Over30contributorssharetheirexpertiseonthechemical,biological,cultural,psychological,andexperientialdimensionsofpsilocybinmushrooms-Describesinvividdetailtheconsciousness-expandingexperiencesofpsychoactivemushroomusers-ProvidesfirsthandaccountsofthecontroversialHarvardPsilocybinProject,includingtheConcordPrisonandGoodFridaystudiesTeonan獺catlwasthenamegiventothevisionarymushroomsusedinancientMesoamericanshamanicceremonies,mushroomsthatcontainpsilocybin,thepsychoactiveagentidentifiedbySwisschemistAlbertHofmann,thediscovererofLSD.TherediscoveryofthesevisionarymushroomsbytheMazatechealerMariaSabinaandmycologistR.GordonWassonignitedaworldwidemushroomculturethatinspiredtheconsciousnessrevolutionofthe1960s.Thisbookdescribesinvividdetailtheconsciousness-expandingexperiencesofpsychoactivemushroomusers--fromartiststopsychologists--andthehealingvisionaryinspirationtheyreceived.ItprovidesfirsthandaccountsofstudiesperformedinthecontroversialHarvardPsilocybinProject,includingtheConcordPrisonstudyandtheGoodFridaystudy.ItdescribeshowtheuseofthepsilocybemushroomspreadfromthemountainsofMexicointoNorthAmerica,Asia,andEuropebyseekersofconsciousness-expandingexperiences.Italsodetailshowpsilocybinhasbeenusedsincethe1960sinpsychotherapy,prisonerrehabilitation,theenhancementofcreativity,andtheinductionofmysticalexperiencesandisbeingstudiedasatreatmentforobsessivecompulsivedisorder(OCD).
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