This is an edited selection of quality websites, books and events about psychedelics. Many of these books many present different or even conflicting views and facts. Please read carefully and excercise critical thinking.

On the Web

Erowid Center is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related issues.

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to promoting medical research with psychedelics.

The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nation’s leading organization of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. The DPA fights for drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights.

The Heffter Research Institute conducts research of the highest scientific quality with psychedelic substances in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind, leading to the improvement of the human condition, and the alleviation of suffering.

The Beckley Foundation is a charitable trust that promotes the investigation of consciousness and its modulation from a multidisciplinary perspective. It supports world-class research into the science, health, politics and history of practices used to alter consciousness, ranging from meditation to the use of psychoactive substances.

The Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE) is dedicated to protecting and advancing freedom of thought in the modern world of accelerating neurotechnologies. Our paramount concern is to foster the unlimited potential of the human mind and to protect freedom of thought.

In Print

Storming Heaven by Jay Stevens

The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience by REL Masters, PhD and Jean Houston, PhD

LSD: My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann

Ecstasy: The Complete Guide by Julie Holland, MD

Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom by Andy Lechter

DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, MD

Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin

Tikhal: The Continuation by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin

In Person

Women’s Visionary Congress: Consciousness, Healing and Social Justice
October 22-25, 2010, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, CA
visionarycongress.org
info@visionarycongress.org
+1 831 252 0023 (PST)

The fourth annual Women’s Visionary Congress (WVC) will take place at Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino County, California. The WVC features the work of visionary women healers, scholars, activists and artists who explore the leading edge of consciousness and sustainable social change. The gathering supports the transfer of knowledge among women who apply the insights of their spiritual path to strengthen their communities.

Mind Altering Science
October 23-24, 2010
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
mindalteringscience.com

With researchers and therapists from a wide variety of academic disciplines, this event will be dedicated to the exploration of a broad range of subjects. From addiction treatment to psychotherapy with the aid of psychedelics, from the neurobiology of ayahuasca to the social, ritual and legal implications of its use, and from human psychopharmacology research and the exploration of exceptional mindstatse to new views on the legalisation of psychedelic substances.