Shamanic Graffiti: 100,000 Years of Drugs, 100 Years of Prohibition [Paperback]

Freud said dreams were the “royal road” to the unconscious, and then along came a superhighway: psychedelics. Personally, we can access the psychedelic experience, but Frank Ogden shepherded over a thousand people’s experiences. What is presented is the howling unconscious released from the normal chemical constraints that restrict it. Written in the simple, but vivid style Frank popularized in his bestselling, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read, Shamanic Graffiti presents an alternative history of the brain and it’s functions: shamanism. Giving real world examples, the book finishes-up by exploring the theories of two pre-eminent psychedelic theoreticians, Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Stan Grof and looks at the future of psychedelic drugs.

"Here is a highly readable account of how Canadian scientists and artists and enthusiasts have been world leaders in the ‘consciousness revolution’. Marcus Rummery’s book will be recognized as the standard contribution to the field. Reading it is not only a consciousness-raising experience, but it also a hair-raising experience." —John Robert Colombo, Canadian author, editor and poet

"Ogden and Rummery delve into a history that’s endangered to be forgotten, repressed, marginalized. At this time of psychedelic and entheogenic re-awakening their book is an invaluable resource." —Andrew Feldmar, psychotherapist, co-investigator (with Dr. Ingrid Pacey) in Vancouver’s MDMA and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder study

"This book contains vivid first-hand accounts of psychedelic insights and offers a reappraisal of the true value of those experiences, both it terms of treatment and personal growth. Drawing extensively on co-author Frank Ogden’s experiences, it also provides a rich description of the infamous Hollywood Hospital addiction treatments with LSD, of which Ogden played a historic role – a story tl3