David Jay Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on the Huffington Post and CBS News. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The New Science of Psychedelics. He lives in Ben Lomond, California.

“David Jay Brown’s Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness is a quintessential explorer’s journal: a trip report on David’s own odyssey to track down the pioneering minds of the entheogenic space. New ways of thinking about self and world abound! The new space seems to be inner space, and this book is a first-rate psychedelic excursion into this rich new land.”

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 LSD, Science, Consciousness, and Mysticism An Interview with Albert Hofmann 2 The Nonordinary Mind, Psychedelics, and Psychology An Interview with Stanislav Grof 3 Creativity, Problem Solving, and Psychedelics An Interview with James Fadiman 4 Exploring Anomalous Experiences An Interview with Stanley Krippner 5 Alchemy, Ecology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Ralph Metzner 6 Exploring the Tryptamine Dimension An Interview with Dennis McKenna 7 Ayahuasca, DNA, and Decoding the Cosmic Serpent An Interview with Jeremy Narby 8 DMT Research and Nonhuman-Entity Contact An Interview with Rick Strassman 9 Psychedelic Warfare? Exploring the Potential of Psychoactive Weapons An Interview with James Ketchum 10 Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death An Interview with Roshi Joan Halifax 11 The Near-Death Experience, Parapsychology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Charles Tart 12 The Sacred Secrets of Salvia divinorum An Interview with Daniel Siebert 13 The Future of Psychedelic Drug Medical Research An Interview with Rick Doblin 14 Psilocybin Studies and the Religious Experience An Interview with Roland Griffiths 15 Music, Creativity, Shpongle, and Psychedelics An Interview with Simon Posford About the Author

David Jay Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on the Huffington Post and CBS News. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The New Science of Psychedelics. He lives in Ben Lomond, California.

“David Jay Brown’s Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness is a quintessential explorer’s journal: a trip report on David’s own odyssey to track down the pioneering minds of the entheogenic space. New ways of thinking about self and world abound! The new space seems to be inner space, and this book is a first-rate psychedelic excursion into this rich new land.”

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 LSD, Science, Consciousness, and Mysticism An Interview with Albert Hofmann 2 The Nonordinary Mind, Psychedelics, and Psychology An Interview with Stanislav Grof 3 Creativity, Problem Solving, and Psychedelics An Interview with James Fadiman 4 Exploring Anomalous Experiences An Interview with Stanley Krippner 5 Alchemy, Ecology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Ralph Metzner 6 Exploring the Tryptamine Dimension An Interview with Dennis McKenna 7 Ayahuasca, DNA, and Decoding the Cosmic Serpent An Interview with Jeremy Narby 8 DMT Research and Nonhuman-Entity Contact An Interview with Rick Strassman 9 Psychedelic Warfare? Exploring the Potential of Psychoactive Weapons An Interview with James Ketchum 10 Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death An Interview with Roshi Joan Halifax 11 The Near-Death Experience, Parapsychology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Charles Tart 12 The Sacred Secrets of Salvia divinorum An Interview with Daniel Siebert 13 The Future of Psychedelic Drug Medical Research An Interview with Rick Doblin 14 Psilocybin Studies and the Religious Experience An Interview with Roland Griffiths 15 Music, Creativity, Shpongle, and Psychedelics An Interview with Simon Posford About the Author

David Jay Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on the Huffington Post and CBS News. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The New Science of Psychedelics. He lives in Ben Lomond, California.

“David Jay Brown’s Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness is a quintessential explorer’s journal: a trip report on David’s own odyssey to track down the pioneering minds of the entheogenic space. New ways of thinking about self and world abound! The new space seems to be inner space, and this book is a first-rate psychedelic excursion into this rich new land.”

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1 LSD, Science, Consciousness, and Mysticism An Interview with Albert Hofmann 2 The Nonordinary Mind, Psychedelics, and Psychology An Interview with Stanislav Grof 3 Creativity, Problem Solving, and Psychedelics An Interview with James Fadiman 4 Exploring Anomalous Experiences An Interview with Stanley Krippner 5 Alchemy, Ecology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Ralph Metzner 6 Exploring the Tryptamine Dimension An Interview with Dennis McKenna 7 Ayahuasca, DNA, and Decoding the Cosmic Serpent An Interview with Jeremy Narby 8 DMT Research and Nonhuman-Entity Contact An Interview with Rick Strassman 9 Psychedelic Warfare? Exploring the Potential of Psychoactive Weapons An Interview with James Ketchum 10 Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death An Interview with Roshi Joan Halifax 11 The Near-Death Experience, Parapsychology, and Psychedelics An Interview with Charles Tart 12 The Sacred Secrets of Salvia divinorum An Interview with Daniel Siebert 13 The Future of Psychedelic Drug Medical Research An Interview with Rick Doblin 14 Psilocybin Studies and the Religious Experience An Interview with Roland Griffiths 15 Music, Creativity, Shpongle, and Psychedelics An Interview with Simon Posford About the Author