🍃 Ayahuasca Literature

Writing born from encounters with the Amazonian plant medicine, exploring altered consciousness, spiritual revelation, and the blurred boundaries between healing and hallucination.

The Cosmic Serpent

by Jeremy Narby • 1998

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

4.17

8k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

The Cosmic Serpent 91%

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

by Jeremy Narby 1998

4.17

8k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

by Dennis McKenna • 2023

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

4.52

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 91%

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

by Dennis McKenna 2023

4.52

31 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Ayahuasca in My Blood

by Peter Gorman • 2010

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

4.28

467

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🌱 Plant Spirit Shamanism

Ayahuasca in My Blood 91%

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

by Peter Gorman 2010

4.28

467 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🌱 Plant Spirit Shamanism

The Archaic Revival

by Terence McKenna • 1992

Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.

4.18

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution ✨ Shamanic Ecstasy 👁️ Gnosis And Revelation

The Archaic Revival 90%

Psychedelic plants are doorways to an alien intelligence that has been steering human evolution.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.18

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌿 Plant Medicine 🧬 Consciousness Evolution ✨ Shamanic Ecstasy 👁️ Gnosis And Revelation

True Hallucinations

by Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

4.09

4k+

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

True Hallucinations 90%

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

by Terence McKenna 1993

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun 90%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

The Teachings of Don Juan

by Carlos Castaneda • 1968

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

3.93

46k+

🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

The Teachings of Don Juan 90%

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

by Carlos Castaneda 1968

3.93

46k+ ratings

🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

4.15

11k+

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT 90%

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000

4.15

11k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 89%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Food of the Gods

by Terence McKenna • 1992

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

4.12

13k+

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

Food of the Gods 89%

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.12

13k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

On the Toltec Path

by Ken Eagle Feather • 1995

Castaneda's path: enter dream worlds, steady perception, let mortality strip the trivial.

3.79

117

🪶 Shamanic Practices 👁️ Perception Training 🌙 Dreamwork ⚡ Energy Work 🎭 Ego Dissolution

On the Toltec Path 89%

Castaneda's path: enter dream worlds, steady perception, let mortality strip the trivial.

by Ken Eagle Feather 1995

3.79

117 ratings

🪶 Shamanic Practices 👁️ Perception Training 🌙 Dreamwork ⚡ Energy Work 🎭 Ego Dissolution

The Invisible Landscape

by Terence McKenna • 1975

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

3.99

1k+

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Invisible Landscape 89%

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

by Terence McKenna 1975

3.99

1k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

by Michelle Janikian • 2019

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

4.33

525

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 89%

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

by Michelle Janikian 2019

4.33

525 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

4.01

312

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Psychedelic Medicine 89%

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017

4.01

312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

by James Fadiman • 2011

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

4.17

3k+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide 89%

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

by James Fadiman 2011

4.17

3k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

The Power of Silence

by Carlos Castaneda • 1987

Seeing the familiar world costs nearly all your energy. Save some and an unfamiliar one appears.

4.24

3k+

🔮 New Age Spirituality 🌀 Modern Shamanism 🧠 Altered Consciousness ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom

The Power of Silence 89%

Seeing the familiar world costs nearly all your energy. Save some and an unfamiliar one appears.

by Carlos Castaneda 1987

4.24

3k+ ratings

🔮 New Age Spirituality 🌀 Modern Shamanism 🧠 Altered Consciousness ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

4.13

156

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine 89%

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018

4.13

156 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

How to Change Your Mind

by Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

4.27

85k+

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

How to Change Your Mind 89%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

by Michael Pollan 2018

4.27

85k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

This Is Your Mind on Plants

by Michael Pollan • 2021

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

3.87

34k+

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

This Is Your Mind on Plants 89%

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

by Michael Pollan 2021

3.87

34k+ ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

In My Own Way

by Alan W. Watts • 1972

A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.

4.18

1k+

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🪷 Nondual Awareness

In My Own Way 89%

A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.

by Alan W. Watts 1972

4.18

1k+ ratings

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🪷 Nondual Awareness

Visionary

by Graham Hancock • 2022

The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.

4.30

338

🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🦅 Shamanic Studies ⛪ Origin Of Religion 🎨 Cave Art

Visionary 88%

The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.

by Graham Hancock 2022

4.30

338 ratings

🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🦅 Shamanic Studies ⛪ Origin Of Religion 🎨 Cave Art

A Separate Reality

by Carlos Castaneda • 1971

A Yaqui sorcerer shows his apprentice the silence that makes the everyday world dissolve.

4.09

19k+

🦅 Shamanic Apprenticeship ✨ Mystical Experience 🍄 Altered States 🤫 Silencing The Mind 💀 Memento Mori

A Separate Reality 88%

A Yaqui sorcerer shows his apprentice the silence that makes the everyday world dissolve.

by Carlos Castaneda 1971

4.09

19k+ ratings

🦅 Shamanic Apprenticeship ✨ Mystical Experience 🍄 Altered States 🤫 Silencing The Mind 💀 Memento Mori

Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley • 1956

Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.

3.52

1k+

👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Sacred Art 📜 Perennial Philosophy

Heaven and Hell 88%

Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.

by Aldous Huxley 1956

3.52

1k+ ratings

👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Sacred Art 📜 Perennial Philosophy

Grow a New Body

by Alberto Villoldo • 2015

Flip the body's aging switches: shamanic fasting and plant intelligence to awaken 500 repair genes.

4.17

1k+

🍃 Amazonian Shamanism 🩺 Integrative Medicine ⏳ Longevity Science 🦾 Biohacking 🦠 Gut-Brain Health

Grow a New Body 88%

Flip the body's aging switches: shamanic fasting and plant intelligence to awaken 500 repair genes.

by Alberto Villoldo 2015

4.17

1k+ ratings

🍃 Amazonian Shamanism 🩺 Integrative Medicine ⏳ Longevity Science 🦾 Biohacking 🦠 Gut-Brain Health

The Art of Dreaming

by Carlos Castaneda • 1993

One point of energy assembles your reality. Shift it in dreams and enter other absolute worlds.

4.02

6k+

🌙 Shamanic Dreaming 🧠 Lucid Dreaming ✨ Astral Projection 🦅 Toltec Wisdom 🔮 Occult Philosophy

The Art of Dreaming 88%

One point of energy assembles your reality. Shift it in dreams and enter other absolute worlds.

by Carlos Castaneda 1993

4.02

6k+ ratings

🌙 Shamanic Dreaming 🧠 Lucid Dreaming ✨ Astral Projection 🦅 Toltec Wisdom 🔮 Occult Philosophy

The Chemical Muse

by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

3.89

177

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

The Chemical Muse 88%

Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.

by D.C.A. Hillman 2008

3.89

177 ratings

🍄 Entheogenic History 🏛️ Classical Revisionism 🎭 Creative Intoxication 🌿 Plant Medicine 🍷 Ritual Intoxication

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley • 1956

Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.

3.90

76k+

🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 👁️ Perception And Reality 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Art And Perception

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell Summary

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell 88%

Your brain edits reality to survival essentials. Huxley took mescaline and watched the editing stop.

by Aldous Huxley 1956

3.90

76k+ ratings

🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 👁️ Perception And Reality 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Art And Perception

Psychedelics

by David J. Nutt • 2023

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

4.36

637

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Psychedelics 88%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

by David J. Nutt 2023

4.36

637 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 88%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Getting Castaneda

by Peter Luce • 2017

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

4.07

119

🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

Getting Castaneda 88%

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

by Peter Luce 2017

4.07

119 ratings

🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

The eagle's gift

by Carlos Castenada • 1981

His teachers vanished, leaving an anthropologist to lead sorcerers hunted by the cosmic devourer.

4.09

4k+

🐍 Toltec Shamanism 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🧑‍🏫 Apprentice To Master ⚔️ Warrior's Path 👁️ Perception Shift

The eagle's gift 88%

His teachers vanished, leaving an anthropologist to lead sorcerers hunted by the cosmic devourer.

by Carlos Castenada 1981

4.09

4k+ ratings

🐍 Toltec Shamanism 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🧑‍🏫 Apprentice To Master ⚔️ Warrior's Path 👁️ Perception Shift

How Forests Think

by Eduardo Kohn • 2013

Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.

3.86

1k+

🌴 Amazonian Ethnography 🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography 🧬 Biosemiotics 🌍 More-Than-Human ✨ Animism

How Forests Think 88%

Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.

by Eduardo Kohn 2013

3.86

1k+ ratings

🌴 Amazonian Ethnography 🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography 🧬 Biosemiotics 🌍 More-Than-Human ✨ Animism

Of Water and the Spirit

by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1994

A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.

4.41

2k+

🌀 Shamanic Memoir 🌉 Bridge Between Cultures 🌳 Return To Ancestral Roots ⚔️ Clash Of Worldviews 🌑 Initiatory Ordeal

Of Water and the Spirit 88%

A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.

by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1994

4.41

2k+ ratings

🌀 Shamanic Memoir 🌉 Bridge Between Cultures 🌳 Return To Ancestral Roots ⚔️ Clash Of Worldviews 🌑 Initiatory Ordeal

The Last Shaman

by William Whitecloud • 2012

Father dead, a lost man follows a magnetic doctor into the swamps, seeking a hidden shaman.

4.37

136

🌀 Shamanic Initiation 👁️ Visionary Fiction 🌍 African Spirituality 🛤️ Spiritual Quest 🌿 Altered States

The Last Shaman 88%

Father dead, a lost man follows a magnetic doctor into the swamps, seeking a hidden shaman.

by William Whitecloud 2012

4.37

136 ratings

🌀 Shamanic Initiation 👁️ Visionary Fiction 🌍 African Spirituality 🛤️ Spiritual Quest 🌿 Altered States

Supernatural

by Graham Hancock • 2005

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

4.22

3k+

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

Supernatural 88%

Ice Age cave art, fairy faith, and alien abduction are one phenomenon. The visitors are identical.

by Graham Hancock 2005

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Speculative History 🌀 Shamanism 🍄 Psychedelics 🗿 Ancient Mysteries 👽 Ufo Phenomena

The Toltec Secret

by Sergio Magaña • 2014

Ancient Mexico's dream system: nine levels, mirror work, and breathwork that survived the conquest.

3.92

178

🌵 Toltec Wisdom 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🌌 Dream Interpretation 🪶 Mesoamerican Wisdom 🌀 Shamanic Dreaming

The Toltec Secret 88%

Ancient Mexico's dream system: nine levels, mirror work, and breathwork that survived the conquest.

by Sergio Magaña 2014

3.92

178 ratings

🌵 Toltec Wisdom 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🌌 Dream Interpretation 🪶 Mesoamerican Wisdom 🌀 Shamanic Dreaming

Serpent of Light

by Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2008

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

4.13

1k+

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

Serpent of Light 88%

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008

4.13

1k+ ratings

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

Simulations of God

by John C. Lilly • 1975

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

4.00

133

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Simulations of God 88%

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

by John C. Lilly 1975

4.00

133 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are

by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue • 2021

The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.

4.37

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Nature Connection ✨ Plant Spirit Medicine 🧬 Somatic Healing 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are Summary

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are 88%

The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.

by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue 2021

4.37

19 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Nature Connection ✨ Plant Spirit Medicine 🧬 Somatic Healing 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Shaman, Healer, Sage

by Alberto Villoldo • 2000

Your body is wrapped in an energy field that holds every wound. Shamanic techniques to clear it.

4.37

2k+

🏥 Energy Medicine 🪶 Shamanic Healing 🌀 Chakra Healing ✨ Subtle Energy 🌿 Modern Shamanism

Shaman, Healer, Sage 88%

Your body is wrapped in an energy field that holds every wound. Shamanic techniques to clear it.

by Alberto Villoldo 2000

4.37

2k+ ratings

🏥 Energy Medicine 🪶 Shamanic Healing 🌀 Chakra Healing ✨ Subtle Energy 🌿 Modern Shamanism

Why God Won't Go Away

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2001

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

3.89

1k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

Why God Won't Go Away 88%

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2001

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

The Immortality Key

by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

4.24

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Immortality Key 88%

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

by Brian C. Muraresku 2020

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

Exploring Inner Space

by Jane Dunlap • 1961

A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.

3.92

🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Divine Immanence 🫧 Ego Dissolution 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy

Exploring Inner Space 88%

A 1961 housewife took clinical LSD and experienced the force pulling evolution upward. It was God.

by Jane Dunlap 1961

3.92

12 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Divine Immanence 🫧 Ego Dissolution 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy

Raving Fans

by Ken Blanchard • 1992

A Yaqui sorcerer teaches his reluctant apprentice to dismantle reality as he knows it.

3.84

10k+

🌀 Shamanic Teachings 🌵 Mentor And Apprentice 💀 Death As Teacher ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 👁️ Altered Perception

Raving Fans 88%

A Yaqui sorcerer teaches his reluctant apprentice to dismantle reality as he knows it.

by Ken Blanchard 1992

3.84

10k+ ratings

🌀 Shamanic Teachings 🌵 Mentor And Apprentice 💀 Death As Teacher ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 👁️ Altered Perception

Dreaming Wide Awake

by David Jay Brown • 2016

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

4.26

125

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Dreaming Wide Awake 88%

Lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, and psychedelic trips: three names for one exploration.

by David Jay Brown 2016

4.26

125 ratings

🧠 Lucid Dreaming 🪶 Shamanic Practices 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Psychology of the Future

by Stanislav Grof • 2000

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

4.27

302

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Psychology of the Future 88%

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

by Stanislav Grof 2000

4.27

302 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Awaken the Inner Shaman

by José Luis Stevens • 2014

Meet the shamanic self in your heart: it can heal, manifest, and silence the ego.

4.21

116

🪶 Neo-Shamanism 🔬 Quantum Spirituality 🎭 Ego Transcendence 💫 Energy Healing 🧩 Soul Retrieval

Awaken the Inner Shaman 88%

Meet the shamanic self in your heart: it can heal, manifest, and silence the ego.

by José Luis Stevens 2014

4.21

116 ratings

🪶 Neo-Shamanism 🔬 Quantum Spirituality 🎭 Ego Transcendence 💫 Energy Healing 🧩 Soul Retrieval

Against the Stream

by Noah Levine • 2007

Buddhism stripped of dogma: a rebel's guide to meditation, ethics, and the end of craving.

4.04

2k+

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🩹 Addiction Recovery ✊ Engaged Buddhism 👁️ Insight Meditation 💗 Compassion Practice

Against the Stream 87%

Buddhism stripped of dogma: a rebel's guide to meditation, ethics, and the end of craving.

by Noah Levine 2007

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧘 Buddhist Practice 🩹 Addiction Recovery ✊ Engaged Buddhism 👁️ Insight Meditation 💗 Compassion Practice

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

by Padmasambhava • 1350

A Tibetan manual for dying, used as a practical guide for navigating the psychedelic experience.

4.16

11k+

🧘 Tibetan Buddhism 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 💨 Ego Dissolution 🌌 Altered States 🧭 Trip Navigation

The Tibetan Book of the Dead 87%

A Tibetan manual for dying, used as a practical guide for navigating the psychedelic experience.

by Padmasambhava 1350

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧘 Tibetan Buddhism 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 💨 Ego Dissolution 🌌 Altered States 🧭 Trip Navigation

Conscious Dreaming

by Robert Moss • 1996

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

4.24

666

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Conscious Dreaming 87%

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

by Robert Moss 1996

4.24

666 ratings

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

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