My year of psychedelics : exploring the amazing potential of mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and other life-enhancing substances / Sarah Napthali.

  • Napthali, Sarah, 1967-
Date:
2025
  • Books

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Exploring the amazing potential of mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and other life-enhancing substances.

Description

"Exploring first-hand the amazing potential of mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and other life-enhancing substances. Twenty years on from the bestselling success of Buddhism for Mothers, Sarah Napthali remains keen to explore the depths of the human experience. Intrigued by reports of the power of mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, ayahuasca and others, and the immense potential for personal and spiritual growth, she becomes determined to try these medicines and apply what she learns to the challenges she now faces as a newly divorced empty-nester. Over one year, Sarah takes eight psychedelic medicines. She navigates the highs of new romance and travel, but also grapples with the loss of old friends and a confrontation with aching loneliness. The psychedelic renaissance has provided a wealth of empirical evidence about the potential of these medicines, but this is a first-person account, a chance to join someone on their trips, and see how they impact her daily life"--Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2025.

Physical description

333 pages (xix, 314) ; 24 cm

Contents

Introduction -- Isn't it all a bit risky? -- Lead-up to my first retreat -- Psilocybin in the Netherlands -- Second psilocybin ceremony -- Lead-up to Bufo in Portugal -- Second Bufo ceremony -- Reflecting on the Bufo retreat -- Holotropic breathwork in Sydney -- Lead-up to MDMA in Australia -- MDMA in Queensland -- Lead-up to ayahuasca in Costa Rica -- First ayahuasca ceremony -- Second ayahuasca ceremony -- Third ayahuasca ceremony -- Lead-up to LSD in Sydney -- LSD in Sydney -- Second LSD trip in Sydney -- DMT near Newcastle -- Mescaline and ketamine in Sydney -- Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy -- The future of psychedelics -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Things I'd like to change about myself -- Appendix 2. Inner monologue when on sugar.

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  • 9781761470622
  • 1761470620