Psychedelic Press UK
Interviews
An interview with Lesley Myburgh: an Andean Huachumera (San Pedro Healer)
The following interview was written, conducted and published here with the permission of, Ross Heaven. (See bottom of article for more details.) San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi), the sacred cactus and visionary teacher plant of the South Americas, is especially associated with the shamans and healers (curanderos) of the Peruvian Andes. It has other names among these healers … Continue reading
Interview: Leaf Fielding
Leaf Fielding is the author of ‘To Live Outside the Law’, a book that chronicles Leaf’s life and his involvement with the production and distribution of LSD during the 1970s in Britain, which led to his imprisonment during the police force’s infamous Operation Julie. Leaf’s been kind enough to lend PsypressUK his thoughts on writing the book, the … Continue reading
Interview: Electronic dance legends Akahum
Akahum is a high-energy ‘live’ act, purveyors of trance-dub-vibes, funky psy-grooves and thundering-dance-rhythms. Appearing at the Waveform electronic dance festival this year, PsypressUK friends Parallel PR have kindly passed on this interview with Akahum in anticipation of the UK’s premier psy-trance event. Hope you enjoy, and hope to see you all there for a wonky … 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
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 Letcher
Andy Letcher is a writer of non-fiction, specifically psychedelics, paganism, shamanism and evolution, a lecturer and a folk musician. He is the author of ‘Shroom – A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom’, an evidence-based research project examining human relationships with psilocybin and Amanita mushrooms. He’s also had an academic essay – Mad thoughts on … 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
Interview: Rick Strassman M.D.
Rick Strassman M.D. is the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule, a modern psychedelic classic, which chronicles Rick’s experiences conducting a human research trial with DMT between 1990-1995. He’s been kind enough to lend PsypressUK his thoughts on psychedelic literature, writing and his latest projects. The depth and breadth to which psychedelic literature reaches is … Continue reading
