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How Does a Writer Put a Drug Trip into Words?

By Michael Pollan — 2018

Soon after I set out to write a book about psychedelics, it became obvious what I would have to do: Trip, and then write about what it was like.

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The Doors of Perception

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary.

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Aldous Leonard Huxley
2025
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5 Levels of Perception of the Psychedelic Experience

This video has broken down the psychedelic experience into 5 main levels, varying in intensity. From a tiny microdose to a full-blown ego death, this video covers it all.

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2020
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Ayahuasca DMT Trip Simulation (Pov) | What Ayahuasca “Looks” Like

Ayahuasca is a DMT/MAOI Amazonian brew that is used by shamans to connect with higher planes of existence, and to heal people.

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2020
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Ralph Metzner: My First Ayahuasca Experience

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Ralph Metzner
2011
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Alex Grey: My 1st DMT Experience Was Very Memorable

Alex Grey describes his very memorable first experience with the psychedelic DMT, as well as several subsequent experiences, and how they influenced his art. From the documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule.

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2011
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Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism

Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division.

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Daniel Pinchbeck
2003
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Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures

In Tripping, Charles Hayes has gathered fifty narratives about unforgettable psychedelic experiences from an international array of subjects representing all walks of life–respectable Baby Boomers, aging hippies, young ravers, and accomplished writers such as John Perry Barlow, Anne Waldman,...

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Charles Hayes
2000
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Experiencing Psychedelics— What it's like to trip on Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms, LSD/Acid, Mescaline And DMT

Are you interested in uncovering more about these powerful psychedelic drugs? Do you want to learn about people's experiences and the transformational impact it had on their minds, emotions, and lives? Want to make sure you don't have a bad trip if you decide to take one? Inside this profound...

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Alex Gibbons
2020
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SARK’s Journal and Play!Book: A Place to Dream While Awake

SARK invites the journal writer to compose his/her own creative companion through gentle instructions and playful directions toward artistic freedom. Your “inside child” will peek out to want, wish, find pleasure, and amaze you.

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SARK
1993
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SARK’s New Creative Companion: Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit

We all need reminders that it’s little things that make us feel really alive—those small actions and subtle gestures that can potentially lead to great moments of magic and joy.

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SARK
2025
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Imagination and Creativity