This summer the Psychedelic Press UK is taking tentative steps out of the virtual into the tangible world of print publication and we are currently looking for writers to submit articles for possible inclusion. The new magazine will focus on both psychedelic studies and culture in its content, blending analytical...
The UK’s No1 Reggae Dub Camping Festival Hop Farm – Paddock Woods – TN12 6PY – 10th – 12th August www.onelovefestival.co.uk Falling on Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of independence, One Love is very pleased to celebrate the announcement of a brand new festival site for 2012 and beyond – the Hop Farm Family...
Originally published in 1997 ‘Psychedelia Britannica’ is a collection of essays dealing with the cultural history of psychedelics in Britain, edited by Antonio Melechi. The book looks at psychedelic drugs through the context of literature, music, psychiatry and the counterculture and includes a number of prominent individuals like Ronald Sandison...
BoomTown 2012 was awesome – PsypressUK review here: http://psypressuk.com/2012/08/16/festival-intoxication-and-the-theatre-of-play-boomtown-fair-review-2012/ ALBOROSIE / REEL BIG FISH / THE SKATALITES TANYA STEPHENS / ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION BALKAN BEAT BOX THE SLACKERS / GAPPY RANKS / JAH SHAKA / DAVID RODIGAN / ZION TRAIN / STANTON WARRIORS / KILL THE NOISE / CASPA...
Originally published in 2004 ‘Perilous Passage – The Nervous System and the Universe in Other Words’ by Terry Wilson is being republished in 2012. It describes the author’s apprenticeship under the tutelage of the avant-garde artist and writer Brion Gysin; along with a wonderful passage about Wilson’s experiences in South America with...
Originally published in 1975 ‘Drugtakers in an English Town’ by Martin A. Plant is the result of the author’s PhD thesis, prepared for what was the Department of Social Administration and Social Work, at the University of Bristol. Martin Plant (1946-2010), 29 at the time of publication, went on to...
Tuesday, 28th February, 2012 October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AL Please RSVP on Facebook (afraid so) so that they can anticipate numbers – Please pay on the door. https://www.facebook.com/events/209100309180578/ Entry £7 / £5 Concessions Arrive 6pm for a 6:30pm Start – Wine available. . Dr. Ben Sessa will...
Originally published in 1995 ‘On Drugs’ by David Lenson is a fascinating and enlightening pharmacography on the cultural reception of drugs from the point-of-view of the user. The author had previously published works that included ‘Achilles’ Choice’ (1975) and ‘The Birth of Tragedy: A Commentary’ (1987) and was Professor of...
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...
PsypressUK – Summer 2012 To order a copy please visit the Psychedelic Press shop here. 1) On the Nature of the Psilocybe-Folk: Psychedelic Psychoid Persons – By Jack Hunter Adams, C. (2011). ‘Psychedelics, Spirits and the Sacred Feminine: Communion as Cultural Critique.’ Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal,...
