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Psychonauts : drugs and the making of the modern mind / by Jay, Mike,1959 December 14-author.(CARDINAL)421601; Yale University Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)332061;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index."Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments--in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals. But after 1900 drugs were increasingly viewed as a social problem, and the long tradition of self-experimentation began to disappear. From Sigmund Freud's experiments with cocaine to William James's epiphany on nitrous oxide, Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism. Today, as we embrace novel cognitive enhancers and psychedelics, the experiments of the original psychonauts reveal the deep influence of mind-altering drugs on Western science, philosophy, and culture." -- Dust jacket.

Subjects: Altered states of consciousness.; Psychonauts.; Intellectuals; Hallucinogenic drugs;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Liber null and Psychonaut : the practice of chaos magic / by Carroll, Peter J.,(Peter James),Author(DLC)n 86108898 ; Hutton, RonaldWriter of forewordauthor of introduction, etc.(DLC)n 83200722;

"The essential work on the practice of chaos magic, one of the fastest growing areas of Western occultism. "The most original and probably the most important writer on Magick since Aleister Crowley."-Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Prometheus Rising "Peter Carroll has successfully broken down many of the patterns that so many magicians cling to. Liber Null and Psychonaut-written not only for students of chaos magic, but to separate the necessary from what may be the unnecessary formula of magick-covers much new territory. Carroll has taken methods from Austin Osman Spare, shamanism, paganism, and Chaos science and synthesized them into a new system of practice."-The Portal The practice of chaos magic is clearly outlined here by Peter Carroll. His approach combines methods from shamanism, paganism, and chaos science. The book includes a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists with instructions that lead the reader through new concepts and practices. This new Weiser Classics edition includes a new foreword by Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon"--"Two books in one. Liber Null contains powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists who are aware of their own beings. Psychonaut, the companion to Liber Null, is a manual comprising the theory and practice of magic, aimed at those who seek to perform group magic or who work as shamanic priests to the community. Both treatises will serve as invaluable guides to the operation of real magic, the quest for adeptship, and spiritual illumination through the Western magical path"--.

Subjects: Magic.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Operation White Rabbit : LSD, the DEA, and the fate of the Acid King / by McDougal, Dennis,author.(CARDINAL)359691;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316)."Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall--and rise and fall again--of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the 'Acid King.' Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a government informer, a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet--if you believe the DEA. A narrative for fans of Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind, Pickard's personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on"--Dust jacket.

Subjects: Biographies.; Pickard, William Leonard.; Hallucinogenic drugs; LSD (Drug); Psychonauts;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Los diarios del acido : la guía de un psiconauta sobre la historia y el uso del LSD / by Gray, Christopher,1942-2009.(CARDINAL)503816;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276).

Subjects: Personal narratives.; Gray, Christopher, 1942-2009.; LSD (Drug); Spirituality;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The ego tunnel : the science of the mind and the myth of the self / by Metzinger, Thomas,1958-(CARDINAL)752915;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index.

Subjects: Consciousness.; Personality.; Self.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Ground control / by Howard, Tini,author.(CARDINAL)629104; Robles, Nick,artist.(CARDINAL)622409;

After a near-death experience, lonely funeral home receptionist Thalia Rosewood is recruited into the Euthanauts, a select group of psychonauts, sick folk, and other intrepid explorers who pass over willingly to determine what lies beyond.Suggested for mature readers.

Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Horror comics.; Novels.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The greatest stories ever played : video games and the evolution of storytelling / by Hansen, Dustin,author.(CARDINAL)414986;

A note from the author : oh, boy, what have I done? -- Once upon a time -- Uncharted 4 : a thief's end -- Book report : Alan Wake -- Storytelling categories -- Book report : Silent hill 2 -- Persona 5 -- Book report : Grim fandango -- Plot : above-the-neck verbs versus below-the-neck verbs -- Book report : NieR : automata -- Celeste -- Book report : To the moon -- Theme -- Book report : What remains of Edith Finch -- The last of us -- Book report : Chrono trigger -- God of war -- Book report : Horizon zero dawn -- Story structures -- Book report : Hades -- Undertale -- Book report : Final fantasy VII -- POV -- Book report : The witcher 3 : wild hunt -- Bioshock -- Book report : Psychonauts -- The antagonist : Portal and Portal 2 -- Book report : Half-life 2 -- Red dead redemption II -- Book report : Mass effect 2 -- Get inside the hero's head -- Book report : Firewatch -- Journey -- The beginning."A lifelong gamer with over 20-years experience in the gaming industry examines the storytelling skills in some of the most beloved and moving games of the past thirty years in this fun and informative YA non-fiction title"--Grades 10-12Ages 13-18

Subjects: Young adult literature.; Video games; Video games; Storytelling.;

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The acid queen : the psychedelic life and counterculture rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary / by Cahalan, Susannah,author.(CARDINAL)357290;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index.Author's note -- Preface -- Part One: The stewardess. The genius and the goddess -- The book of changes -- A real visionary -- The match -- The apprentice -- Part Two: The assistant. Morning glory seeds -- The Woodruff woman -- Death of the mind -- The robot -- The seagulls -- Part Three: The acid queen. Blinded by the sun -- Rosemary wept -- The surrogate monarch of psychedelia -- The computer -- Sylvia McGaffin -- Maia Baraka -- Marilyn Monroe -- Demeter -- Part Four: The high priestess of innkeeping. Sarah Woodruff -- Flashbacks -- The story of my punishment -- Her story -- Why not -- My work -- Ghosts and minor characters -- The magician's assistant -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes."Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with Rosemary inflamed the government. But Rosemary was more than a mere accessory. She was a beatnik, a psychonaut, and a true believer who tested the limits of her mind and the expectations for women of her time. Long overlooked by those who have venerated her husband, Rosemary spent her life on the forefront of the counterculture, working with Leary on his books and speeches, sewing his clothing, and shaping--for better and for worse--the media's narrative about LSD. Ultimately, Rosemary sacrificed everything for the safety of her fellow psychedelic pioneers and the preservation of her husband's legacy. Drawing from a wealth of interviews, diaries, archives, and unpublished sources, Susannah Cahalan writes the definitive portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, reclaiming her narrative and her voice from those who dismissed her." --

Subjects: Biographies.; Leary, Rosemary Woodruff, 1935-2002.; Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996; Hallucinogenic drugs.; Hallucinogenic drugs; Counterculture; Fugitives from justice;

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Ten trips : the new reality of psychedelics / by Mitchell, Andy,(Technical writer)Author(DLC)n 94014886 ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The more we learn about psychedelics, the less we seem to understand them. . . . In this engrossing, sometimes hilarious, always dramatic chronicle, a neuropsychologist deflates the hype, explores the limitless possibilities, and reveals a much-needed perspective about psychedelics, giving us a scientist's first-person experiment with ten different compounds in ten different settings. Once demonized and still largely illegal, psychedelic drugs are now officially a "breakthrough therapy" in treating mental illness, used to heal trauma, conquer addiction, and enhance well-being. But as Andy Mitchell reveals, this approach to psychedelics is overhyped, and most importantly, neglects what is so unusual and valuable about them: the psychedelic experience itself. In Ten Trips, Mitchell takes ten different drugs in ten diverse locations--including a neuroimaging lab in London, the Columbian Andes, Silicon Valley and his friend's basement kitchen--to document their remarkable effects. Along the way he encounters a cast of distinctive characters: scientists and gangsters, venture capitalists and philosophers, psychonauts and shamans, musicians, monks, therapists, poets, and conmen. His experience opens a doorway to psychedelics' full potential: for healing and trauma, for ecstatic one-ness and utter terror, for transcendence and corruption, for profundity and laughter. Mitchell argues that by removing psychedelics from their cultures and rituals, both indigenous and underground, we risk rejecting the expertise and the contexts which hold the key to understanding them--and from which their real benefits may derive. In the drive to standardize, control, and monetize the psychedelic experience, we may ultimately destroy what makes them potent: their ability to transform our whole perspective on mental health and reenchant us with the world. A hallucinogenic experience nearly as mind-blowing as actually taking psychedelics themselves, Ten Trips is Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind written by Hunter S. Thompson with a PhD in neuroscience--a perception-altering odyssey that will change the way we see these substances and the world.

Subjects: Hallucinogenic drugs; Psychophysiology; Mental health;

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