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Book SynopsisA comprehensive exploration of chemically mediated extra ordinary human experiences.
Scientist and psychonaut David Luke weaves personal experience and scientific research to create Otherworlds - Psychedelics and Exceptional Human Experience.
“Emphasizing parapsychological aspects of the psychedelic experience, Luke’s new book fills in a fascinating and previously neglected lacuna in the burgeoning field of human studies with these compounds. ” – Rick Strassman, PhD
“A psychedelic Indiana Jones. ” – Matt Colborn, PhD
“David Luke’s delightful one-liner about his book is that it’s ‘about weird people in weird places taking weird substances doing weird things and, importantly, having weird experiences’ . . . On reflection, it’s much more profound than that . . . So weird reader, forge ahead without fear. ” – Dean Radin, PhD
“In his fascinating book David plunges into this controversial topic and gives the backstory, the front story, and possible ways forward to bring paranormal and psychedelic research together, and further our understanding of both. ” – Dennis J. McKenna, PhD
“A remarkable collection and a necessary one. This body of research illuminates aspects of psychedelic experiences usually obscured or denied in the medical and clinical research and sensationalized in the popular press. ” – James Fadiman, PhD
“A real Dr Gonzo. ” – Will Self
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Foreword – Dr Dean Radin
Preface
SECTION 1: Explorations of Exceptional Entheogen Experiences
Chapter 1: Notes on Getting Cactus Lodged in Your Reducing Valve: San Pedro and Psychic Abilities
Chapter 2. Psychedelic Possession: The Growing Incorporation of Incorporation into Ayahuasca Use
Chapter 3. The Induction of Synaesthesia with Chemical Agents: A Systematic Review (with Devin Terhune)
Chapter 4. Rock Art or Rorschach: Is There More to Entoptics Than Meets the Eye?
Chapter 5. Discarnate Entities and Dimethyltryptamine (DMT): Psychopharmacology, Phenomenology and Ontology
Chapter 6. Disembodied Eyes Revisited: An Investigation into the Ontology of Entheogenic Entity Encounters
Chapter 7. Psychedelics and Species Connectedness
SECTION 2: Do Psychedelics Like Psilocybin Really Cause Psi?
Chapter 8. Psychoactive Substances and Paranormal Phenomena Review
Chapter 9. Psychedelic/Neurochemical Models of Paranormal Experience
Chapter 10. Field Reports of Psychedelic Paranormal Phenomena
Chapter 11. Surveys of Psychedelic Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences
Chapter 12. Experimental Psychedelic ESP Research
Chapter 13. Methodological Critique of Experimental ESP Research
Chapter 14. General Summary and Conclusions on Psychedelic Parapsychological Research
Afterword: Pulling Magicians out of a Rabbit Hole
References
Index
