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Trout's Notes on San Pedro and Related Trichocereus Species
by Keeper of the Trout & Friends
Publisher:
Better Days 
Year:
2005 
Reviewed by Justin Case
8/15/2006

One could say that Trout’s Notes on San Pedro is to Trichocereus cacti species what Alexander Shulgin’s TiHKAL
is to tryptamines. And just as only chemists with interest in tryptamines could fully appreciate TiHKAL, only botanists with a special interest in mescaline-containing cacti can fully appreciate Trout’s Notes. [ read more ]

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Transfigurations
by Alex Grey
Publisher:
0892818514 
Year:
2001 
Reviewed by Jon Hanna
8/1/2006

It is heartening to see Grey’s recent stylistic development being applied in both new and familiar ways; the mark of a good artist is one who isn’t afraid to reinvent himself from time to time. Clearly Grey has his chops down, and I am pleased to see the new directions that he is taking, while retaining the spiritual focus that causes his art to rise above the nihilist, post-modern abstractions that litter the art community like so many disturbing—yet dull—abortions. [ read more ]