Comments for Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com A rhizome of drugs, writing and culture Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Experience’ by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner & Richard Alpert by Literary Review: ‘Drugtakers in an English Town’ by Martin A. Plant « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/03/28/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-psychedelic-experience-a-manual-based-on-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead%e2%80%99-by-timothy-leary-ralph-metzner-richard-alpert/#comment-3491 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:33 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3491 [...] from his study group. Specifically the books The Doors of Perception (1954) by Aldous Huxley and The Psychedelic Experience (1964) by Timothy Leary et al. are often cited as influences on the large proportion of [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell’ by Aldous Huxley by Literary Review: ‘Drugtakers in an English Town’ by Martin A. Plant « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/03/18/literary-review-the-doors-of-perception-heaven-and-hell-by-aldous-huxley/#comment-3490 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:30 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=255#comment-3490 [...] by extension, from the information garnered by Plant from his study group. Specifically the books The Doors of Perception (1954) by Aldous Huxley and The Psychedelic Experience (1964) by Timothy Leary et al. are often [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘Miserable Miracle’ By Henri Michaux by Literary Review: ‘Perilous Passage’ by Terry Wilson « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/06/16/literary-review-%e2%80%98miserable-miracle%e2%80%99-by-henri-michaux/#comment-3489 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:16:56 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=825#comment-3489 [...] to the experiences is quite literary, so far as he employs Henri Michaux – specifically his book Miserable Miracle (France, 1956) – as a former for them. Michaux, while recognising a multiplicity of elements [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Yage Letters – Redux’ By William Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg by Literary Review: ‘Perilous Passage’ by Terry Wilson « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/05/07/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-yage-letters-%e2%80%93-redux%e2%80%99-by-william-burroughs-allen-ginsberg/#comment-3488 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:16:53 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=752#comment-3488 [...] – following in the footsteps of Burroughs himself who chronicled his own ayahuasca journey in The Yage Letters (1963). Aside from the cultural element of visiting the shamans of Peru, being fleeced for money [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Experience’ by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner & Richard Alpert by Literary Review: ‘On Drugs’ by David Lenson « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/03/28/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-psychedelic-experience-a-manual-based-on-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead%e2%80%99-by-timothy-leary-ralph-metzner-richard-alpert/#comment-3460 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:46:32 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-3460 [...] “Their insistence on forcing their insights into a framework which is essentially Tibetan [The Psychedelic Experience] produces a strained, somewhat artificial effect” (Lenson 143). Lenson suggests that this [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘Writing on Drugs’ By Sadie Plant by Literary Review: ‘On Drugs’ by David Lenson « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2009/10/20/literary-review-%e2%80%98writing-on-drugs%e2%80%99-by-sadie-plant/#comment-3459 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:46:30 +0000 http://psypressuk.wordpress.com/?p=450#comment-3459 [...] In On Drugs (1995), David Lenson coins the term pharmacography as a category term for writings on drugs. His own text appeared at an important time in the history of pharmacographies for two reasons. Firstly, it took the opportunity to appear during Bill Clinton’s reign as U.S. president, when although the ‘War on Drugs’ still continued, the propaganda-fuelled public rhetoric of Richard Nixon, and Ronald Regan’s ‘Just Say No’ campaign, had eased off, offering a brief lull in anti-drugs fervour. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly for the scholarly approach, Lenson undertakes a cultural analysis on the question of drugs, based on the user, which sees them embedded as an intrinsic part of the historical and contemporary human play; a postmodern method still widely used today (See Boon and Plant.) [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Road of Excess’ by Marcus Boon by Literary Review: ‘On Drugs’ by David Lenson « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/10/15/literary-review-the-road-of-excess-by-marcus-boon/#comment-3458 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:46:26 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1205#comment-3458 [...] of the historical and contemporary human play; a postmodern method still widely used today (See Boon and [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ By Tom Wolfe by This Weekend on SpiritPlants Radio - Page 3 - Internet Radio Forum http://psypressuk.com/2010/02/14/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test%e2%80%99-by-tom-wolfe/#comment-3453 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:07:13 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=567#comment-3453 [...] Lectures = Tom Wolfe, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (196 | Show information: Literary Review: *** Long Live Rock! = Rolling Stones, Fort Worth, Texas, 18.July.1978 | Show information: The [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘High Society’ by Mike Jay by Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness lecture series presents: Mike Jay’s High society – Mind-altering drugs in history and culture « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/11/02/literary-review-%e2%80%98high-society%e2%80%99-by-mike-jay/#comment-3413 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:24:45 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1225#comment-3413 [...] The Atmosphere of Heaven (on the discovery of nitrous oxide) and the illustrated cultural history, High Society. Advertisement GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Atmosphere of Heaven’ by Mike Jay by Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness lecture series presents: Mike Jay’s High society – Mind-altering drugs in history and culture « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2011/01/31/literary-review-the-atmosphere-of-heaven-by-mike-jay/#comment-3412 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:24:43 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1428#comment-3412 [...] and culture of drugs. His books include Emperors of Dreams: drugs in the nineteenth century, The Atmosphere of Heaven (on the discovery of nitrous oxide) and the illustrated cultural history, High Society. Share:Like [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘Emperors of Dreams’ by Mike Jay by Ecology, Cosmos & Consciousness lecture series presents: Mike Jay’s High society – Mind-altering drugs in history and culture « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/09/01/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-emperors-of-dreams%e2%80%99-by-mike-jay/#comment-3411 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:24:39 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1044#comment-3411 [...] an author and curator who has written widely on the history and culture of drugs. His books include Emperors of Dreams: drugs in the nineteenth century, The Atmosphere of Heaven (on the discovery of nitrous oxide) and [...]

]]> Comment on Is San Pedro a “Miracle Healer”? by adamas http://psypressuk.com/2012/01/12/is-san-pedro-a-miracle-healer/#comment-3410 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:20 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=2247#comment-3410 For a look at how i use san pedro in conjunction with some of the higher buddhist teachings check out http://www.buddhabrats.com/buddha-brats-book/free-chapters/the-left-hand-path/

The potential of san pedro to rewire the way you think and literally transform yourself into quite simply whatever you want lies at the core of the plant. long live trochocerus pachanoi!

adamas

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide’ by James Fadiman by Joel http://psypressuk.com/2011/12/13/literary-review-the-psychedelic-explorers-guide-by-james-fadiman/#comment-3404 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:19:08 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=2187#comment-3404 How have I never heard of this book before? Thank you so much for writing this review!

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Seven Sisters of Sleep’ by Mordecai Cooke by Literary Review: ‘Alice in Acidland – Lewis Carroll Revisited’ by Thomas Fensch « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/02/28/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-seven-sisters-of-sleep%e2%80%99-by-mordecai-cooke/#comment-3366 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:09:42 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=628#comment-3366 [...] summarise, it seems likely that Carroll took the motif of growing smaller and larger from the book The Seven Sisters of Sleep (1860) by Mordecai Cooke, which described Siberian shamans using the Fly agaric mushroom. No [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘Emperors of Dreams’ by Mike Jay by Literary Review: ‘Alice in Acidland – Lewis Carroll Revisited’ by Thomas Fensch « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/09/01/literary-review-%e2%80%98the-emperors-of-dreams%e2%80%99-by-mike-jay/#comment-3365 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:09:39 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1044#comment-3365 [...] more comprehensively since the publication of Alice in Acidland; most notably by Mike Jay in Emperors of Dreams (2000) – in fact in the latest edition of the book (2011), the question of Carroll, drugs and [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘Exploring Inner Space’ by Jane Dunlap (Adelle Davis) by Literary Review: ‘Psychedelic Shamanism’ by Jim DeKorne « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/05/23/literary-review-%e2%80%98exploring-inner-space%e2%80%99-by-jane-dunlap-adelle-davis/#comment-3328 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:38 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=779#comment-3328 [...] Notes (1957), Malden Grange Bishop’s The Discovery of Love (1963), and Jane Dunlap’s Exploring Inner Space (1961). Unlike this earlier period though, DeKorne’s series takes place over a far longer time [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Discovery of Love’ by Malden Grange Bishop by Literary Review: ‘Psychedelic Shamanism’ by Jim DeKorne « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2011/01/21/literary-review-the-discovery-of-love-by-malden-grange-bishop/#comment-3327 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:34 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1385#comment-3327 [...] of which include Richard Heron Ward’s A Drug-Taker’s Notes (1957), Malden Grange Bishop’s The Discovery of Love (1963), and Jane Dunlap’s Exploring Inner Space (1961). Unlike this earlier period though, [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘A Drug-Taker’s Notes’ by Richard Heron Ward by Literary Review: ‘Psychedelic Shamanism’ by Jim DeKorne « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2010/10/01/literary-review-%e2%80%98a-drug-taker%e2%80%99s-notes%e2%80%99-by-richard-heron-ward/#comment-3326 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:31 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=1173#comment-3326 [...] approach is another twist of the case-study text; examples of which include Richard Heron Ward’s A Drug-Taker’s Notes (1957), Malden Grange Bishop’s The Discovery of Love (1963), and Jane Dunlap’s Exploring Inner [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide’ by James Fadiman by Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide’ by James Fadiman « Psychedelic Press UK http://psypressuk.com/2011/12/13/literary-review-the-psychedelic-explorers-guide-by-james-fadiman/#comment-3323 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:30:19 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=2187#comment-3323 [...] Literary Review: ‘The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide’ by James Fadiman « Psychedelic Press UK. Posted in Wall [...]

]]> Comment on Literary Review: ‘To Live Outside the Law’ by Leaf Fielding by leaf fielding http://psypressuk.com/2011/09/07/literary-review-to-live-outside-the-law-by-leaf-fielding/#comment-3309 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:28:34 +0000 http://psypressuk.com/?p=2035#comment-3309 I expect you’re right – but you can get it off Amazon and even with the postage it’ll probably be cheaper than the list price. leaf

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