Wahoo! Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out today!
Trip Sitting is your essential guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys.
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
12.09.2025 13:36 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
"Holding psychΗdelic space is an ancient art that takes many forms, The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne
Learn more about Trip Sitting here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
26.09.2025 08:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
'A psilocybin journey can help us tune into the sacred (however we understand it). Nourish our soul. Help us make meaning in the world, and accept out mortality'
- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)
Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
24.09.2025 08:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"PΒ£ychedelics... force us to acknowledge that the human mind is at root a metaphysical subject. If we are surprised by this, it is only because we are not typically aware of our metaphysical assumptions" - Tim Hardwick
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/gonzo-meta...
16.09.2025 07:30 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Wahoo! Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out today!
Trip Sitting is your essential guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys.
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
12.09.2025 13:36 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Science is not some lone bastion of truth. Like everything else, it has good and bad actors. Weird framing.
11.09.2025 18:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Extract from The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by novelist/journalist Fitz Hugh Ludlow, born #onthisday in 1836. Terence McKenna would describe Ludlow as "Part genius, part madman, β¦ halfway between Cpt Ahab and PT Barnum, a kind of Mark Twain on hashish": publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #OTD
11.09.2025 11:46 β π 18 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out tomorrow!
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
11.09.2025 18:06 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Mind Gardens
On the Propensity for Psychedelic-Induced Nature-Connectedness and the Demand for New Sacred Spaces
Fascinating new article by @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social on our Substack, looking at sacred sites, psys, and nature-connectedness...
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/mind-gardens
05.09.2025 07:50 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Wahoo! β€οΈππ€©
Printed copies of Trip Sitting: The Art & Science of Holding PƧychedelic Space by Julian Vayne have arrived
Includes a Foreword by @bellevuedoc.bsky.social
Out in 2 weeks! Pre-order exclusively through us:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
28.08.2025 14:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Just learned that Alston Hughes - aka Smiles - had died - RIP my friend, a life well-lived β€οΈ
11.08.2025 07:40 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Great article exploring a Huxley family trip by James L Penner:
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/huxley-fam...
11.08.2025 07:28 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Very pleased to be able to publish this excerpt from
@gmantic.bsky.social's forthcoming biography of Terence McKenna - Psilocybin Summer
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/psilocybin...
31.07.2025 10:45 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Very pleased to announce our new forthcoming book...
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne π₯³
More info & pre-orders here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
23.07.2025 13:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Nice interview with Andy Roberts, author of Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain, via @internationaltimes.bsky.social
internationaltimes.it/andy-roberts...
23.07.2025 13:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A Picture of Elf
Review of Death by Astonishment by Andrew Gallimore
Review of Andrew R Gallimoreβs new book Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the Worldβs Strangest Drug [DMT]
Thanks to William Rowlandson for his words! Plus shout out for @breakingconvention.bsky.social <3
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/death-asto...
10.07.2025 08:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Albion Dreaming by Andy Roberts
Albion Dreaming tells the story of the myriad ways that LSD has shaped and influenced British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s
"Whether you believe L$D is an escape from reality or a trip into the heart of it, the hidden history of the most potent and undefinable drug known to humankind is only just being unearthed"
- historian Andy Roberts
β‘οΈ psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/alb...
07.07.2025 09:31 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Acid Dialectics' by Vincent Rado - a very engaging and thoughtful book. Our review is available here:
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/lsd-and-st...
04.07.2025 07:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
βThey really did share this belief in psychedelics as a way to augment the psyche, heal the world. βTrue beliefβ really enabled that behavior, but βego inflationβ actually got in their wayβ - Susannah Cahalan
Interview by James Penner
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/rosemary-w...
10.06.2025 07:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
'I am so glad I took LSD' - Dr Sue Blackmore
Read more here:
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/glad-i-too...
04.06.2025 11:54 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Andy Roberts'Β Albion DreamingΒ tells the extraordinary story of how LSD helped shape British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s.
Out now!
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/alb...
26.05.2025 15:50 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
William 'Ubi' Dwyer was an anarchist, psychedelicist & festival organiser who steered acid anarchism in the UK.
"LSD is no escape from reality. As an intensifier of experience LSD brings one into more direct confrontation with the world."
Learn more β‘οΈ tinyurl.com/2xmf8xtj
22.05.2025 20:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Psychedelic Press | Substack
History, literature & philosophy. Click to read Psychedelic Press, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
To keep up-to-date with our latest #psychedelic writings in digital and print format, please consider subscribing to our Substack π
psychedelicpress.substack.com
#history #literature
22.05.2025 19:33 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Big thanks to Vince Rado for sending this - I'm looking forward to tucking into this book very soon β€οΈβ¬οΈ
20.05.2025 07:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Acid Care for Anglicans
Dr Frank Lake, LSD and Pastoral Counselling
Dr Frank Lake was giving Anglican priests LSD in the 1950s/1960s, although not managed to trace any of the participants...
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/acid-angli...
20.05.2025 07:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our latest paper on DMT phenomenology, led by Pascal Michael, exploring the mis/matches with near-death experiences, showing that while 95% on DMT had at least one NDE feature, many classic NDE features were absent & only a very few had NDE-like trips in any way.
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
19.05.2025 12:51 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Sounds like he's been black-pilled on the topic
20.05.2025 07:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"The wonderful thing Rob gives us are the real persons and movements that would otherwise be lost to the grand myths that forge narratives"
- @petersjostedth.bsky.social on Cobweb of Trips: A literary history of psychedelics by Robert Dickins
More info β¬οΈ
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/cob...
16.05.2025 07:57 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Art, poetry, entertainment ajusting lenses since 1966
https://internationaltimes.it/
#psychedelic community catalyst, musician, & artist | βͺGlobal Psychedelic Societyβ¬ Co-Founder and Co-Steward
mikemargolies.net | globalpsychedelic.org
Shenanigans, tomfoolery, hijinks - I'm up for all of it.
Currently working on a book project about the 2024 election through the lens of Vermin Supreme.
Compassion. Consent. Cooperation.
Practicing Rainbow Anarchism
Exploring and innovating at the intersection of psychedelics and chronic pain.
remaptherapeutics.com
psychedelicsandpain.org
psychiatrist, harm reductionist, musician, mom, psychonaut,
cannabis-and-other-psychedelics-literate clinician, h/o medical monitor for MDMA PTSD studies, also for cannabis PTSD studies,
medical advisor to MAPS++, scientific advisor to Palo Santo VC ++
University College London's Society for the Application of Psychedelics
We host mind-expanding academic and social events - open to all. Find all our links below:
linktr.ee/uclsap
media study PhD student @ SUNY Buffalo
into psychical research, spirit channeling, folklore, etc...
christophermichael.online
Reality leaves so much to the imaginationβ¦
βWe are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams.β ~ Willy Wonka
#PsychedelicScience #Psychedelics
Technical advisor, drug user advocate and human rights activist working on harm reduction, drug treatment and community mobilisation with people who use drugs.
good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
Psykedeelitutkimusyhdistys ry. Monitieteellinen yhdistys, joka edistÀÀ psykedeelejÀ koskevaa tieteellistÀ tutkimusta ja tietÀmystÀ. Multidisciplinary association for the advancement of psychedelic research.
history keeps me awake at night
Transform is an independent NGO, and UK registered charity, working nationally and internationally towards more just and effective drugs policies, including a safer system of legal regulation for all drugs.
https://transformdrugs.org/
Social Anthropologist, Ethnographic Researcher & Creative Dabbler
Managing Editor: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy
Senior Team Member: Research Action Group with The Loop
π Bridging worlds between tradition & science
π Non-profit research & consultancy
π Courses & education, prep & integration
Prof of Substance Use at the School of Psychology, and Public Health Institute, LJMU (UK) - Drug research, policy, and culture. Member of ACMD. Advisor to Anti Stigma Network, ISSUP https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/1416-harry-sumnall
