How can psychedelics be taken safely? What are the risks? Can they truly help us heal?

In this groundbreaking, comprehensive guide to the theory, science and practice of psychedelic healing, you’ll discover:

- The traditional uses and history of psychedelic medicine in the West
- Everyday uses of psychedelics, including microdosing and recreational use
- The history of plant medicines and indigenous traditions
- Treatment methods and realistic benefits
- The psychedelic shadow, and much more.

Packed with the latest research, experiences from individual explorers and interviews with luminaries across the field, including Michael Pollan and Dr Rick Doblin, Sean Lawlor will guide you through the tremendous healing potential of psychedelics. Psychedelic Revival is an invaluable resource for navigating this exciting frontier in healing.

I. Psychedelics in the west
Setting the stage
Foundations of psychedelic-assisted therapy
Psilocybin: the bridge between science and mysticism
LSD: transformation in death and rebirth
MDMA and nonlinearity
Ketamine and connection
II. Psychedelics in everyday life
Recreational use
Microdosing
Creativity and imagination
III. Intregration and exploration
Mescaline and the Garden of Eden
Ibogaine and practical integration
5-MeO-DMT and nonduality
DMT: beholding the mystery
IV. Indigenous roots of the revival
Deconstructing shamanism down the Amanita Rabbit Hole
Iboga and the single story
Ayahuasca and the spirit world
Peyote and reciprocity
Crossing the threshold
V. The psychedelic shadow
Entering the shadow realm
Debates over the psychedelic future
Psychedelic stigmatization in psychedelic science
Bypassing and abuses of power
Psychedelic exceptionalism
Destabilization and death
Epilogue: speculative synthesis of the Philosopher's Stone