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A Review of Transpersonal Theory and Its Application to the Practice of Psychotherapy, Mark C. Kasprow, M.D., Bruce W. Scotton, M.D.

Hallucinogenic Drugs and Plants in Psychotherapy and Shamanism, Ralph Metzner

Handbook for the Therapeutic Use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25, D.B. Blewett, Ph.D. and N. Chwelos, M.D.

Psychotherapy with lysergic acid dietitylamide, Betty Grover Eisner, Ph.D., Sidney Cohen, M.D.

The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter With Death, Walter N. Pahnke

The Therapeutic Use of MDMA, Greer GR, Tolbert R

Phenomenology and sequelae of MDMA use, Liester MB, Grob CS, Bravo GL, Walsh RN

From Sacred Plants to Psychotherapy, Dr. Ben Sessa

The Psychedelic Experience - A New Concept in Psychotherapy, J.N. Sherwood, M.D., M.J. Stolaroff, W.W. Harman, Ph.D.

Are Psychedelics Useful in the Practice of Buddhism?, M.J. Stolaroff

Manual for Ibogaine Therapy: Screening, Safety, Monitoring & Aftercare, Howard S. Lotsof & Boaz Wachtel

Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 19501970, Erika Dyck

Chronic Administration of SerotonergicAntidepressants Attenuates the Subjective Effects of LSD in Humans, Bonson, Buckholtz and Murphy

Clarifying the Confusion Regarding LSD-25, Savage, C., and M. J. Stolaroff.

LSD Therapy in Dutch Psychiatry: Changing Socio-Political Settings and Medical Sets, Snelders and Kaplan

LSD: Side Effects and Complications, Cohen

The Psychopharmacology of Hallucinogens, Abraham, Aldridge, Gogia

Clinical Investigations of the Therapeutic Potential of Ayahuasca: Rationale and Regulatory Challenges, Dennis J. McKenna

The Healing Potential of Agony & Ecstacy, Claudio Naranjo

Experience With The Interpersonal Psychedelics, Claudio Naranjo

MDA, The Drug of Analysis, Claudio Naranjo

MMDA and the Eternal Now, Claudio Naranjo

Holotropic Breathwork: The Potential Role of a Prolonged, Voluntary Hyperventilation Procedure as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy, Joseph P. Rhinewine, ph.d., and Oliver J. Williams, b.a.

The Transpersonal Model of the Psyche: Some implications for psychotherapy and psychiatry, Dr. Tim Read

Ketamine: Peril and Promise, R. Andrew Sewell, MD

Unauthorized Research on Cluster Headache, R. Andrew Sewell, M.D.

Response of cluster headache to psilocybin and LSD, R. Andrew Sewell, John H. Halpern and Harrison G. Pope, Jr

The Sacred Voyage: a holotropic perspective on mental health, Lars Faber and Maria Groot

LSD-supported Psychotherapy: Effects on daily life and longterm changes, Katharina Kirchner



Articles and research papers:

Transpersonal Healing with Hallucinogens, Roger Marsden and David Lukoff

Sacred Work in a Secular World: Guided, Structured, Group Use of Entheogenic Substances, Roger Marsden

Entheogens and Psychotherapy, Andrew Feldmar

Using Psychedelics Wisely, Myron Stolaroff

Transpersonal development, Crisis of the spiritual development, prof. Roberto Assagioli

Comments on the Psilocybin Mushroom, Elfstone

Review of Handbook for the Therapeutic Use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25, Myron Stolaroff

The Nature of the MDMA Experience and Its Role in Healing, Psychotherapy, and Spiritual Practice, Sophia Adamson and Ralph Metzner

Radar to the Infinite: Holotropic Breathwork and the Integral Vision, by Martin Boroson

The use of psychedelics in Dutch psychiatry 1950-1970: The problem of continuity and discontinuity, Stephen Snelders

Ibogaine: Fantasy and Reality, The Healing journey: Chapter V , Claudio C. Naranjo

Ibogaine in the treatment of chemical dependence disorders: Clinical perspectives, H.S. Lotsof

LSD Psychotherapy - Preface to the 1994 Edition, Stanislav Grof

Can Drugs Be Used to Enhance the Psychotherapeutic Process?, Lester Grinspoon, M.D., and James B. Bakalar

Therapeutic Applications of LSD and Related Drugs, Masters & Houston

LSD Psychotherapy and Addictions, Grof & Halifax

Treatment of Alcoholism with Psychedelic Therapy, Abram Hoffer

Treatment of Childhood Schizophrenia Utilizing LSD and Psilocybin, Gary Fisher, Ph.D.

Successful Outcome of a Single LSD Treatment in a Chronically Dysfunctional Man, Gary Fisher, Ph.D.

The Use of Psychedelic Agents with Autistic Schizophrenic Children, Robert E. Mogar & Robert W. Aldrich

The History of Psychedelic Therapy with the Dying, Grof & Halifax

Mescaline, LSD, Psilocybin, and Personality Change, Sanford M. Unger

The Psychotomimetic Drugs: An Overview, Jonathan O. Cole & Martin M. Katz

Criticisms of LSD Therapy and Rebuttal, Abram Hoffer & Humphry Osmond

The Future of LSD Psychotherapy, Stanislav Grof

E for Ecstasy: Chapter 9: Psychotherapeutic use in Switzerland, Nicholas Saunders

Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Spirituality, Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Ketamine and Quantum Psychiatry, Dr. K.L.R. Jansen

MDMA Psychotherapy: An Annotated Bibliography, R Stuart

Pahnke's "Good Friday Experiment": A Long-Term Follow-Up and Methodological Critique, Rick Doblin

The Albert Hofmann Collection: complete archive of historical LSD and psilocybin journal articles, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Erowid

A Psychospiritual Context for the Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics, Richard Spurgeon, M.A

Beyond Psychotic Experience, Stan Grof interviewed by Jon Atkinson

Ken Wilber's Spectrum Psychology, By Stanislav Grof, M.D.

On Being Stoned: A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication, Charles T. Tart, Ph. D.

Perception and Knowledge: Reflections on Psychological and Spiritual Learning in the Psychedelic Experience, Frances E. Vaughan

The Psychedelic Drug Therapies, Lester Grinspoon, M.D., James B. Bakalar

MDMA and Personal Growth, By Myron Stolaroff

Mavericks of the Mind: An Interview with Dr. Rick Strassman, David Jay Brown

Mavericks of the Mind: An Interview with with Laura Huxley, David Jay Brown

Birth Trauma, Claustrophobia and LSD Therapy, Dr. Frank Lake

Mysticism and Psychedelics: The Case of the Dark Night, Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D.

An Interview With Chris M. Bache, Ph.D.

A Perinatal Interpretation of Frightening Near-Death Experiences: A Dialogue with Kenneth Ring, Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D.

A Reappraisal of Teresa of Avila's Supposed Hysteria,Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D.

The Psychotherapeutic Use of Psychodysleptic Drugs,Gary Fisher Ph.D. and Joyce Martin M.D.

Psychotherapy for the Dying: Principles and Illustrative Cases With Special Reference to the Use of LSD, Gary Fisher, Ph.D.

Book review of The Million-Dollar Mermaid: Autobiography of Esther Williams with D. Diehl, John A. Speyrer

Ibogaine: Therapeutic Miracle?, Don Allan

Ibogaine: The End of Primal Therapy?, John A. Speyrer

Book Review of LSD Psychotherapy: Exploring the Frontiers of the Hidden Mind by Stanislav Grof, M.D., John A. Speyrer

The Spirit Vine, Daniel Mirante

Grace and Madness - Curanderismo - Mestizo Ayahuasca, Alan Shoemaker

Provoked Life: An Essay On The Anthropology Of The Ego, Gottfried Benn, translated by Ralph Metzner

Wise Mind - A Case for the Integration of Subjective Experience with Objective Reality in the Age of Fragmentation, Flore Singer Aaslid

Post-Modern Monk and Modern Shaman: The Theories of Ken Wilber and Stan Grof, Stephen Dinan

Psychointegrator Plants: Their Roles in Human Culture, Consciousness and Health, Michael Winkelman

Shamanism, Traditional Medicine and Drug Dependency in the Peruvian Upper Amazon, Jamie J.C. Moir

Psychedelic, Psychoactive and Addictive drugs and States of Consciousness, Ralph Metzner, Ph.D

Psychiatric research with hallucinogens: What have we learned?, Charles S. Grob, M.D.

Psychonautics: A Model and Method for Exploring the Subjective Effects of Psychoactive Drugs, Russell Newcombe & Ms. Michelle Johnson

Lucy In the Sky, With Therapists, Kristen Philipkoski

Clinical Experience with MDMA, An Interview with Rick Ingrasci, MD MP

Stan Grof: Journey into the Holo-deck of the Unconscious, Diego Pignatelli

Kundalini: The Reawakening of the Serpent, Diego Pignatelli

The Peace Drug (experimental therapy with MDMA), Tom Shroder, editor of Washington Post Magazine

Holotropic Breathwork And the Politics of Consciousness Revolution, Mickel Adzema

The Discovery of Mushrooms That Cause Strange Visions, R. Gordon Wasson in Life Magazine (1957)

Foundations of Psychedelic Studies, Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D.

Nemu’s End: chapter The Pores of Deception, Danny Nemu

Audio and Video:

Ecstasy, The Peace Drug?, a conversation with Tom Shroder and Dr. Michael Mithoefer

Treating Childhood Schizophrenia With LSD and Psilocybin, a conversation with Gary Fisher

Psychedelic Psychotherapy and the Shadow, a talk by Ann Shulgin

Transpersonal Psychopharmacology: The Re-Emergence of Sacred Sacraments as Modern Medicine [Part 1] [Part 2], Dr. John Halpern

Hallucinogens and Transpersonal Medicine [Part 1] [Part 2], Dr. Charles Grob

Therapeutic or Psychedelic Psychotherapy, John Halpern and Michael Mitthoefer

The Politics of Psychedelic Research, John Gilmore

Stolaroff: Lone Pine Stories, Jean and Myron Stolaroff talk about their pioneering work with psychedelic medicine

The Future of Human Consciousness, Myron Stolaroff in Basil, Switzerland on the occasion of Dr. Albert Hofmanns 100th birthday

MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Micheal Mithoefer on Psychedelic Salon

The Healing Potential of Non-ordinary States of Consciousness, an interview with Stanislav Grof Stan by author Alan Davidson

LSD Psychotherapy - An interview with Dr. Stanislav Grof, an interview by Jan Irvin from Gnostic Media

Future Primitive: Ibogaine Association and Awakening in the Dream, an interview with facilitator Rocky Caravelli

Future Primitive: Bwiti iboga root healing and initiation, an interview with Moughenda

Future Primitive: Black Smoke: A Woman’s Journey of Healing, Wild Love and Transformation in the Amazon, an interview with Margaret De Wys

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part I.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part II.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part III.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part IV.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part V.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part VI.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part VII.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part VIII.

Psychonautica: Stanislav Grof: Psychospiritual death and rebirth, a visionary journey, part IX.

The Intelligent Use of Sacred Substances, lecture by Jim Fadiman at ITP

Charles Grob, M.D., Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. and Rick Doblin, Ph.D., interview by Rak Razam at Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference

Sasha Shulgin, Ph.D., Carolyn Garcia, Alex and Allyson Grey, interview by Rak Razam at Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference

Stan Grof, M.D. and Nick Sand, interview by Rak Razam at Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference

Interview with an Ayahuasca Curandero interview by Stephen Gray

Returning To Sacred World: sacred plants in this journey of awakening and healing, Stephen Gray interviewed by Robert Phoenix

Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5], Stanislav Grof

The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4], Dr. Christopher Wiegand

Psychonauts, documentary by András Kovács M.

Other Worlds , Ayahuasca documentary by Jan Kounen

Psychedelics in Eden, video programme / lecture by Peter Webster

Holotropic Breathing, Stanislav Grof

Something has to Die to be Reborn, Stanislav Grof

Preview of Interview with Stan Grof, Stanislav Grof

Blueberry Ayahuasca Visions, Blueberry film excerpt

Demitri on Ibogaine with Paul DeRienzo

Ibogaine  Rite of Passage, documentary trailer

The Tribe: Babongo, BBC documentary focused on Iboga ceremonies

Entheogen: Awakening the divine within, documentary trailer

Hofmann's Potion - LSD Documentary, documentary

Sacred weeds:Salvia divinorum, documentary

THE MEDICINE: Science & Psychedelics, documentary trailer about psychedelic research (website, facebook page)

BBC Horizon: Psychedelic Science, documentary

Ibogaine  Rite of Passage, documentary by Ben De Loenen

Stepping into the Fire, documentary

LSD:The Spring Grove Experiment, CBS documentary



Handling difficult experiences:

L-5-hydroxytryptophan (5-htp) for LSD-induced psychosis, Abraham, H. D.

Nicotinic acid (vitamin b3) modified lysergic acid diethylamide psychosis, Agnew N, Hoffer A

Working with Difficult Psychedelic Experiences, with Donna Dryer, M.D.

Psychedelic Crisis FAQ, by Erowid

Crisis Intervention in Situations Related to Unsupervised Use of Psychedelics, Stanislav Grof







Book suggestions:

Free Digital Books, MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)

Free Books on Psychedelics , The Psychedelic Library

The very best of Psychedelic therapy, Amazon.com list list by Red Tailed Hawk

Therapeutic use of psychedelics, Amazon.com List list by econoshamanic

Recommended Resources Directory, recommended reading list by Association of Holotropic Breathwork International

LSD � The Problem-Solving Psychedelic, P.G. Stafford and B.H. Golightly

The Psychedelic Experience, Timothy Leary, Ph.D., Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., & Richard Alpert, Ph.D.

Psychedelic Information Theory, James Kent

States of Consciousness, Charles T. Tart, Ph. D.

The knowledge of the womb: Autopsychognosia with psychedelic drugs, Athanassios Kafkalides

The power of the womb and the subjective truth, Athanassios Kafkalides

Drug, Set, and Setting: The Basis for Controlled Intoxicant Use, Norman E. Zinberg M.D.

The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley

The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience, R.E.L. Masters & Jean Houston, Ph.D.

Journeys Into the Bright World: Pioneering a New Patch to Higher Consciousness, Marcia Moore and Howard Alltounian, M.D.

The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness, Alan W. Watts, Foreword by Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert

Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments (flyer / book overview), Michael J. Winkelman, Ph.D. and Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D

Psychedelic Horizons (The Lancet review), Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D

The Albert Hofmann Collection: LSD & Psilocybin References

Hausner, Milan. (2009). LSD: The Highway to Mental Health

Transpersonal Psychology and Psychedelics Ebooks, huge selection of extremely useful and popular books and journals in a digital format.







Website suggestions:

http://www.maps.org

http://www.erowid.org

http://www.ayahuasca.com

http://www.howtobecomeapsychiatrist.org

http://isomerdesign.com/PiHKAL

The Psychedelic Library

Psychedelic Press UK









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