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The Nature of Drugs: History, Volume 2 to publish June 28, 2022

The Nature of Drugs: History, Volume 2 to publish June 28, 2022

by | June 20, 2023 | Press Releases

 

SANTA FE, N.M. —

With a focus on understanding and navigating the complexities of drug experiences, Nature of Drugs Vol. 2 is set to become a significant resource in the ever-evolving conversation surrounding psychoactive substances and their place in human culture. As the interest in exploring the diverse and complex nature of drugs continues to grow, Transform Press and Synergetic Press are proud to announce the publication of “The Nature of Drugs Vol. 2” on June 28th, 2023. This groundbreaking book serves as an essential guide, delving into the multifaceted aspects of various drugs and their effects on human consciousness and society, offering valuable insights for both professionals and enthusiasts alike. 

“The Nature of Drugs: Volume 2” is a captivating book authored by Alexander Shulgin, with Shulgin’s extensive knowledge and experience as a renowned chemist and psychopharmacologist, the book explores a wide range of drugs, their chemical structures, and their potential applications in therapeutic contexts. Shulgin’s meticulous research and insightful analysis provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the complex nature of drugs and their profound impact on the human mind.

Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas by Claudio Naranjo to publish July 12, 2022

Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas by Claudio Naranjo to publish July 12, 2022

by | April 13, 2022 | Books, Consciousness & Psychedelics, Press Releases, Releases & Announcements

SANTA FE, N.M. —

A work of sequenced and guided meditations for exploring emotional landscapes, Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas by the late Dr. Claudio Naranjo will be released by Synergetic Press July  12, 2022.

Naranjo, a renown psychotherapist and early practitioner of the “Enneagram of Personality”, structured the meditations in Dionysian Buddhism to guide individuals towards acceptance of what is,  to meet pain with joy, expand awareness into consciousness, and to learn how to share in the full presence of others. 

The “Dionysian” context of Buddhism provides a lens in which to interpret non-attachment through non-interference with the stream of life. In Dionysian Buddhism, Naranjo draws on a wide range of Buddhist traditions, from Theravada to Vajrayana, in order to create a work that emphasizes both the experiential and multifaceted aspects of meditation. 

Naranjo first wrote Dionysian Buddhism in Spanish (Ediciones La Llave, 2013) and translated it himself into English.  “Only a change of consciousness might save our world,” Naranjo wrote. “And that in view of this collective shift in consciousness there is nothing more relevant we can do than start with ourselves.”

About Synergetic Press: For over 35 years as an independent publisher, our mission has been to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives. We publish unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, psychedelics, consciousness, and environmental and social justice that inspire both individual and social change.

Now Available As Ebook: ‘The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments’ By William Leonard Pickard

Now Available As Ebook: ‘The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments’ By William Leonard Pickard

by | April 4, 2022 | Books, Consciousness & Psychedelics, Press Releases, Releases & Announcements

SANTA FE, N.M. — Synergetic Press is pleased to announce the ebook release of The Rose of Paracelsus: On Secrets and Sacraments, by William Leonard Pickard. The release, on March 29, 2022, marks the first-ever ebook publication of this 654-page work of psychedelic literature. 

Handwritten over four years from maximum-security federal prison cells, The Rose explores the potential of human cognition. This book, first published as a paperback in 2015, is a psychedelic biography of its author, William Leonard Pickard, a former Harvard chemist who served 20 years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute LSD. 

The Rose follows the narrator, a Harvard graduate student and researcher, as he uncovers an intricate, global psychedelic network through encounters with “the Six,” clandestine LSD chemists who synthesize planetary-scale batches of the substance, traversing states of consciousness and advancing human evolution. 

From Cambridge to Moscow, Oxford to Zürich, Princeton to Mazar-i-Sharif and Bangkok, this book illuminates lifestyles within a rare and elusive organization, one that has evolved special gifts: advanced capacities of thought, memory and perception.

About Synergetic Press: For over 35 years as an independent publisher, our mission has been to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives. We publish unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, psychedelics, consciousness, and environmental and social justice that inspire both individual and social change.

Revised edition of ‘The Secret Chief Revealed: Conversations with Leo Zeff, Pioneer in the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement’ to publish May 3, 2022

Revised edition of ‘The Secret Chief Revealed: Conversations with Leo Zeff, Pioneer in the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement’ to publish May 3, 2022

by | March 31, 2022 | Books, Consciousness & Psychedelics, Press Releases, Releases & Announcements

SANTA FE, N.M. — Synergetic Press and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) are breathing new life into a classic book that details the work of an underground psychedelic-assisted therapy trailblazer. The Secret Chief Revealed: Conversations with Leo Zeff, Pioneer in the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement, revised second edition will be released on May 3, 2022.

The Secret Chief Revealed is an in-depth, first-hand account of Leo Zeff, Ph.D., a pioneering psychedelic therapist who conducted MDMA-assisted therapy sessions pre- and post-prohibition. Originally published by MAPS in 2004, The Secret Chief Revealed is written as a transcription of an interview conducted in the 1980s with Zeff about his research, studies, and practice with psychedelic-assisted therapy. The revised 2nd edition maintains much of the 2nd edition release, including thoughtful contributions from leaders and researchers in the psychedelic movement such as Albert Hofmann, Ph.D., a chemist, the inventor of LSD, and author as well as Stanislav Grof, M.D., a psychiatrist and founder of transpersonal psychology, LSD psychotherapy, and holotropic breathwork. 

“I am thrilled that Leo Zeff’s wisdom and expertise are continuing to reach new audiences through this revised second edition of The Secret Chief Revealed,” said Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder and executive director of MAPS. “The therapeutic use of MDMA was first pioneered by Leo Zeff in 1976, after a courageous career providing psychedelic-assisted therapy in underground settings. Leo’s contributions to psychedelic therapy and mentorship towards my study of the benefits of using MDMA as adjunct to psychotherapy, and sitting for me for several of my own psychedelic therapy sessions, had a critical, foundational role to the formation of MAPS.”

The Secret Chief Revealed, revised 2nd edition includes contributions in the form of sentimental, narrative-style tributes to Zeff, with notable words from Ann & Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin, renowned psychedelic researchers and authors of the how-to chemistry book, PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. Sasha Shulgin once called Zeff  “a most courageous and skillful psychologist, the person who effectively introduced MDMA into the medical arena of psychotherapy.”

“The Secret Chief is the story of a great man whose story has come due,” author and editor Tom Lyttle wrote of the original work. “[Zeff’s] influence on a great part of psychedelic thinking is unquestionable and seminal. Our laws must eventually loosen up regarding the uses of psychedelics in therapy …  Applause to Myron Stolaroff for bringing this story to light, and for revealing the hidden history of psychedelic therapy and its elders.”

This revised second edition of The Secret Chief Revealed contains corrected errata, updated links to sources cited in the 2004 edition, and a new design. 

About Synergetic Press: For over 35 years as an independent publisher, our mission has been to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives. We publish unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, psychedelics, consciousness, and environmental and social justice that inspire both individual and social change.

About MAPS: Founded in 1986, MAPS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. MAPS is sponsoring the most advanced psychedelic therapy research in the world: Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Since its founding, MAPS has raised over $130 million for psychedelic and marijuana research and education and has earned both the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency and a 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.

Livestream event: Psyche Unbound: Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Stanislav Grof

Livestream event: Psyche Unbound: Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Stanislav Grof

by | January 5, 2022 | Events, Press Releases, Releases & Announcements

A virtual symposium featuring Grof and leaders in psychology and spirituality will be broadcast live January 22, 2022

SANTA FE, N.M. — Pioneers and leaders in the fields of psychology, philosophy, spirituality and psychedelic medicine will gather for a virtual symposium celebrating the life and work of renowned psychologist and researcher Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD on January 22, 2022.

Dr. Grof, accompanied by his wife and fellow psychologist Brigitte Grof, will join the first session from Germany as honored guests. The event will celebrate Dr. Grof’s extensive body of work as well as serve as a launch event for Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof, a new book co-published by Synergetic Press and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

The day-long symposium, presented by Synergetic Press and MAPS and hosted by City Lights, a bookstore and press based in San Francisco, will include the editors of Psyche Unbound Richard Tarnas and Sean Kelly as well as Rick Doblin of MAPS, Charles Grob, Tom Riedlinger, Diane Haug and Jasmine Virdi, and Roshi Joan Halifax, to name a few. A full list of panelists and moderators can be viewed on the event registration page linked below.

Psyche Unbound: Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Stanislav Grof
Where: Online
Pre-registration required: Click here to register or use the button below.
When: Saturday, January 22, 2022 | 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST

Register

“Personally, in a very real sense, my entire adult life has been a Festschrift honoring Stan’s work,” Doblin, of MAPS wrote in the foreword to Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof. Grof’s first book and teachings “inspired me to devote my life to engaging in my own psychedelic therapy, to learn to become a psychedelic therapist, and to bring psychedelic therapy back above ground, legal by prescription and covered by insurance,” Doblin wrote. “Stan’s impact on my life and work is but one of many such stories.”

About the book
Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof is a compilation of 22 essays that honor the path-breaking lifework of Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD, the world’s leading researcher in psychedelic-assisted therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Edited by Richard Tarnas, Ph.D., and Sean Kelly, Ph.D., Psyche Unbound also features contributions from renowned academics, scientists and researchers including Charles Grob, Michael Mithoefer, Jenny Wade, William Keepin, Thomas Purton, Thomas Riedlinger, Fritjof Capra and more.

About Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years’ experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. Dr. Grof is also the founding President of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA) and was its President for many years. Currently, Dr. Grof is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness in San Francisco and at Wisdom University in Oakland, Calif.

Dr. Grof’s extensive research includes experiential psychotherapy using psychedelics and non-drug techniques, especially the Holotropic Breathwork®, alternative approaches to psychoses, understanding and treatment of psychospiritual crises (“spiritual emergencies”), the implications of recent developments in quantum-relativistic physics, biology, brain research, and other avenues of the emerging scientific paradigm, for psychiatric theory and consciousness studies.

About Synergetic Press
For over 35 years as an independent publisher, our mission has been to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives. We have published unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, psychedelics, consciousness, and cultural anthropology that inspire both individual and social change. 

About MAPS
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. For more information visit maps.org.

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