Timothy Leary
The revival
Leary's Harvard papers, before the myth. Edited and annotated by a scholar.
The Psilocybin Solution: The Role of Sacred Mushrooms in the Quest for Meaning
Reportage & memoirThe revivalHistory, culture & policy
What it is
Filmmaker and independent researcher Simon G. Powell traces the cultural, philosophical, and natural history of psilocybin mushrooms, arguing they have long served as catalysts for meaning-making and shifts in consciousness. The 2011 book (foreword by Graham Hancock) surveys early clinical interest, citing work associated with MAPS, Johns Hopkins, and the Heffter Research Institute on psilocybin in terminally ill patients and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is a context-and-ideas book rather than a clinical text, useful for the meaning-and-mysticism dimension of therapeutic interest.
The record
- Author
- Simon G. Powell
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Park Street Press (Inner Traditions)
- ISBN
- 9781594774058
- Kind
- Reportage & memoir
- Subject
- History, culture & policy
- Era
- The revival
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