Neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell punctures the hype around psychedelic drugs while providing the fullest picture yet of their limitlessly fascinating possibilities.'Original and thrilling...achieving profound insights'Mike Jay,author of Psychonauts'An incisive,deeply personal and beautifully written account of the power,the uses and the modern misuses of psychedelics. Highly recommended'Anil Seth,author of Being YouPsychedelics have made a comeback but remain a mystery. They are now a'breakthrough therapy'for mental illness but in truth we have only a vague idea how they work and there is a limit to what the science can reveal. To have any hope of understanding them,we must broaden our view - dramatically - of what they actually are.In this daring,perception-shifting odyssey,clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell takes ten different drugs in ten different settings,journeying from a London neuroimaging lab to the Colombian Amazon via Silicon Valley and his friend's basement kitchen. His encounters with scientists and gangsters,venture capitalists and con men,psychonauts and shamans,as well as with the drugs themselves,reveal the reality of psychedelics in all their strangeness,hilarity,darkness and wonder.'A hair-raising hurtle of a ride'Henry Shukman,author of One Blade of Grass'Utterly compelling...like having an out of body experience'Mark Miodownik,author of Stuff Matters'The psychedelic world has been waiting for this book'Professor Erika Dyck
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781847926975Number of pages: 352Weight: 560 gDimensions: 238 x 124 x 40 mm
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An incisive,deeply personal and beautifully written account of the power,the uses and the modern misuses of psychedelics. Highly recommendedAn original and thrilling investigation into psychedelics and the claims that currently surround them,achieving profound insights into their essential qualitiesUtterly compelling. Some books are in a category of their own and this is one them. Reading it is like having an out of body experienceA hair-raising hurtle of a ride into the belly of the psychedelic renaissance,fuelled by spectacular proseBeguiling,captivating,mind-expanding. It's impossible to read this book and not be tempted to replicate some of its wild,sanity-stretching forays into the peculiarities of human perceptionA dazzling,timely book,as deep and poignant as it is madcap and hilariousIn Ten Trips,Andy Mitchell captures psychedelics'gonzo spirit and speaks to the psychonaut in all of usEagle-eyed,poetic and always playful,Ten Trips is chock-full of profane illuminationA gifted writer with a great ear for dialogue. Mitchell is not afraid to put himself in the telling,and it is this that makes Ten Trips true and realMitchell's decapod of delirious drug experiences is an antidote to the hype and a rallying cry to keep psychedelics...psychedelicThe psychedelic world has been waiting for this book: a sceptic's account of the allure of psychedelicsA thoughtful guide...Ten Trips is a powerful reminder that psychedelics can't be made sense of entirely within a framework of chemical interactions in the brain. We need to view them as something potent,to be respectedPhilosophical and darkly humorous...for all the mystical experiences (psychedelics) afford,divesting them of their shadow side does seekers a disservice,Mitchell holds
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