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News: High Society – Drugs in Victorian Britain
A special event, called High Society – Drugs in Victorian Britain, is being put on to support the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition High Society , which is on in London till February 27th, 2011 (and, having visited this past week, is well worth the trip.) High Society – Drugs in Victorian Britain will take place … Continue reading
Resonance Dreaming: Nitrous Oxide, Nos and Hippie Crack
At one point there gathered an intensity. Midday on Saturday and the music festival was pulsing in the throng of its three-day ecstasy. After a wonky Friday night, Cole and myself had taken shelter from the glaring, hot sun and were sitting in a no-shoes, hookah and chai café. Colourful drapes were hung across the … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘The Pot Book – A Complete Guide to Cannabis’ Edit. Julie Holland
Originally published in 2010 ‘The Pot Book – A complete guide to cannabis, its role in medicine, politics, science, and culture’ is a collection of articles, essays and interviews edited by Julie Holland. A psychiatrist specialising in psychopharmacology, Holland has previously edited ‘Ecstasy: The Complete Guide’ and written the bestseller ‘Weekends at Bellevue’. ‘The Pot … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘LSD, Spirituality, and the Creative Process’ by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Oscar Janiger
Originally published in 2003 ‘LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process’ is essentially an examination of the subjective effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide, primarily in light of the LSD research conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger. Written by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, the text is partially derived from a series of interviews with Janiger, conducted between March … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘High Society’ by Mike Jay
‘High Society – Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture’ by Mike Jay is due to be published on November 8th 2010. Produced in conjunction with the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition of the same name (November 11th – February 2011) in London, the book is an enthralling mixture of text and image that charts the changing role and … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘My Self and I’ by Constance A. Newland
Originally published in 1962 ‘My Self and I’, by American Thelma Moss, was released pseudonymously under the name Constance A. Newland. One of a number of books that came out of the psychotherapeutic application of LSD in the 1950s and also, in part, as a reaction to Aldous Huxley’s ‘The Doors of Perception and Heaven … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘The Road of Excess’ by Marcus Boon
Originally published in 2002 ‘The Road of Excess – A History of Writers on Drugs’ by Marcus Boon explores what he describes as the age-old relationship between literature and drugs. As a comprehensive survey of drug literature, the text is both an entertaining read and an invaluable well of source information, which crafts modern, scholarly … Continue reading
How Opium Was Really Used (And Abused): The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins and Wikipedia
The following article was written by Jo Clarke and was originally published at synchronium.net on May 21st, 2009 and is reproduced here with permission from the author. Wikipedia may not be the best place to start a bibliographical essay; it is unpopular in academic circles due to a lack of citations and references and often unreliable … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘Ayahuasca, Ritual and Religion in Brazil’
Originally published in 2010 ‘Ayahuasca, Ritual and Religion in Brazil’ is a collection of essays and articles, edited by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Edward MacRae, on the emergence of ayahuasca-using religious movements in Brazil. Many of the articles are available for the first time in English and as a collection it represents a wide range … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘Operation Julie’ by Lyn Ebenezer
Originally published in Welsh, in 2008, ‘Operation Julie’ by Lyn Ebenezer looks at what is arguably the most famous UK police drug operation in history. This English edition was published in 2010 and has the novel advantage of being the first book exclusively on Operation Julie not to be written by one of the policeman … Continue reading
