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Ayahuasca and the Vines of Politics
The following article has been written and contributed to PsypressUK by the Reverend Nemu, author of Nemu’s End: The History, Psychology, and Poetry of the Apocalypse and the Nemu’s End blog, with special thanks to the other Devilish Dan. We’d like to extend our thanks to the Reverend for his time and effort writing this article. After bubbling and brewing away for … Continue reading
Resonance Dreaming: Nitrous Oxide, Nos and Hippie Crack
At one point there gathered an intensity. Midday on Saturday and the music festival was pulsing in the throng of its three-day ecstasy. After a wonky Friday night, Cole and myself had taken shelter from the glaring, hot sun and were sitting in a no-shoes, hookah and chai café. Colourful drapes were hung across the … Continue reading
Interview: James L. Kent
James L. Kent is the author of ‘Psychedelic Information Theory – Shamanism in the Age of Reason’ and the editor of dosenation.com. He’s been kind enough to answer some questions on a range of topics including psychedelics and culture, shamanism, his influences and some of the ideas behind Psychedelic Information Theory. You can read a … Continue reading
How Opium Was Really Used (And Abused): The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins and Wikipedia
The following article was written by Jo Clarke and was originally published at synchronium.net on May 21st, 2009 and is reproduced here with permission from the author. Wikipedia may not be the best place to start a bibliographical essay; it is unpopular in academic circles due to a lack of citations and references and often unreliable … Continue reading
Waveform Festival Review 2010
Waveform is an environmentally-friendly, three day, 24hr psychedelic trance festival. This year the party took place in Suffolk, England and PsypressUK was there to cover the electronica blitz. All photos by Craig Pennell. Hanging from the middle of the roof in the Happy Hookah’s tent swung several Barbie Dolls, clad in bondage gear and embracing … Continue reading
A UK Magic Mushroom Flashback
At a time when we’re being encouraged to have our say politically, it seems appropriate to have a little Magic Mushroom flashback. The active ingredients of Psilocybe mushrooms (psilocybin and psilocin) were made schedule 1 drugs in the UK, in 1971, meaning possession and supply could land you a very long prison sentence, on a … Continue reading
The Psychology of Entheogens: An Exposition of the ‘Entheological Paradigm’
The following is a deconstruction of the methodology employed by Martin W. Ball Ph.D. in his essay ‘Terence on DMT: An entheological analysis of McKenna’s Experiences in the Tryptamine Mirror of the Self’. It is not intended to be reaching any particular ‘truth’ over the claims made in the essay’s conclusions, rather, it intends to … Continue reading
Interview: Roger Keen
Roger Keen is an English film-maker and writer. He spent nearly 30 years working for companies like the BBC and ITV making television dramas, documentaries, news and consumer programmes. Since 2006 he has concentrated on his writing and his novelistic memoir ‘The Mad Artist – Psychonautic Adventures from the 1970s’ was published in 2010. Set … Continue reading
Interview: Andy Roberts
Andy Roberts is a writer and the author of ‘Albion Dreaming – A cultural history of LSD in Britain’. The first book to deal exclusively with the impact of LSD on British culture ‘Albion Dreaming’ is a thoughtfully researched space into the history of the relationship, which investigates military, scientific and social perspectives. Andy has been … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘Wildest Dreams’ Edit. Richard Rudgley
Originally published in 1999, compiled and edited by Richard Rudgley, ‘Wildest Dreams – An anthology of drug-related literature’ is nothing if not comprehensive. Ranging from the second to the twentieth century A.D. ‘Wildest Dreams’ is a grand tour of the human relationship with drugs, through the medium of literature. Rudgley, born in Hampshire in 1961, … Continue reading
