Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy

by Don Lattin

Overview

Changing Our Minds is an experiential tour through a social, spiritual and scientific revolution that is redefining our culture’s often-confusing relationship with psychoactive substances.

Veteran journalist Don Lattin chronicles the inspiring stories of pioneering neuroscientists, psychotherapists, spiritual guides and ordinary people seeking to live healthier lives by combining psychedelic drugs, psychotherapy, and the wise use of ancient plant medicines. In ground-breaking clinical trials, specially trained therapists employ Ecstasy (MDMA) to help U.S. veterans struggling with the psychological aftermath of war.

Other psychiatrists in government-approved research offer psilocybin to alcoholics trying to get sober and cancer patients struggling with the existential distress of a life-threatening illness.

Meanwhile, new imaging technology has enabled neuroscientists to map the psychedelic brain in real time, deepening our understanding of human consciousness. the essential primer for understanding and navigating this new consciousness-raising territory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780907791669
Publisher:	SYNERGETIC PR
Publication date:	04/17/2017
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	940,442
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Don Lattin is an award-winning author and journalist. His five previously published books include The Harvard Psychedelic Club, a national bestseller that was awarded the California Book Award, Silver Medal, for nonfiction. His feature articles have been published in dozens of leading magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle, where Lattin worked as a staff writer for twenty years.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Wounded Warrior 12

Chapter 2 Chemistry 31

Chapter 3 Spiritus Contra Spiritum 58

Chapter 4 Psychedelic Spirituality 77

Chapter 5 Science of Mind 101

Chapter 6 Dying with Consciousness 119

Chapter 7 Psychedelic Medicine 134

Chapter 8 MDMA on the Mountaintop 153

Chapter 9 False Starts and Dashed Hopes 168

Chapter 10 Mindsets and Minefields 185

Chapter 11 Vine of the Soul 195

Chapter 12 Into the Jungle 217

Chapter 13 Ibogaine at the Crossroads 239

Conclusion - Back to the Future: Looking into the past and future with Stanislav Grof, James Fadiman, and the mysterious Captain Al Hubbard. 255

Epilogue 280

Acknowledgements 286

Bibliography 287

Index 295

About the Author 302

Editorial Reviews

An essential read for those interested in the expanding field of psychedelic research for therapeutic and spiritual uses, this volume lands at a crucial time during the reemergence of psychedelic research as we approach the mainstream, scientific acceptance of psychedelic psychotherapy and the reintegration of the legal use of psychedelics into Western culture.” –Rick Doblin, PhD, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

“Accurate, comprehensive, and powerful: if you want to understand the responsible use of psychedelics and feel its pulse, this book is for you.” –William A. Richards, author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experience

“Don Lattin has done compassionate service by bringing together the current work on the profound potential of psychedelics to treat addiction, fear of death, and physical and mental struggles.” –Mirabai Bush, senior fellow, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

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