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Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Mushroom in Christian Art’ by John A. Rush by Literary Review: ‘The Alchemy of Culture’ by Richard Rudgley « Psychedelic Press UK

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:02:05 +0000

[...] artwork for evidence of intoxicants usually takes a number of forms, like John A. Rush’s The Mushroom in Christian Art (2011) that attempts to read the evidence of a mushroom cult from an a priori assertion of its [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Emperors of Dreams’ by Mike Jay by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:54:18 +0000

[...] by Mike Jay. Jay is one Britain’s leading drug writers and his works include ‘Blue Tide’, ‘Emperors of Dreams’ and, more recently, ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ and ‘High [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] by Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:10:58 +0000

I scream, you scream, we all scream for…drugs.

Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Peyote Dance’ by Antonin Artaud by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:29 +0000

[...] from Havelock Ellis’s Mescal: A New Artificial Paradise (1898), one from Antonin Artaud’s The Peyote Dance, and Huxley’s aforementioned The Doors of Perception, among others, reveal the potency of a drug [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Freud on Coke’ by David Cohen by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:26 +0000

[...] inclusions are revealing of character and history in ways that are not always popularly known: Sigmund Freud writing eloquently on the virtues of cocaine (while he ‘medicated’ himself with the drug it [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Miserable Miracle’ By Henri Michaux by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:23 +0000

[...] his section on drugs and art. The vista it opens up includes works from such diverse characters as Henri Michaux, Mezz Mezzrow and Lewis Carroll. The effect is to ground drugs, and the intoxication they produce, [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell’ by Aldous Huxley by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:20 +0000

[...] from the more obvious inclusions, like Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception (1954), Timothy Leary’s Flashbacks (1983) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four (1889), [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings’ by Thomas De Quincey by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:17 +0000

[...] wine, hashish and opium. While his opium writing is mostly a translation of Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822), which also has a place in this collection, it is his work on hashish that is included. Jay [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Charles Baudelaire by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:14 +0000

[...] anthology – Artificial Paradises – is taken from the nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire’s own work of the same name. Published in 1860 Baudelaire’s work is largely concerned with wine, [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘High Society’ by Mike Jay by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:10 +0000

[...] Originally published in 1999 ‘Artificial Paradises’ is a collection of passages from across the far-reaching genre of drug literature and was collated and edited by Mike Jay. Jay is one Britain’s leading drug writers and his works include ‘Blue Tide’, ‘Emperors of Dreams’ and, more recently, ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ and ‘High Society’. [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ by Mike Jay by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:07 +0000

[...] drug writers and his works include ‘Blue Tide’, ‘Emperors of Dreams’ and, more recently, ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ and ‘High [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Blue Tide’ by Mike Jay by Literary Review: ‘Artificial Paradises’ by Mike Jay [ed.] « Psychedelic Press UK

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:01 +0000

[...] and edited by Mike Jay. Jay is one Britain’s leading drug writers and his works include ‘Blue Tide’, ‘Emperors of Dreams’ and, more recently, ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ and ‘High [...]

Comment on Drugs and Denial: Society Soaked in Chemicals by cognitivelibertyuk

cognitivelibertyuk — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:10:54 +0000

Reblogged this on Cognitive Liberty UK.

Comment on Drugs and Denial: Society Soaked in Chemicals by Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:36:10 +0000

Legalize, regulate and control the sale and distrbution of all drugs. The world will not end, and it won’t be long before we wonder out loud what took us so long.

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Pleasures and Pains’ by Barry Milligan by Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:04 +0000

Nice piece, Rob!

Comment on Literary Review: ‘Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings’ by Thomas De Quincey by Literary Review: ‘Pleasures and Pains’ by Barry Milligan « Psychedelic Press UK

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:50:54 +0000

[...] de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) had a huge impact on writers in Europe and America; both for his take on opium and the [...]

Comment on How Opium Was Really Used (And Abused): The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins and Wikipedia by Literary Review: ‘Pleasures and Pains’ by Barry Milligan « Psychedelic Press UK

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:50:51 +0000

[...] the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), and the writers Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) and Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) respectively. Coleridge, of whom the above quote refers, is famous for his purportedly [...]

Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ By Tom Wolfe by Book Review « The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Book Review « The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:24:44 +0000

[...] Review #1 [...]

Comment on Talk: ‘Psychedelics and Brain Imaging’ by Dr Robin Carhart-Harris by Imaging the brain on psychedelics – Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris | yourbrainondrugs.net

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:16:29 +0000

[...] Talk: ‘Psychedelics and Brain Imaging’ by Dr Robin Carhart-Harris(psypressuk.com) [...]

Comment on The Psychedelic Dictionary: Psychedelia and Entheogenia by Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:25:51 +0000

Always a pleasure, Rob. Hope you enjoyed Bicycle Day as much as I did!