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A lovely review by Mike Fiorito of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons... 🙏❤️📖
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February 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A lovely review by Mike Fiorito of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons... 🙏❤️📖
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the first ever interview with british microdot LSD chemist richard kemp, who made acid from 1969-1977, before getting busted in operation: julie & going to prison for 13 years.
"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts
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February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
the first ever interview with british microdot LSD chemist richard kemp, who made acid from 1969-1977, before getting busted in operation: julie & going to prison for 13 years.
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An excellent read from British Psychedelic culture scholar Andy Roberts on meeting the illusive LSD chemist Richard Kemp @psypre.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/psychede...
How I Met Legendary Acid Chemist Richard Kemp
(and stole his walnut!)
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January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
An excellent read from British Psychedelic culture scholar Andy Roberts on meeting the illusive LSD chemist Richard Kemp @psypre.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/psychede...
"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts
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January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts
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For Bristol folk and beyond, author Robert Dickins is giving a talk next month on the history of Bemushroomed Britons for The Psychedelic Society... come along!
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January 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
For Bristol folk and beyond, author Robert Dickins is giving a talk next month on the history of Bemushroomed Britons for The Psychedelic Society... come along!
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The eBook of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by @JulianVayne is out now!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space eBook : Vayne, Julian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space eBook : Vayne, Julian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The eBook of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by @JulianVayne is out now!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/
Some lovely reviews of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne starting to appear in the wild....
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January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Some lovely reviews of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne starting to appear in the wild....
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Our review of Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by @gmantic.bsky.social
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January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Our review of Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by @gmantic.bsky.social
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In Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas, Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White have given us a glimpse into the inner botanical workings of some of world’s most enigmatic plants.
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An Architecture of Sacred Plants
Review of Microcosms by Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White
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January 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas, Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White have given us a glimpse into the inner botanical workings of some of world’s most enigmatic plants.
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
Trip Sitting is your guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science & extensive real-world experience, it offers practical insights into the skills, techniques, and mindset that every effective trip sitter needs.
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Trip Sitting by Julian Vayne
Trip Sitting is your essential guide to supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science and extensive real-world experience, this book offers practical insights into...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trip Sitting is your guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science & extensive real-world experience, it offers practical insights into the skills, techniques, and mindset that every effective trip sitter needs.
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
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"Psilocybe Pickers tell the story of how a culture that started life in the shadows slowly blossomed in every corner of Britain’s landscape, transforming into a staple part of recreational, regional scenes."
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Psilocybe Mushroom Pickers in Britain
I was taught to identify and locate the Psilocybe semilanceata mushroom, or Liberty Cap, as a teenager around the turn of the millennium. In those days in Britain it was common knowledge passed down f...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Psilocybe Pickers tell the story of how a culture that started life in the shadows slowly blossomed in every corner of Britain’s landscape, transforming into a staple part of recreational, regional scenes."
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Lovely first review of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons on Amazon...
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Lovely first review of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons on Amazon...
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New pickings from @psypre.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New pickings from @psypre.bsky.social
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The most detailed account yet of the Liberty Cap’s emergence - highly recommended 🍄
🥳Delighted to announce the publication of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons by Dr Robert Dickins - out now! ❤️📖
Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
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Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
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December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The most detailed account yet of the Liberty Cap’s emergence - highly recommended 🍄
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Another gem from @psypre.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Another gem from @psypre.bsky.social
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I am incredibly pleased to share this article and very grateful to Rob Dickins @psypre.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to consolidate some thoughts and ideas that express my passion for psych3delics and their role in culture and society.
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Mind Gardens
On the Propensity for Psychedelic-Induced Nature-Connectedness and the Demand for New Sacred Spaces
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September 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I am incredibly pleased to share this article and very grateful to Rob Dickins @psypre.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to consolidate some thoughts and ideas that express my passion for psych3delics and their role in culture and society.
open.substack.com/pub/psychede...
open.substack.com/pub/psychede...
🥳Delighted to announce the publication of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons by Dr Robert Dickins - out now! ❤️📖
Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🥳Delighted to announce the publication of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons by Dr Robert Dickins - out now! ❤️📖
Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher.
More details & orders here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...
Excited to read this new book by @dannytheforde - review coming soon to our Substack ❤️📖
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Excited to read this new book by @dannytheforde - review coming soon to our Substack ❤️📖
Microcosms by Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White
"As a kind of architecture of sacred plants, the imagery teaches us that other worlds, be they fairy-like, microscopic, or DMT-induced, often have a mysterious and enchanting logic all of their own."
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"As a kind of architecture of sacred plants, the imagery teaches us that other worlds, be they fairy-like, microscopic, or DMT-induced, often have a mysterious and enchanting logic all of their own."
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Microcosms by Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White
"As a kind of architecture of sacred plants, the imagery teaches us that other worlds, be they fairy-like, microscopic, or DMT-induced, often have a mysterious and enchanting logic all of their own."
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
"As a kind of architecture of sacred plants, the imagery teaches us that other worlds, be they fairy-like, microscopic, or DMT-induced, often have a mysterious and enchanting logic all of their own."
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms
"I thought I was writing about synchronicities plucked from the dream place and chaotically, exuberantly integrated, but in reality, I was doing something much more human and falling in love with my best friend."
- Leonie Rowland
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- Leonie Rowland
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Hot Pig Summer
A Psychedelic Love Story
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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"I thought I was writing about synchronicities plucked from the dream place and chaotically, exuberantly integrated, but in reality, I was doing something much more human and falling in love with my best friend."
- Leonie Rowland
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- Leonie Rowland
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"These strange, magical spirits, long banished from our lives, have the potential to become some of our greatest allies if we can develop a good relationship with them" - From Trip Sitting by Julian Vayne
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October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"These strange, magical spirits, long banished from our lives, have the potential to become some of our greatest allies if we can develop a good relationship with them" - From Trip Sitting by Julian Vayne
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"All trips start before they have begun and continue long after they have ended. Even the first sign of psychedelic awareness is the symptom of a subconscious event set in motion at an earlier point on a subtler sentient scale."
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October 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"All trips start before they have begun and continue long after they have ended. Even the first sign of psychedelic awareness is the symptom of a subconscious event set in motion at an earlier point on a subtler sentient scale."
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"Holding psychǝdelic space is an ancient art that takes many forms, The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne
Learn more about Trip Sitting here:
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Learn more about Trip Sitting here:
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September 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Holding psychǝdelic space is an ancient art that takes many forms, The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne
Learn more about Trip Sitting here:
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
Learn more about Trip Sitting here:
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'A psilocybin journey can help us tune into the sacred (however we understand it). Nourish our soul. Help us make meaning in the world, and accept out mortality'
- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)
Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!
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- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)
Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!
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September 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
'A psilocybin journey can help us tune into the sacred (however we understand it). Nourish our soul. Help us make meaning in the world, and accept out mortality'
- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)
Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
- Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below)
Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out!
psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...
"P£ychedelics... force us to acknowledge that the human mind is at root a metaphysical subject. If we are surprised by this, it is only because we are not typically aware of our metaphysical assumptions" - Tim Hardwick
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September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"P£ychedelics... force us to acknowledge that the human mind is at root a metaphysical subject. If we are surprised by this, it is only because we are not typically aware of our metaphysical assumptions" - Tim Hardwick
psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/gonzo-meta...
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