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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

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Altered States Psychedelic renaissance for general audience

By Michael Pollan

Summary

Narrative journalism covering Griffiths, Carhart-Harris, Nichols, and the revival of psychedelic research. Pollan undergoes his own psychedelic experiences. Argues psychedelics are powerful tools for understanding the "self" as a construction.

Why It Matters

#1 NYT bestseller that brought psychedelic consciousness science to mass audience. A key entry point for the science-spirituality bridge.

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