by Ayahuasca visions to that of Western cultures.
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