Ten Trips

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Psychedelics have made a comeback, but the truth is they remain a mystery. In this daring, profound and wildly entertaining investigation, clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell tests the claims being made for these substances by taking ten different psychedelics 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, and above all with the drugs themselves, take us beyond the hype and reveal the reality of psychedelics in all their strangeness, darkness and wonder.

‘An original and thrilling investigation into psychedelics and the claims that currently surround them, achieving profound insights’ Mike Jay, author of Psychonauts

‘Canny and somewhat sceptical . . . rigorous and penetrating . . . This is a wonderful book, a journey into the nature and potential of consciousness itself’ Literary Review

'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

‘Utterly compelling. Some books are in a category of their own and this is one them. Reading it is like having an out of body experience’ Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters

‘Superb . . . brilliant’ TLS

© Andy Mitchell 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Critics Review

A collection of tales from the far frontiers of psychedelic experience . . . superb . . . brilliant

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

An original and thrilling investigation into psychedelics and the claims that currently surround them, achieving profound insights into their essential qualities

Mike Jay, author of Psychonauts

Utterly compelling. Some books are in a category of their own and this is one them. Reading it is like having an out of body experience

Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters

Beguiling, captivating, mind-expanding. It’s impossible to read this book and not be tempted to replicate some of its wild, sanity-stretching forays into the peculiarities of human perception

Stuart Ritchie, author of Science Fictions

A dazzling, timely book, as deep and poignant as it is madcap and hilarious

Professor Mark Lythgoe, Director of the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London

A hair-raising hurtle of a ride into the belly of the psychedelic renaissance, fuelled by spectacular prose

Henry Shukman, author of One Blade of Grass

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