Psychedelic Horizons

Thomas B. Roberts

256 pages £17.95/$34.90
1845400410 (pbk.) March 2006

Forward by Roger Walsh MD

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  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter One (Sample Chapter)

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    This is a different kind of book about psychedelics.

    Rather than describing psychedelic experiences, it presents four future-oriented ideas ‘coming over the psychedelic horizon’, which illustrate the potential benefits of psychedelics for humanity:
     

  • Stanislav Grof’s view of our minds as a way to understand works of art (looking at Disney’s Snow White).
  • The evidence that psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences can boost our immune systems.
  • Psychedelics as a way of adding new cognitive programmes to our thinking skills.
  • Applying the ideas from Part 3 to learning.


    • Thomas B. Roberts is a professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations at Northern Illinois University, where he has taught a course on the psychedelic mindview for over 30 years.

    Reviews of Psychedelic Horizons:

    "Psychedelic Horizons fits nicely into the border between more mainstream and transpersonal psychology . . . a good introductory overview of some important topics in transpersonal psychology."  L.M. Leitner, PsycCritriques (APA Review of Books)

    "Psychedelic Horizons makes for fascinating reading ... very thought-provoking, information and entertaining"  Bruce Sewick, Erowid

    "Roberts’s ideas are described in a refreshing and remarkably personal way. … a fascinating examination of the possibilities for the human mind." High Times

    "His chapter on “Snow White-Grof’s Landmarks in Disney’s Land” is a whimsical, psychedelic interpretation of Snow White that will change the way you read this fairy tale." Tripzine

    "An outstanding study of the human mind and what may actually be beneficially derived from the use of psychedelic experiences for the human mind, body, and overall cognitive processes. Midwest Review of Books

    "In part three, “multistate Mind”, the book goes from being interesting to mind boggling." Plausible Futures Newsletter

    "Psychedelic Horizons will hopefully lead the way towards an enlightened view of psychedelics and their responsible use, in the West and throughout the world."  Martin Williams, Undergrowth

    "He proposes essential and radical reformulations of ideas in medicine, psychology, and education. … My world is richer, more open, and more inviting now." – James Fadiman