Ten Trips

The New Reality of Psychedelics

Author: Andy Mitchell

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A neuropsychologist takes ten different drugs in this panoramic view of psychedelics todayOnce demonised and still largely illegal, psychedelic drugs are now officially a 'breakthrough therapy', used to treat depression, trauma and addiction and to enhance well-being. But as neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell shows in this deeply serious yet wildly entertaining investigation, this approach misses what is so strange and valuable about them- the psychedelic experience itself.In Ten Trips he takes ten different drugs in ten different settings, journeying from a neuroimaging lab in London to the Colombian Amazon via Silicon Valley and his friend's basement kitchen. His encounters with scientists and gangsters, venture capitalists and con-men, psychonauts and shamans provide a panoramic view of psychedelics today- their capacity for healing but also trauma, for transcendence and corruption, profundity and hilarity.By removing psychedelics from their indigenous and underground cultures, we risk losing the very things we need to harness them. To make them safe or normal might ultimately destroy what makes them potent. That potential is indeed great, not as an antidote to mental illness - none exists - but as a way of changing our whole perspective on mental health and flourishing.Ten Trips is a dazzling, perception-shifting odyssey that shows how psychedelics can re-enchant us with the world.

Critic Reviews

A collection of tales from the far frontiers of psychedelic experience . . . superb . . . brilliant -- Charles Foster TLS
Canny and somewhat sceptical ... rigorous and penetrating ... illuminating ... this is a wonderful book, a journey into the nature and potential of consciousness itself, and of life on this troubled and monopolised planet Literary Review
Philosophical and darkly humorous ... for all the mystical experiences [psychedelics] afford, divesting them of their shadow side does seekers a disservice, Mitchell holds Spectator
A powerful reminder that psychedelics can’t be made sense of entirely within a framework of chemical interactions in the brain. We need to view them as something potent, to be respected New Scientist
An incisive, deeply personal and beautifully written account of the power, the uses and the modern misuses of psychedelics. Highly recommended -- Anil Seth, author of Being You

About the Author

Andy Mitchell is a neuropsychologist and therapist. He has specialized in treating patients with rare brain conditions, head injuries and epilepsy, and in the application of mindfulness for neurological patients. As a therapist he has worked with people with a range of mental health disorders. Before entering medicine, his first degree was in English Literature at Oxford University. He is originally from Leeds.