Hillary S. Webb is an anthropologist and author who has recently written ‘Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru’. She’s been kind enough to answer some of PsypressUK’s questions on her experiences of Peru and some of the elements of her excellent psychospiritual book. Your psychospiritual journey in Yanantin and Masintin … Continue reading
Martin W. Ball is an entheogen theorist and writer. He has been kind enough to answer some of PsypressUK’s questions ahead of a talk he is giving this month at the Hoxton Gallery, in London, concerning themes from his new book – All Is One: Understanding Entheogens and Nonduality. The talk is being putting on by … Continue reading
Inspired by surrealists such as Picasso, Dali, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Tokio Aoyama also channels through his art the essences of peace, ascension and love, embodied by musicians such as Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Sun Ra, as well as celebrating the free-spirited nature of artists including Miles Davis, Sly Stone and … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
