EAN: 9781529923735

TEN TRIPS - ANDY MITCHELL TASCHENBUCH

'An original and thrilling investigation into psychedelics and the claims that currently
surround them  achieving profound insights' Mike Jay  author of Psychonauts   Psychedelics have
made a comeback  but the truth is they remain a mystery. In this daring  profound and wildly
entertaining investigation  clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell tests the claims being
made for these substances by taking ten different psychedelics in ten different settings. 
Journeying from a neuroimaging lab in London to the Colombian Amazon via Silicon Valley and his
friend's basement kitchen  his encounters with scientists and gangsters  venture capitalists
and con men  psychonauts and shamans  and above all with the drugs themselves  take us beyond
the hype and reveal the reality of psychedelics in all their strangeness  darkness and wonder.
'Canny and somewhat sceptical . . . rigorous and penetrating . . . This is a wonderful book  a
journey into the nature and potential of consciousness itself' Literary Review    'An incisive
deeply personal and beautifully written account of the power  the uses and the modern misuses
of psychedelics. Highly recommended' Anil Seth  author of Being You    'Utterly compelling.
Some books are in a category of their own and this is one them. Reading it is like having an
out of body experience' Mark Miodownik  author of Stuff Matters    'Superb . . . brilliant' TLS

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9781529923735

Produktinformationen zur 9781529923735