Dennis McKenna Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Founder: @McKennaAcademy. The reedition of Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna is now available!

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications
Christian Rätsch
Christian Rätsch sadly passed away last month. He was a German anthropologist and author on subjects such as ethnopharmacology and psychoactive plants. Christian Rätsch's The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants describes over 400 psychoactive plants and fungi. https://t.co/2DK44zWScv
Hardcover, 2005
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The Preacher's Commentary - Vol. 17: Isaiah 1-39: 17
David L. McKenna
Join Dennis McKenna at: Psychedelics: the game-changer in mental health and medical science The international online conference RIGA, MAY 17 Along Paul Stamets, David Nutt and many more. https://t.co/FZdtSJgkDz https://t.co/DOP4Hy3yc1
Paperback, 2004
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan
"How To Change Your Mind" is a docu-series based on the best-selling book by @michaelpollan which brings focus to the psychedelic renaissance. Now on Netflix! A while ago @DennisMcKenna4 had a great conversation on psychedelics with Michael. Video https://t.co/cE0BC24Oq7 https://t.co/vNOa1sEcaM
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Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
James Lovelock
"James Lovelock, creator of Gaia hypothesis, dies on 103rd birthday. The scientist was best known for his theory that the Earth is a self-regulating community of organisms." He was a pioneer, a visionary ahead of his time. Source: The Guardian https://t.co/YZvJzOjFby
Paperback, 2016
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True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis
Terence McKenna
True Hallucinations The book recalls the expedition of the McKenna brothers to La Chorrera in the Seventies. "We were refugees from a society that we thought was poisoned by its own self-hatred and inner contradictions." Terence McKenna Support: https://t.co/VNW03OJqbA https://t.co/2Rv932MqLr
Paperback, 1994
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LSD: My Problem Child
Albert Hofmann
Happy Birthday to Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD and the first person to isolate psilocybin. "I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.” ― Albert Hofmann https://t.co/TgqePFHc6d
Paperback, 2019
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Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
Mike Jay
Historian Mike Jay is out to challenge this narrative of psychedelic exceptionalism. I loved his new book: Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, where he explores 19th century drug culture. https://t.co/N4OLcM0K4Z @MikeJayNet https://t.co/7hbxVaLXRQ
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One River
Wade Davis
ONE RIVER BY WADE DAVIS "In the 1970s, Schultes sent two prize students, Tim Plowman and Wade Davis, to follow in his footsteps and unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality." https://t.co/WS1ncjoeiE
Paperback, 1997
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Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline
Richard Evans Schultes
Richard Evans Schultes was an American biologist and is considered the father of ethnobotany. He was the first non-native person to academically examine the ayahuasca brew. Learn more about Schultes from Mark Plotkin in his talk at the ESPD55 event: https://t.co/8SwwchNb4R https://t.co/D35wr1j3L3
Paperback, 2008
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan, #1 best-selling author, in conversation with Dennis McKenna over his recent book "This Is Your Mind On Plants" Thursday July 29, 2021 7pm BST Free online event: https://bit.ly/3l3LVmw @michaelpollan https://t.co/VXI5gBzZn3
Paperback, 2022
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