The classic works by the renowned Russian scientist who published the first edition of The Biosphere in 1926. This unabridged translation is made from the 1944 edition and translated from the Russian
CHANGING OUR MINDS is an experiential tour through a social, spiritual and scientifi c revolution that is redefi ning our culture’s often-confusing relationship with psychoactive substances. Veteran j
Perilous Passage is an account of Terry Wilson’s lifetime apprenticeship under the master shamanic practitioner, Brion Gysin, the hidden master of the avant-garde, of whom William Burroughs said, “He
The inventor of Biosphere 2, a glass domed ecosystem in which eight people lived in the Arizona desert from 1991-93, is considered either a visionary or a mad scientist. In this engaging memoir, Allen
A reissue of a classic book by pharmacologist Robert Raffauf and renowned Harvard ethnobotanist and explorer Richard Evans Schultes, who spent 14 uninterrupted years during the 1940s and 1950s living
A defining scholarly publication on the past and current state of research with psychedelic plant substances for medicine, therapeutics, and spiritual uses.Certain plants have long been known to conta
For better or worse, one of the legacies of the 1960s is the use of psychedelics such as LSD. Based on conversations between Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)--both of whom were intimately i
The traditional Chinese science and practice of FengShui works with vital currents that are infl uenced by heavenly bodies and which permeate the earth’s surface and regulate its cycles of fertility.
Where the Gods Reign is a complete anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem, containing chapters on rivers, ethnic groups, cultural activities, rubber and coca plants, drugs and med
The young ruler of Tibet donned the traditional garb of a Tibetan tribesman and fled on horesback to India to escape the Chinese occupation of his homeland. The 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Indiain the
The first novel of the Trilogy, one of passion, youth and energy exploring the power of the world, what it means to act and influence the course of history, to be where change is created and to endles
