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RECOMMENDED READING & WATCHING LIST
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Ball, M. W. (2006). Mushroom wisdom: Cultivating spiritual consciousness with entheogens. Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing.
Barnhart, R. J. (Producer), & Dauber, R. (Director). (2019). A new understanding: The science of psilocybin [Documentary]. Retrieved from https://www.anewunderstanding.org/
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Bourzat, F., & Hunter, K. (2019). Consciousness medicine: Indigenous wisdom, entheogens, and expanded states of consciousness for healing and growth. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
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Brown, D. (2013). The new science of psychedelics: At the nexus of culture, consciousness, and spirituality. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.
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Carhart-Harris, R. L., & Nutt, D. J. (2017). Serotonin and brain function: A tale of two receptors. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31(9), 1091–1120. Retrieved from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0269881117725915
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Carhart-Harris, R. L., Roseman, L., Bolstridge, M., Demetriou, L., Pannekeok, J., Wall, M. ... Nutt, D. (2017, October 13). Psilocybin for treatment- resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 13187. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-13282-7
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Chandler, T. (2019). Dosed. Retrieved from https://www.dosedmovie.com/
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Dass, R. (1971). Be here now. New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group.
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Doblin, R. & Burge, B. (Eds). (2014). Manifesting minds: An anthology from the multidisciplinary association for psychedelic studies: A review of psychedelics in science, medicine, sex, and spirituality. Berkeley, CA: Evolver Editions.
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Ghose, T. (2014, October 24). Magic mushrooms create a hyperconnected brain. Live Science. Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/48502-magic- mushrooms-change-brain-networks.html
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Goldsmith, N. (2010). Psychedelic Healing: The promise of entheogens for psychotherapy and spiritual development. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press.
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Grof, S. (1998). The cosmic game: Explorations of the frontiers of human consciousness. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
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Grof, S. (2000). Psychology of the future: Lessons from modern consciousness research (Suny series in Transpersonal and humanistic psychology). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
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Grof, S. (2006). When the impossible happens. Adventures in non-ordinary realities. Boulder, CA: Sounds True.
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Grof, S. (2015). Modern consciousness research and the understanding of art, including the visionary world of H. R. Giger. Santa Cruz, CA: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
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Grof, S. (2019a). The way of the psychonaut, Vol. 1: Encyclopedia for inner journeys. Santa Cruz, CA: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
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Hartman, S. (2018, November 9). Psilocybin could be legal for therapy by 2021. Rolling Stone. Retrieved from https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/psilocybin-legal- therapy-mdma-753946/
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Hill, S. (2013). Confrontations with the unconscious: Jungian depth psychology and psychedelic experience. London, England: Muswell Hill Press.
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Jesso, J. W. (2013). Decomposing the shadow: Lessons from the Psilocybin mushroom. Calgary, Canada: Soulslantern Publishing.
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Keim, B. (2014) Science graphic of the week: How magic mushrooms rearrange your brain. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/2014/10/magic-mushroom-brain/
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Ly, C., Greb A. C., Cameron L. P., Ori-McKenney K.M., Gray J.A., Olson D. E. (2018, June 12). Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity. Retrieved from https://www.cell.com/cell- reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)30755-1
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MAPS. (2017, May 11). Paul Stamets: Psilocybin Mushrooms & The Mycology of Consciousness [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFWxWq0Fv0U&feature=youtu.be
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Mason, N. L., Mischler, E., Uthaug, M. V., Kuypers, K. P. C. (2019). Sub-Acute Effects of Psilocybin on Empathy, Creative Thinking, and Subjective Well-Being. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2019.1580804
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McQueen, D. (2019). Psychedelic Cannabis: Breaking the Gate.
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Metzner, R. (2015). Allies for Awakening: Guidelines for Productive and Safe Experiences with Entheogens. Berkeley, CA: Regent Press.
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Miller, R. L. (Ed.) (2017). Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press.
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Moreno, F. A., Wiegand, C. B., Taitano, E. K., Delgado, P. L. (2006). Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of psilocybin in 9 patients with obsessive- compulsive disorder. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17196053
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Pokorny T., Preller K. H., Kometer M., Dziobek I., Vollenweider FX. (2017, September 1). Effect of Psilocybin on Empathy and Moral Decision- Making. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28637246
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Pollan, M. (2018). How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
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Renter, E. (2014) Psychedelic mushroom compound found to grow and repair brain cells. Retrieved from http://naturalsociety.com/research-suggests- psychedelic-mushrooms-offer-valuable-brain-treatments/
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Riba, J. (2016) Ayahuasca stimulates the birth of new brain cells: Latest findings from the Beckley/Sant Pau Research Programme. Retrieved from http://beckleyfoundation.org/2016/06/16/ayahuasca-stimulates-the-birth- of-new-brain-cells-latest-findings-from-the-beckleysant-pau-research- programme/
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Roberts, T. (2013). The psychedelic future of the mind: How entheogens are enhancing cognition, boosting intelligence, and raising values. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.
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Sifferlin, A. (2016, December 1). Just One Dose of This Psychedelic Drug Can Ease Anxiety. Retrieved from https://time.com/4586333/psilocybin- cancer-anxiety-depression/
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Stamets, P. [Ed] (2019). Fantastic fungi: How mushrooms can heal, shift consciousness & save the planet. San Rafael, CA: Earth Aware.
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Strauss, A. (2019). The Mushroom Cure. Retrieved from https://www.themushroomcure.com/
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