Mushroom Magick

Via Strange Attractor, word of a gorgeous new tome for anyone’s psychedelic and visionary library.

Mushroom Magick : A Visionary Field Guide by Arik Roper, with written contributions from Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck, and Gary Lincoff.

An excerpt from Erik Davis’ introduction has been posted on his blog as well.

And not entirely unrelated, here’s a Terence McKenna clip that stuck with me today, partly because I always note how people get their undies in a bunch at the thought of culture being targeted for criticism. McKenna was right on with this observation because culture is an edifice, a facade. What people seem to be objecting to is an attack on creativity and community, but if you pay attention, this is exactly what McKenna is pushing FOR, and IN SPITE OF said cultural facades.