“Imagine a garden with a hundred kinds of trees, a thousand kinds of flowers, a hundred kinds of fruit and vegetables. Suppose, then, that the gardener of this garden knew no other distinction than between edible and inedible, nine-tenths of...
So far in this investigation into psychedelic literature we have identified a number of ideas that appear to be central components of the genre. In a nutshell; a said work requires firstly a psychonaut, the protagonist who has willing intention...
In part 2 of PsypressUK’s interview with Charles Hayes – editor of Tripping – we’re going to take a look at some of the literature that first inspired him and also examine his thoughts on some of the different sub-genres...
Charles Hayes, the editor of Tripping : An anthology of true-life psychedelic experiences has been kind enough to lend Psychedelic Press UK his thoughts on psychedelic literature and give us some insights into how Tripping came into existence. In this, part 1 of...
The popularization of psychedelic drugs The Psychedelic drug culture is a spliced entity in the 21st century. On the one hand there is law based on speculation and bad science that stipulates harsh penalties for their use. On the...
Every so often a book comes along that has the power to divide people, not because it has gone out of its way to be contentious, but because the prose itself has such a powerful effect on those who read it....
Artist: Beans on Toast Song: MDMamazing Musically ‘Beans on Toast’ is folk; one man and his guitar. However, lyrically, MDMamazing is a wonderful tale of the festival psychonaut who under the experience of MDMA goes through, and beautifully describes, the...
Island by Aldous Huxley is the lesser known cousin of his two more famous psychedelic essays The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell and brilliantly demonstrates his own unique understanding of the role of psychedelics in society in fictional form. First...
A Guide to British Psilocybin Mushrooms (1977) by Richard Cooper is the first magic mushroom hunting guide to be published in the UK. Strictly, this fantastic little guide is far from being an obvious inclusion in a literary review, yet it is impossible...
In Search of the Magic Mushroom (1972) by Jeremy Sandford is somewhat of an oddity in the grand scheme of psychedelic literature – although similar works have explored Mexico and hallucinogens. Partly a reactionary book to the works of John M....
