Links

The doors of perception (Aldous Huxley) - Huxley's classic from 1954, which sparked the rediscovery of psychedelics by a wide and varied audience. "There is nothing the pen of Huxley touches which it does not illuminate, and as the record of a highly civilised, brilliantly articulate man under the influence of an astonishing drug, The Doors of Perception is a tour de force." — The Daily Telegraph, London.

LSD, My problem Child (Albert Hofman) - Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD and discoverer of psilocybin, the active principle of the "magic mushroom," recounts the history of his discoveries.

Drug, set and setting (Norman E Zinberg) - "This is a major work, by one of the world's leading experts on drug use and abuse. It is a book full of insights. Zinberg has provided us with a candid report on the reality of drug use in some of its most common features. By concentrating on the human dimensions of controlled use, he has etched in remarkably revealing detail the broad spectrum of use within which abuse may be better understood and more accurately defined." —Arnold S. Trebach.

The forbidden game (Brian Inglis) - "A Social History of Drugs" by Brian Inglis. One of the book's recurring themes is that Prohibition has always led to an increase of drug consmption, coupled with an increase in corruption and crime. A classic of the Anti-Prohibition Literature, the author also wrote one of the best accounts of The Opium War."

More online books

The Vaults of Erowid's online books page

The Lycaeum transcribed books and articles page

Online bookstores

Erowid's Library - An excellent resource with basic information on over 250 books related to entheogens and spirituality.

The Lycaeum Entheogenic bookstore - An extensive selection of books on a variety of subjects, offered at a discount!

Mind books - Small mail-order bookshop focusing solely on psychedelic books.

Amazon online-bookstore - The internet's biggest bookstore, which also has many books on issues relevant to this site.