A guide to contemporary shamanism, this book takes an alternative view of an age-old subject, asking only that readers plunge in headfirst. There are many treats to be tempted by as Pinchbeck guides us forward in his always-plausible, always-sane, always-sceptical tour of the psychedelic horizon, from tribal rites in West Africa and Mexico, to other tribal rites in Brooklyn apartments and at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

Breaking Open the Head : A Visionary Journey from Cynicism to Shamanism

DANIEL PINCHBECK

Flamingo

A journey from cynicism to shamanism by a young US writer. Daniel Pinchbeck was an essentially sane and rational person, living the life of a sophisticated urbanite. But one disenchanted day he felt he'd exhausted the shallow aspirations of the contemporary scene. So he went on a quest. And he went all the way: to west Africa to test Iboga, a psychedelic herb which can cause such profound insight that one dose equals 20 years of psychoanalysis; to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, where cutting-edge technology meets radical self-exploration; to Mexico and to the Amazon, where shamanic traditions are practised daily. Sceptical but curious, following in the footsteps of Aldous Huxley and Terence McKenna, Daniel Pinchbeck guides his readers on an astonishing journey around the world and through the mind. Are you brave enough to suspend your postmodern cynicism and break open the head with him?

Breaking Open the Head

2012: The Year of the Mayan Prophecy

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Piatkus

<p>Darklore is a journal of exceptional observations, hidden history, the paranormal and esoteric science. Featuring contributions from Daniel Pinchbeck, Loren Coleman, Nick Redfern, Robert Schoch, Lynn Picknett &amp; Clive Prince and many others.</p>

Darklore Vol. 1

Loren Coleman

Michael Grosso

Lynn Picknett

Clive Prince

Robert Schoch

Nick Redfern

Susan Martinez

Michael Prescott

New Age & Spirituality

Daily Grail Pub

<p>Darklore is a journal of exceptional observations, hidden history, the paranormal and esoteric science. Featuring contributions from Daniel Pinchbeck, Loren Coleman, Nick Redfern, Robert Schoch, Blair Blake, Michael Grosso, Lynn Picknett &amp; Clive Prince and many others.</p>

Darklore Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

Daily Grail Publishing

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