Ten Trips: A Psychedelic Adventure

Clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell takes ten different psychedelics in ten different settings to test the claims being made for them, revealing the reality of psychedelics in all their strangeness, darkness, and wonder.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

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.

"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

Weight: 247g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529923735