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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · 1d

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 4d

The tragic story of James Tilly Matthews, a former peace activist of the Napoleonic Wars confined to Bedlam asylum in 1797 for believing that his mind was under the control of the “Air Loom” — a terrifying machine which was brainwashing politicians: publicdomainreview.org/essay/i...

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · 4d

‘Tis the season…

Mushrooms in Wonderland - Mike Jay

Was Victorian fairy art and lore inspired by actual experiences with mind-altering fungi?

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 14d

"Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Mind" by Mike Jay

"…Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism." Mike is always a great read!

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Erowid Center @erowid.bsky.social · 20d

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · 21d

btw I’m @mikejay over here

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 22d

From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll's Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art + literature. @MikeJayNet on early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland. publicdomainreview.org/essay/f...

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Rich Haridy @richharidy.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you're anywhere in Australia at the end of Nov then I'd suggest you make your way here. This is the first outdoor entheogenesis conference in 8 yrs. An incredible event with a sharp line up of speakers. @mikejay.bsky.social @tehseennoorani.bsky.social @pyrodelic.bsky.social @gmantic.bsky.social

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 4

‘One veteran shaman, returning from his first experience performing at a top-dollar eco-lodge, asked the ayahuasca researcher Stephan Beyer why these people had come halfway round the world to see him when they weren’t sick.’

@mikejay.bsky.social on shamanism: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Mike Jay · Priest of the Devil: On Shamanism

‘Shamanism’, as a concept, is of course a Western invention, and from the earliest cross-cultural encounters it was...

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manvir singh @manvir.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thrilled to see this mammoth review of "Shamanism" in
@lrb.co.uk from master drug historian @mikejay.bsky.social!

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Mike Jay · Priest of the Devil: On Shamanism

‘Shamanism’, as a concept, is of course a Western invention, and from the earliest cross-cultural encounters it was...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Bethlem Museum of the Mind @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ever dreamt of being chased, falling, or flying? Our new exhibition, 'Between Sleeping and Waking', will bring together 200 years of artwork to show you are not alone!
Opening this Thursday, 14 August *ੈ✩‧₊˚ bit.ly/MOTM_dreams

Image: Let There Be Light, Edgar Farrar, 1943.

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Aug 5

Out in paperback in the US today

mikejay.net/books/free-r...

FREE RADICALS - Mike Jay

How a Group of Romantic Experimenters Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jul 31

There’s been a group on the cliffs at Gurnards Head for a while, haven’t been down there yet this year, others may have more up to date info

Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jul 27

Astonishing, and seemed to come from nowhere - any antecedents I missed, or anything similar out there? What are the creators doing next?

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Neil Denny @littleatoms.bsky.social · Jul 25

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:

shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...

Little Atoms 962 - Mike Jay's Free Radicals | Little Atoms

A Podcast about Ideas and Culture

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jul 9

Talking FREE RADICALS and the discovery of nitrous oxide
www.drugscience.org.uk/podcast/epis...

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jul 6

www.gardenstates.org/conference-u...

Speaker: Mike Jay — EGA Garden States: Regeneration

𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Speaker: Mike Jay (UK) Mike Jay is an author and historian known for his extensive writing on the history of science and medicine, with a focus on the mind, consciousness...

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jul 5

Behind the scenes at the Pneumatic Institution, with Tim Haigh
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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 27

www.gardenstates.org/presentations

Presentations — EGA Garden States: Regeneration

www.gardenstates.org

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’ll be down under for this in Nov/Dec
www.gardenstates.org

EGA Garden States: Regeneration

www.gardenstates.org

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Peder Clark @pederclark.bsky.social · Jun 26

late to this but easily the best thing that's been written on the history of ketamine to date. i dream of visiting john lilly's archive at stanford...

Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 7

Some thoughts on ketamine
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

How Britain fell into the K-hole

Silicon Valley’s favourite drug is also the UK’s.

www.newstatesman.com

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 25

On the gas in Bath tomorrow
www.brlsi.org/whatson/free...

Free Radicals! Thomas Beddoes, Humphrey Davy and the Pneumatic Institute of Bristol – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

At the very end of eighteenth century, the distinguished Oxford chemist Dr Thomas Beddoes founded a new private medical research clinic, The Pneumatic Institute, where together with his brilliant assi...

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 24

The mighty Sia get due recognition in Audubon - great piece by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social
www.audubon.org/magazine/nat...

This Native-Run Raptor Center Is Safeguarding Sacred Birds, Feathers, and Practices

A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes while preserving traditions at the heart of their culture.

www.audubon.org

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Mike Jay @mikejay.bsky.social · Jun 23

Bristolians: launching FREE RADICALS at the Bookhaus on Wednesday
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/

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Transform Drug Policy Foundation @transformdrugs.bsky.social · Jun 20

This guest blog by @mikejay.bsky.social Mike Jay was originally published in the New Statesman, reproduced with permission

Mike Jay is a cultural historian, author, & former Transform Trustee

mikejay.net

His books include the recent: 'Psychonauts: drugs & the making of the modern mind'
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