When: 9 December at 19:30 Where: The Old Malt House Little Ann Street, BS2 9EB Bristol, United Kingdom Tickets available here (£5): https://billetto.co.uk/en/events/the-psychedelic-press-presents-a-psychedelic-culture-trip The Psychedelic Society of Bristol is proud to facilitate an evening’s presentation of three talks by authors Robert Dickins, Rev. Danny Nemu...
Some thirty years ago, in May 1983, Terence McKenna’s contact lenses failed him during a critical moment of his speech at the psychedelic conference in Santa Barbara. Unable to read from the page, McKenna had to resort to improvising....
The Psychedelic Press UK journal is a high quality, bi-monthly print publication dedicated to the role of psychoactive substances in science, history, literature, and culture. Since 2012, the journal has been an important part of the burgeoning psychedelic scene in...
Originally published in 2013 ‘Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience’ is a collection of essays edited by John A. Rush. Rush has previously authored the books ‘The Mushroom in Christian Art: The Identity...
Psychedelic Press UK 2013 – Anthology of Pharmacography – has now been sent to sixteen countries around the world, and we would like to thank everyone for their gracious support. As a result, we have decided to press ahead with...
In late 2012, music writer and avid record collector Patrick Lundborg returned with a follow-up to his acclaimed book Acid Archives. This time though, the focus was not exclusively on psychedelic music, but rather psychedelic culture in a general, all...
The print publication of 500 copies of PsypressUK 2012 was a huge success and we’d like to thank everyone who contributed and read the first edition. Thanks to the amazing response we have decided to press ahead with the next...
Originally published in 1979, this review of ‘Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers’ by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann and Christian Rätsch, is from the 2001 revised and expanded edition (Healing Arts Press). The authors of...
Originally published in 2011 ‘The Varieties of Ecstasy Experience: An Exploration of Person, Mind and Body in Sydney’s Club Culture’ was written by Dr. Sean Leneghan. Leneghan gained his PhD, in Anthropology, from the University of Sydney in 2010; his...
Originally published in 1993 ‘The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society’ by Richard Rudgley examines the cultural use of drugs from across both time and the globe. The book was the winner of the British Museum Press Prometheus Award. Rudgley...
