Read: “I was happy.” This is glaring especially because of his musing, just a few pages earlier, on the import of the simplicity, platitudes (i.e. He also grapples with simplicity: describing the afterglow of his first psychedelic experience (LSD, at age 60), he writes, “all that day and well into the next, a high-pressure system of well-being dominated my psychological weather” (p. He carries the torch of New Journalism high, marrying his reporting style with a novelist’s imagery, conjuring sentences like, “you can almost hear in words the 1960’s being born, the still-damp, Day-Glo chick cracking out of its shell” (p. I’d heard good things, and Pollan delivered. For my part, I’d remained straightedge, awaiting my first bout with him in anticipation like a kid in a smoke circle. Long-time acolytes of Pollan, who won their favor with the likes of The Botany of Desire (2001) and The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006) will be familiar with his style.
The book, however, transcends the hype of bad behavior, on which it certainly leans for eye candy but is by no means reliant. The subject matter is, of course, illegal, and it’s exciting to watch this established, respectable author navigate the bootleg world. There is an immense amount of ground to cover, ground which Michael Pollan spends a significant amount of time under. The comprehensive work covers the botanical and cultural history of psychedelics, their potential re-adoption by the medical world and their usage by individuals (namely himself). If the book’s title seems a mouthful, so are its contents a headful–it’s hard to recollect the book’s trip in entirety, some scenes losing their potency in acid-comedown-fashion. Michael Pollan’s latest book is How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence. Pollan sheds light on what he affectionately calls "White-Coat Shamanism" which he boasts can be incredibly transformative for Overcoming Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and more.Take a Dose of Michael Pollan’s Latest Batch, How to Change Your Mind This graceful blend of memoir, travel writing, science, history, and medicine makes this New York Times Best Seller a dazzling and majestic deep dive, with all disclaimers aside. After having only started taking psychedelics in his early 60's when his interest was peaked you go on a journey From LSD (the active ingredient in medicinal and magical mushrooms), and Psilocybin to the Sonoran Desert Toad as he talks you through his very personal and profound experiences and does the impossible by making losing your mind seems like the sanest thing a person can do. How To Change your mind offers a gripping and affirmative look into the scientific revolution of psychedelics. This groundbreaking book guides you through the rise and fall of psychedelic drug research. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (USD $)
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