The design of the Psychedelic Press UK 2013 magazine-anthology is well underway, and will shortly be winging its way off to the printer. Being an advert-free print publication, run on a non-profit basis, PsypressUK relies on sales to cover its costs. You can preorder a copy of the anthology for only £4! (+P&P). For...
THURDAY 8th – SUNDAY 11th AUGUST 2013: MATTERLY ESTATE – WINCHESTER BoomTownfair.co.uk New Lion’s Den teaser video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KABvLlrds4U&noredirect=1 The ever boundary busting BoomTown Fair is proud to unveil their latest madcap installation that is set to enrich the lives of many a BoomTown resident, Ladies and Gentlemen, BoomTown fair presents...
Originally published in 2009 ‘Tryptamine Palace: 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert Toad’ is written by James Oroc. Oroc is a journalist, photographer and artist who has been a member of the Burning Man community since 1999. His work has dealt with extreme sports in more than forty countries and he...
Originally published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 2010, the paperback edition of ‘The Peyote Road: Religious Freedom and the Native American Church’ by Thomas C. Maroukis came out in 2012. Maroukis, Professor of History at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, has previously written ‘Peyote and the Yankton Sioux: The...
The Lost Theory festival crew is currently cooking the edition of 2013. The new chapter of this extraordinary adventure will again take place on the grassy banks of a gently flowiing river – in Croatia. On their festival menu, only the best ingredients: sunny atmosphere, interesting workshops, wacky...
In many respects (though far from all,) the Psychedelic Press UK has been the result of my undertaking a Masters of Philosophy in English, which over the last few years I’ve been completing with the University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus), under the supervision of Prof. Nick Groom. It is entitled: The...
Originally published in Germany, in 1855, under the title ‘Die Narkotischen Genuβmittel und der Mensch’, this edition of Baron Ernst von Bibra’s ‘Plant Intoxicants’ was published in 1995 by Healing Arts Press. The book is a pioneering study of psychoactive plants and their role in society and was translated by...
After the success of PsypressUK 2012, as an advert-free saddle-stitch freebie, which received orders from across the globe, the magazine is returning for 2013. The next edition is tripling in size and will be soft-bound, making it not only an important source of features, articles, research and comment on psychedelics, but...
BoomTown Fair: A Tale of Many Cities… Fair Divided into Different Districts for 2013! THURDAY 8th – SUNDAY 11th AUGUST 2013 – MATTERLY ESTATE – WINCHESTER BoomTownfair.co.uk BoomTown Fair 2012: Festival Intoxication and the Theatre of Play “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it...
Originally published in 1973 by the Oxford University Press, ‘Hallucinogens and Shamanism’ is a collection of scholarly, anthropological essays compiled and edited by Michael J. Harner. At the time of publication Harner was the President of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. After the wide negative publicity surrounding hallucinogens during the...
