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Cargando... How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (2018 original; edición 2019)por Michael Pollan (Autor)
Información de la obraHow to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence por Michael Pollan (2018)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. He provides some interesting history when it comes to psychedelics, and nods a bit to colonialism, but generally his voice (old, frumpy white dude) was difficult to follow. If it weren't for the subject matter I wouldn't be interested. ( ) Pollan's tendency to be wordy works surprisingly well when he talks about getting high. In addition to personal experience, Pollan covers the history of psychedelic research (beyond Timothy Leary), and the current researchers, psychonauts, and guides pursuing how these compounds may be used to better our lives, either as therapy or reframing our insights. Think I liked this better than other Pollan's forays into the world of what we put in our bodies, probably because I didn't feel my field was attacked here (genetics). sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into the experience of various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both struggle and beauty, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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