{"product_id":"tripping-isbn-9780140195743","title":"Tripping","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Provides the much needed ‘coming out of the closet’ that the psychedelic movement has lacked. These stories will captivate, inspire, caution, and educate. This courageous book exceeds expectations.” —Rich Doblin, President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA collection of transformational psychedelic experiences, and a guidebook for how to understand them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eFlash back to a generation ago, when the world of psychedelics still coasted in the gritty, adventurous, do-it-yourself ethos of Sixties counterculture. Hang on for the bumpy thrill ride of the psychedelic experience before it was traded in for the white lab coat of pharmaceutical medicine. Read up on the early anecdotes and field reports that have made ketamine and MDMA the newest drugs in mental health treatment. In \u003ci\u003eTripping\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Charles Hayes compiles fifty narratives of psychedelic odysseys—from respectable Baby Boomers and young ravers to renowned Beat poet Anne Waldman and preeminent spokesperson Terence McKenna—to give readers a glimpse into this transgressive, experimental world of self-discovery. As he liberates psychedelics from their social stigma, Hayes explores ancient Greek rites and ecstasy-fueled raves, sacred indigenous plants and synthetic “smart drugs,” alien encounters and connections with nature, the terrifying and the sublime. A history, cultural timepiece, and resource guide all in one, \u003ci\u003eTripping \u003c\/i\u003eis a compendium of forbidden memories whose otherworldly tales and expository advice will provide insight and inspiration to readers even—and especially—now, twenty years after its original publication.TrippingNote to the Reader\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Psychedelic (in) Society: A Brief Cultural History of Tripping\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasic Features of the Psychedelic Experience\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMethodology and Perspectives Used in the Making of This Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Narratives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAaron: \u003ci\u003eTrawling the ghost stream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Dee: \u003ci\u003eHighway to the sky: The road seen only by the dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Waldman: \u003ci\u003ePoint and Click: Icons in the window to the ancestral manse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrendan: \u003ci\u003ePealing Faces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Eisner: \u003ci\u003eDazed in the desert at the end of time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl: \u003ci\u003eThe wat of the world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Hayes: \u003ci\u003eEat the moment (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie: \u003ci\u003eThat's when I realized I was out of my senses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark Heinrich: \u003ci\u003eHeaven (and another story)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel: \u003ci\u003eI realized I was dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis: \u003ci\u003eThey don't show you all this on the top of the mountain just to destroy you on your way down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiona: \u003ci\u003eUnbridled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge: \u003ci\u003eSaved by the belle (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory: \u003ci\u003eSinister toys and the Internet of souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Bass: \u003ci\u003eHallucinating the horror of sobriety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbie Greene: \u003ci\u003eRide the snake and break on through (or) Crashing the snake dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack: \u003ci\u003eThe pinball machine I could play without feeding it coins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames: \u003ci\u003eHell's den and Pan's glen (and another story)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJarl: \u003ci\u003eAn early absolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason: \u003ci\u003eThe orgasm death dance (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeremy: \u003ci\u003eThe schlomus: The price of a moment's doubt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Perry Barlow: \u003ci\u003eMy first trip\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian: \u003ci\u003eAn awakening from within\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Coleman: \u003ci\u003eThen the emotions started happening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeely Stahl: \u003ci\u003eThe menacing orgasm that almost melted me away\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith: \u003ci\u003eFirst communion with life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenny: \u003ci\u003eHow can I die if I'm not here? (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin: \u003ci\u003eTo either die or come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLena: \u003ci\u003eI've definitely been psychotic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonard Gibson: \u003ci\u003ePortals of flame, petals of the lotus blossum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonard Mercado: \u003ci\u003ePsychedelic terra firma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm: \u003ci\u003eThe Psychedelic is the Center\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcel: \u003ci\u003eIs this a trap or a welcome?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark: \u003ci\u003eSounding the black box of the subconscious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Fischer: \u003ci\u003eOver the spillway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew S. Kent: \u003ci\u003eMaha maya: The V in my path\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMegan: \u003ci\u003eA blink of rabbit fur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Devereaux: \u003ci\u003eDo I want to be seeing this?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter: \u003ci\u003eEverything else was normal (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Cooper: \u003ci\u003eThe Cathedral of San Pedro the Divine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverend Marianne: \u003ci\u003eThe vision made it real (and other stories)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bell: \u003ci\u003eI had a theory who I was (and another story)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Charles Wilson: \u003ci\u003e The Immigrant's landing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth: \u003ci\u003eThe apostate's homecoming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah: \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Kessler: \u003ci\u003eThe initiate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Silberman: \u003ci\u003ethe organismic display monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Martin Cohen: \u003ci\u003eA thousand cruise missles pointed straight at my brain stem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry: \u003ci\u003eLoosing the hounds of war\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Page: \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of an acid-salved war photographer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A Conversion with Terance McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: A Concise Index of Psychedelic Substances\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography and Resources\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e“Offers a multitude of perspectives from all walks of life about the psychedelic experience . . . In this new age of microdosing and psychedelic research and experimentation, \u003ci\u003eTripping\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone who's interested in consciousness expansion.” \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A magnificent collection.\" \u003cb\u003e– Alexander Shulgin, godfather of MDMA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Hayes is such a bristling and intelligent writer that one almost wishes that he had written the whole book himself. The free flow of ideas about these verboten substances and their anthropological\/psychological possibilities is exhilarating.\"\u003cb\u003e – \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"A sensitive and responsible approach to documenting profound experiences with 'drugs.' The results of this informal research are both informative and highly moving.\" \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Intriguing. The narratives are informative, cautionary, hilarious and spooky. The uninitiated may recoil from stories of visions of goat-devils, the moon as an alien flashlight, and nude escapades at Burning Man, but those in on the book's implicit wink will find like-minded stories of drug-induced bliss and abject terror.\" \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Readers will find a sequence of first-person narratives (a form at least as old as \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e) that presents, in kaleidoscopic fashion, the last thirty years as refracted through the prism of a drug experience.\" \u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “We can theorize about psychedelics till the cow patties come home, but there's nothing as poignant, perplexing, and funny as a well-told trip report. Charles Hayes has gathered together some great ones. \u003ci\u003eTripping\u003c\/i\u003e is instructive, hilarious and -- let's face it -- enticing. I \u003ci\u003eloved\u003c\/i\u003e it.” \u003cb\u003e– R.U. Sirius, \u003ci\u003eMondo 2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"A classic in the growing body of contemporary psychedelic literature. For the experienced, \u003ci\u003eTripping\u003c\/i\u003e is a harvest of inspiring moments and a reminiscence of one's own deeply shape-shifting journeys. For the uninitiated, it is a profound glimpse into the hidden world of the subconscious and a provocation for wider acceptance of the usefulness of psychedelic states.\"\u003cb\u003e – Allan Badiner, \u003ci\u003eZig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e, a substance use disorder counselor in New York City, has been a writer\/editor for a variety of businesses and organizations, a communications manager for a marketing firm, and a journalist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eReason, The Oxford American, Tikkun, High Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eE\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Charles can be contacted by email at trippingtales@aol.com and at his website, www.psychedelicadventures.com.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302389108965,"sku":"NP9780140195743","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140195743.jpg?v=1767742963","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tripping-isbn-9780140195743","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}