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# How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence : Pollan, Michael: desertcart.co.uk: Books

Review: Do change your mind! - Not sure if it was the author's intention, but there seems to be a hidden message in the title. The book does not only explore how psychedelics can change our minds, but perhaps more importantly it strives to change the minds of the wider audience on psychedelics. And it does it beautifully. Extremely well written and researched, the facts about the history of the subject and the studies meet personal experiences and contemplations. With fresh parallels and thought provoking questions the book offers the reader a great understanding of not just "how", but "why". This should be on a recommended reading list of anyone who is at the beginning of the journey. And if you had some experience, but can't quite make sense of it, the book will certainly help with that. The Audible narration is perfect as well.
Review: An exceptional addition to the literature! - I've just finished reading Michael Pollan's book on psychedelics. It's funny, informative and thought-provoking. The main strong point of the book for me is in bringing the reader up-to-date on where psychedelics currently stand as a set of potential therapeutic tools for the treatment of depression, addiction, and the anxiety of cancer patients facing imminent death; and on how public health professionals are slowly winning the argument for more, and much broader, studies to take place. Pollan's approach is rigorously materialist and rational, although by the end of the book - which includes his own experiences as a newcomer to the world of psychedelics at the age of sixty - he has to admit that the world may be a far stranger place than he had previously thought it to be. I can't recommend the book too highly - it's an engaging, intelligent and suprisingly moving read.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,460,311 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 11 in Alcohol & Drug Abuse Biographies 51 in Depression & Mental Health Biographies 84 in Biographies about Medical, Legal & Social Sciences |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (10,886) |
| Dimensions  | 13.97 x 3.05 x 21.39 cm |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0735224153 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0735224155 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 464 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Jan. 1900 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Do change your mind!
*by D***. on 15 November 2023*

Not sure if it was the author's intention, but there seems to be a hidden message in the title. The book does not only explore how psychedelics can change our minds, but perhaps more importantly it strives to change the minds of the wider audience on psychedelics. And it does it beautifully. Extremely well written and researched, the facts about the history of the subject and the studies meet personal experiences and contemplations. With fresh parallels and thought provoking questions the book offers the reader a great understanding of not just "how", but "why". This should be on a recommended reading list of anyone who is at the beginning of the journey. And if you had some experience, but can't quite make sense of it, the book will certainly help with that. The Audible narration is perfect as well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An exceptional addition to the literature!
*by B***A on 9 May 2022*

I've just finished reading Michael Pollan's book on psychedelics. It's funny, informative and thought-provoking. The main strong point of the book for me is in bringing the reader up-to-date on where psychedelics currently stand as a set of potential therapeutic tools for the treatment of depression, addiction, and the anxiety of cancer patients facing imminent death; and on how public health professionals are slowly winning the argument for more, and much broader, studies to take place. Pollan's approach is rigorously materialist and rational, although by the end of the book - which includes his own experiences as a newcomer to the world of psychedelics at the age of sixty - he has to admit that the world may be a far stranger place than he had previously thought it to be. I can't recommend the book too highly - it's an engaging, intelligent and suprisingly moving read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A bingo card of uncommon phrases but interesting points to share
*by M***O on 1 January 2021*

I got this after seeing the buzz on the news about psychedelic research and hearing the book being recommended on a podcast. The author also wrote a great book on meat consumption and production called the Ominvore's Dilemma which I can recommend, even if it is very US-centric. This book is split into two halves, I'd say - a history of psychedelia and the authors personal experiences trying them out - though the history accounts for much more than 50%. I felt that the history lessons dragged on a bit and there was so much minutiae included that really wasn't relevant. The writing style is fairly easy to get on with but as it's quite regularly punctuated with the same strange words, I think you could have a go at Pollan Bingo. Some words and phrases to look out for - Dionysian; noetic; numinous; and occasion (as a verb). The personal accounts, present day insights and proposed medicinal use are the real highlights of this. I feel that if the writer cut back on the strange words (maybe I'm under-educated and I should be using these in everyday conversation) and cut back on the historical accounts a bit, I think this would be really good. I think I saw on another review that this would be a good book to give your parents to convince them of the benefits we could have one day - law-abiding. Perhaps, but only if they had a bit of patience to cut through the tedium.

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