Psychedelic Press
@psypre.bsky.social
Publisher of psychedelic writing and other literary treats since 2008 | Substack: http://tinyurl.com/hh4z8x26 Books: psychedelicpress.co.uk
Wyld of the Woodling: An Introduction A mind-expanding exploration of the wild, woodland lore, the ancient tensions of civilization, the ethics of mulch, and the ways we think about our place on this pale blue dot... psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/weird-and-...
🚨ONLINE EVENT | 3 September, 2026 Getting Higher: Psychedelic Ceremonies through Time & Culture Join author, psychonaut and occultist Julian Vayne for a fascinating journey through the history and practice of psychedelic ritual. ➡️ dandelion.events/e/p4hlp
Fierce Chemistry is a fabulous history of the d**g wars in Britain, written by Harry Shapiro - it went largely unnoticed when it came out in 2021, but definitely deserves a read for anyone interested in this topic. Excellent book ❤️📖🙏
Very sad to announce that Nikki Wyrd - our dear friend, editorial maestro and fellow mischief-maker has died. Nikki was Editor of our journal, and nearly everything we've published has had her masterful eye checking it. Thank you for your love and friendship. RIP Nikki ❤️❤️
Robert Dickins is speaking at The Last Tuesday Society [online] about the history of magic mushrooms in Britain this September... tickets below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magic-mush...
From our collection - 1st edition of Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Storming Heaven. With an amazing cover image by @steadmanart.bsky.social One of the earliest histories dealing with the 20th century's most iconic substances...
“Pipe Dreams and Smoke Screens: A Memoir of Hashish Adventures in the Sixties (2025)epitomizes the countercultural, social and political worldview of that time, while also channeling some of the flâneur tradition of De Quinceyesque drug writing.” psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/pipe-dreams
Hashish Adventures in the Sixties
Review of Pipe Dreams and Smoke Screens (2025) by Richard Halford
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New podcast episode! I talk to Kojo Koram about his new book, The Next Fix, and discuss what comes next after drug prohibition... tobyseddon.com/2026/07/23/1...
13: The Next Fix: A conversation with Kojo Koram
In this episode, I talk to Kojo Koram, Professor of Law and Political Economy at Loughborough University, about his new book ‘The Next Fix’. Further details about the book are available…
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross (1970) by John M Allegro. Controversial for arguing that Christianity has its roots in an ancient, mushroom using fertility cult. I'm speaking on a panel about it at @fungifestival.bsky.social this September - I wonder if people will be familiar with it?
Our review of Phenomenology of Psychedelic Experiences (2025) by Danny Forde... psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/psychedeli...
Delighted to announce the publication of Wyld of the Woodling by William Rowlandson🤩 A wonderful, tricksy work of nature writing set against a pilgrimage to Canterbury, Will delves deeply into the language of ecology and its meaning in the modern world. psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/wyl...
"Weirdness is what lies under conditioned behaviour... Poetry, which appeals to emotion rather than reason, embraces the full weirdness of the psychedelic state" - Leonie Rowland psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/ineffable-...
Our new publication is out later this month... Wyld of the Woodling by Dr William Rowlandson is a weird and wayward wander, exploring the meaning of wildness, wilderness, wilding and rewilding, and the ancient tension between civilisation and the wild... psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/wyl...
Fascinating new essay up on our Substack by @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social about the psychedelic music of Terry Riley... psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/what-makes...
@psypre.bsky.social - Ginsberg Rarity - 2 (Aether) allenginsberg.org/2026/06/t-j-...
More Ginsberg Rarities - The Allen Ginsberg Project
Here’s another rare Ginsberg item – if you happened to have $45,000 to spare! – an autograph manuscript of his poem “Aether” (with annotations by Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder), copied from (a) notebo...
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"I’ve written Trip Sitting to assist people who intend to hold psychedelic space, particularly those just beginning this work, though I hope seasoned practitioners will also find valuable ideas in the text." - Julian Vayne psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/intro-trip...
Introduction to Trip Sitting
The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space
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Interview with historian Robert Dickins about magic mushrooms in Britain over at the Roots and All podcast... rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/brit...
Episode 377: Britain’s Hidden Psychedelic History
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Psilocybe Pickers tells the story of how these psychedelic fungi entered British consciousness in the twentieth century, the bemushroomed Britons who took them on as part of their culture, and how the authorities tried to police them. psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
Psilocybe Pickers by Robert Dickins
Psilocybe Pickers tells the story of how these psychedelic fungi entered British consciousness in the twentieth century, the bemushroomed Britons who took them on as part of their culture, and how the...
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New PhD studentship opportunity! Research and write the history of Release, supervised by me and @alexmold.bsky.social! bloomsbury.ac.uk/drugs-civil-...
Drugs, Civil Rights and the Alternative Society: A History of Release
Principal Supervisor: Professor Toby Seddon (UCL) Co-Supervisor: Professor Alex Mold (LSHTM) Project Description Background Described as the oldest independent drugs charity in the world, Release w…
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❤️📖➡️ "Holding space is an ancient art that takes many forms. The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - author Julian Vayne psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
A lovely review by Mike Fiorito of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons... 🙏❤️📖 psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
the first ever interview with british microdot LSD chemist richard kemp, who made acid from 1969-1977, before getting busted in operation: julie & going to prison for 13 years.
Psychedelic Press@psypre.bsky.social · 7mo ago"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/acid-chemi...
An excellent read from British Psychedelic culture scholar Andy Roberts on meeting the illusive LSD chemist Richard Kemp @psypre.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/psychede...
How I Met Legendary Acid Chemist Richard Kemp
(and stole his walnut!)
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"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/acid-chemi...
For Bristol folk and beyond, author Robert Dickins is giving a talk next month on the history of Bemushroomed Britons for The Psychedelic Society... come along! dandelion.events/e/y0p4g
The eBook of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by @JulianVayne is out now! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space eBook : Vayne, Julian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space eBook : Vayne, Julian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Some lovely reviews of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne starting to appear in the wild.... psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
Our review of Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by @gmantic.bsky.social psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/terence-mc...
In Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas, Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White have given us a glimpse into the inner botanical workings of some of world’s most enigmatic plants. psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
An Architecture of Sacred Plants
Review of Microcosms by Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White
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