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Publisher of psychedelic writing and other literary treats since 2008 | Substack: http://tinyurl.com/hh4z8x26 Books: psychedelicpress.co.uk

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · May 22

To keep up-to-date with our latest #psychedelic writings in digital and print format, please consider subscribing to our Substack 💞

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History, literature & philosophy. Click to read Psychedelic Press, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 26d

Wahoo! Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out today!

Trip Sitting is your essential guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys.

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 12d

"Holding psychǝdelic space is an ancient art that takes many forms, The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne

Learn more about Trip Sitting here:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 14d

'A psilocybin journey can help us tune into the sacred (however we understand it). Nourish our soul. Help us make meaning in the world, and accept out mortality'

- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)

Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 22d

"P£ychedelics... force us to acknowledge that the human mind is at root a metaphysical subject. If we are surprised by this, it is only because we are not typically aware of our metaphysical assumptions" - Tim Hardwick

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 26d

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 26d

Science is not some lone bastion of truth. Like everything else, it has good and bad actors. Weird framing.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 27d

Extract from The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by novelist/journalist Fitz Hugh Ludlow, born #onthisday in 1836. Terence McKenna would describe Ludlow as "Part genius, part madman, … halfway between Cpt Ahab and PT Barnum, a kind of Mark Twain on hashish": publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #OTD

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · 26d

Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out tomorrow!

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fascinating new article by @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social on our Substack, looking at sacred sites, psys, and nature-connectedness...

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Mind Gardens

On the Propensity for Psychedelic-Induced Nature-Connectedness and the Demand for New Sacred Spaces

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wahoo! ❤️👀🤩

Printed copies of Trip Sitting: The Art & Science of Holding PƧychedelic Space by Julian Vayne have arrived

Includes a Foreword by @bellevuedoc.bsky.social

Out in 2 weeks! Pre-order exclusively through us:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Aug 11

Just learned that Alston Hughes - aka Smiles - had died - RIP my friend, a life well-lived ❤️

Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great article exploring a Huxley family trip by James L Penner:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Aug 5

Excellent review/interview with historian Andy Roberts about the revised edition of Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain...

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Book Review: Albion Dreaming: A History of LSD in Britain by Andy Roberts | Chemical Collective

In Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain, author Andy Roberts uncovers and updates the little-known but deeply rooted history of LSD in the UK

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 31

Very pleased to be able to publish this excerpt from
@gmantic.bsky.social's forthcoming biography of Terence McKenna - Psilocybin Summer

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very pleased to announce our new forthcoming book...

Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne 🥳

More info & pre-orders here:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 23

Nice interview with Andy Roberts, author of Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain, via @internationaltimes.bsky.social

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 10

Review of Andrew R Gallimore’s new book Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug [DMT]

Thanks to William Rowlandson for his words! Plus shout out for @breakingconvention.bsky.social <3

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A Picture of Elf

Review of Death by Astonishment by Andrew Gallimore

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Whether you believe L$D is an escape from reality or a trip into the heart of it, the hidden history of the most potent and undefinable drug known to humankind is only just being unearthed"

- historian Andy Roberts

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Albion Dreaming by Andy Roberts

Albion Dreaming tells the story of the myriad ways that LSD has shaped and influenced British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Acid Dialectics' by Vincent Rado - a very engaging and thoughtful book. Our review is available here:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jun 10

“They really did share this belief in psychedelics as a way to augment the psyche, heal the world. ‘True belief’ really enabled that behavior, but ‘ego inflation’ actually got in their way” - Susannah Cahalan

Interview by James Penner

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · Jun 4

'I am so glad I took LSD' - Dr Sue Blackmore

Read more here:

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · May 26

Andy Roberts' Albion Dreaming tells the extraordinary story of how LSD helped shape British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s.

Out now!

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · May 22

William 'Ubi' Dwyer was an anarchist, psychedelicist & festival organiser who steered acid anarchism in the UK.

"LSD is no escape from reality. As an intensifier of experience LSD brings one into more direct confrontation with the world."

Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xmf8xtj

Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · May 22

To keep up-to-date with our latest #psychedelic writings in digital and print format, please consider subscribing to our Substack 💞

psychedelicpress.substack.com

#history #literature

Psychedelic Press | Substack

History, literature & philosophy. Click to read Psychedelic Press, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

psychedelicpress.substack.com

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Psychedelic Press @psypre.bsky.social · May 20

Big thanks to Vince Rado for sending this - I'm looking forward to tucking into this book very soon ❤️⬇️