Hallucinogens : A Reader

Introduction: Hallucinogens Revisited 1(14) A Conversation with Albert Hofmann 15(8) Charles S. Grob The Role of Psychoactive Plant Medicines 23(15) Ralph Metzner Psychedelic Society 38(9) Terence McKenna Two Classic Trips: Jean-Paul Sartre and Adelle Davis 47(17) Thomas Riedlinger The Good Friday Experiment 64(8) Huston Smith Chemical and Contemplative Ecstasy: Similarities and Differences 72(10) Roger Walsh Drugs and Jewish Spirituality: That Was Then, This Is Now 82(12) Lawrence Bush Using Psychedelics Wisely 94(10) Myron J. Stolaroff Successful Outcome of a Single LSD Treatment in a Chronically Dysfunctional Man 104(9) Gary Fisher Sitting for Sessions: Dharma & DMT Research 113(9) Rick J. Strassman The Psychedelic Vision at the Turn of the Millennium: A Discussion with Andrew Weil 122(16) Making Friends with Cancer and Ayahuasca 138(18) Donald M. Topping An Ethnobotanist's Dream 156(3) Glenn H. Shepard Shamans and Scientists 159(5) Jeremy Narby Ritual Approaches to Working with Sacred Medicine Plants: An Interview with Ralph Metzner 164(21) Appendix A The Psychology of Ayahuasca 185(32) Charles S. Grob Appendix B Deconstructing Ecstasy: The Politics of MDMA Research 217(46) Charles S. Grob Appendix C Psychiatric Research with Hallucinogens: What Have We Learned? 263(29) Charles S. Grob Recommended Books 292(2) Sources and Permissions 294(2) Contributors 296