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Examines the revival of psychedelic science since the Decade of the Brain. This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California.

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"Beautifully rendered, exhasutively documented... Highly Recommended." -- J. G. Schnellman Choice "A deeply reflective meditation on the perennial struggle of humanity to preserve a mystical view of life during a time of materialist scientific discourses." -- Adam Montgomery Gesnerus "Neuropsychedelia is an elegant exemplar of both science studies and anthropology of the contemporary." -- Meg Stalcup Somatosphere

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Acknowledgments Introduction: Neuropsychopharmacology as Spiritual Technology 1. Psychedelic Revival 2. Swiss Psilocybin and US Dollars 3. The Varieties of Psychedelic Lab Experience 4. Enacting Experimental Psychoses 5. Between Animality and Divinity 6. Mystic Materialism Conclusion: Fieldwork in Perennial Philosophy Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780520274815, 978-0520274815
      ISBN10: 0520274814
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the revival of psychedelic science since the Decade of the Brain. This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California.

      Trade Review
      "Beautifully rendered, exhasutively documented... Highly Recommended." -- J. G. Schnellman Choice "A deeply reflective meditation on the perennial struggle of humanity to preserve a mystical view of life during a time of materialist scientific discourses." -- Adam Montgomery Gesnerus "Neuropsychedelia is an elegant exemplar of both science studies and anthropology of the contemporary." -- Meg Stalcup Somatosphere

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: Neuropsychopharmacology as Spiritual Technology 1. Psychedelic Revival 2. Swiss Psilocybin and US Dollars 3. The Varieties of Psychedelic Lab Experience 4. Enacting Experimental Psychoses 5. Between Animality and Divinity 6. Mystic Materialism Conclusion: Fieldwork in Perennial Philosophy Notes Bibliography Index

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