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Praise for Tripping
A fascinating journey through the wonders and terrors of psychedelic life.Elle
Balancing seriousness with a great sense of adventure, this terrifically engaging compendium avoids all of the expected cultural and psychological cliches. Hayes has not only assembled a group of highly literate testimonies, but has placed them in a broader historical, social, and religious context. Hayes clearly intends to demystify the use of psychedelics.Publishers Weekly
Both informative and highly moving. A responsible approach to documenting profound experiences with drugs.The Lancet
Intriguing. Traverses the lines between reality and expanded consciousness, detailing how psychotropics affect the creative process and their underlying chemical and psysiological effects. The narratives are informative, cautionary, hilarious and spooky.
San Francisco Chronicle
Hayes is such a bristling and intelligent writer that one almost wishes he had written the whole book himself. In the McKenna interview, and in Hayess introduction, the free flow od ideas about these verboten substances and their anthropological/psychological possibilities is exhilarating.The Oxford American
Hayes has done his research well. His introductory chapters are riveting, unique, and challenge many of the commonly held beliefs about psychotropic drug use.Santa Fe New Mexican
A brilliant collection without a dud in the lot. Hayes is a superior editor precisely because he understands that generic conventions are no more than a scaffolding for creation. Accordingly, he has included only those [stories] that possess the greatest noveltyin the best Terence McKenna sense of the word. Speaking of McKenna, the cherry on this cake is a new conversation with Terence. In the rich treasury of KcKenna interviews, this one stands out as one of the most panoramic. Hayes, besides being a fine editor and interviewer, is a scholar in his own right. With its many and various virtues, Tripping will appeal to all kinds of readers, from researchers to sensation-seekers.
Relix
An excellent travel guide that demystifies the shrill and longstanding propaganda of the Drug Enforcement Agency, Nancy Reagan, and the Hollywood studio system.Flaunt
For seriously treating what is often characterized as nihilistic and destructive enterainment, [Tripping] deserves its place in the literature of psychoactive substances. The concluding conversation with Terence McKenna is entirely fitting.Booklist
Readers will find a sequence of first-person narratives (a form at least as old as The Canterbury Tales) that presents, in kaleidoscopic fashion, the last thirty years as refracted through the prism of a drug experience. Chronicle of Higher Education
This exciting book is a must-read for anyone with a love of, interest in, or disdain for psychedelic substances.Boulder Weekly
A trip in itself, and one of the most entertaining and informative explorations of psychedelics Ive read. This splendid work is a great addition to the literature of psychedelia.
John Horgan, author of The End of Science and Rational Mysticism
A brave book. The reader can dip in most anywhere and find something to wonder, gasp, or at least smile at.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
A classic in the growing body of contemporary psychedelic literature. For the experienced, Tripping is a harvest of inspiring moments and a reminiscence of ones own deeply shape-shifting journeys. For the uninitiated, it is a profound glimpse into the hidden world of the subconscious and a provocation for wider acceptance of the usefulness of psychedelic states.Journal of Drug Education and Awareness
Here are the voyages of the Starship Psychonaut. A fascinating guide in every aspect of the psychedelic experience: in turns informative, exhilarating and truly embarrassing.Bizarre (U.K.)
A book that every politician should be made to sit down and read.
Weed World (U.K.)
Too far out not to be true. A great read.Heads (Canada)
Exciting and very personal tales about the transforming effects of drugs. A feast of recognition and inspiration.Soft Secrets (Holland)
We can theorize about psychedelics till the cow patties come home, but theres nothing as poignant, perplexing, and funny as a well-told trip report. Charles Hayes has gathered together some great ones. Tripping is instructive, hilarious andlets face itenticing. I loved it.R.U. Sirius, founder of Mondo 2000
A mind-blowing collection of first-person psychonautical voyages. Hayes is a gifted writer whose edgy style accurately conveys the various nuances of the psychedelic experience. Highly recommend.
The Entheogen Review
Tripping courageously tackles both the positive and negative aspects of psychedelic experiences. No matter what section you read, each entry is compelling, descriptive, and most enlightening.
Magical Blend
A fascinating journey through the folklore of post-modern psychedelia. Trip: the Journal of Psychedelic Culture
A valuable addition to anyones library of books on mind-altering substances. I would also recommend it to those who may not have partaken themselves and may not even want to do so, but who are wondering what the fuss is about.Morbid Curiosity
For the future investigator attempting to understand the range of subjective experiences and social contexts for psychedelic use at the end of the twentieth century, Tripping should prove to be an invaluable source of information.
Charles Grob, M.D., UCLA Medical Center
This volume will tell you more about the potentialities and dangers of psychedelic usage than any of the previous anthologies.
Peter Stafford, author of Psychedelics Encyclopedia
There probably does not exist in print such a complete coverage of the various kinds of experiences possible.
Albert Hofmann Foundation
Exhilarating and alarming. Does more to capture the heaven and hell aspects of the psychedelic experience than any other book of our generation.
Rick Strassman, M.D., author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule
A fascinating collection of accounts from behind the veil. Can we really put into words that of which we can not speak? The best efforts so far can be found here.
Karl Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., author of Ketamine: Dreams and Realities
This richly rewarding book takes the reader into uncharted domains of consciousness and creativity. The stories told, the reflections given reveal the phenomenal landscapes of innerspace.
Jean Houston, Ph.D., author of A Mystic Life
An important contribution to countercultural history.
Paul Krassner, author of Psychedelic Trips for the Mind
Heres life from the trenches of consciousness, psychedelic style. Tripping presents a dipperful of dreams as seen and recounted by the users of hallucinogens. It may not be 1968, but youd never know it after reading this diarylike collection. Things are as psychedelic as ever, and heres why.
Thomas Lyttle, author of Psychedelics Reimagined
Along with serious essays, [Tripping] takes an objective, well-rounded look at altered states.State Press (Arizona)
Tripping goes way beyond the party drug pictures and dips you into the realms of the subconscious and self-discovery.
