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Drawing It Out: Befriending the Unconscious
by Sherana Harriette Frances
Publisher:
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 
Year:
2001 
Reviewed by dogbreth
3/25/2006

In 1963, Harriette Frances went to the International Foundation for Advanced Study in Menlo Park, California, to explore whether a legal substance being used at that time for psychotherapy could straighten out or enrich her life. She had been suffering from serious depression and had attempted to commit suicide. This mother/wife/artist was desperate, yet also searching for something ... [ read more ]

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The Secret Chief Revealed: Conversations with Leo Zeff, Pioneer in the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement
by Myron J. Stolaroff
Publisher:
MAPS 
Year:
2005 
Reviewed by dogbreth
3/10/2006

A quick read loaded with insights, The Secret Chief Revealed serves multiple purposes effectively. The actual “text” of the conversations is less than 100 pages, but the introductions, forward, prologue, tribute, epilogue, appendixes, additional tributes, and a special section devoted to resources, introduce the reader to some of the main personalities involved in psychedelic research, and extend the book ... [ read more ]

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Busted! Drug War Survival Skills
by M. Chris Fabricant
Publisher:
HarperCollins 
Year:
2005 
Reviewed by Midevil
3/2/2006

An illustrated pocket-sized book on how to deal with being the underdog in the war on drugs in America, Busted provides tips on how to avoid cops, observations of a variety of situations with the law (most gone bad) and useful charts, such as how long you’ll do time if you’re caught with weed in Arizona as opposed to Michigan. ... [ read more ]