Foreword by Jose Maria Fàbregas, M.D.

prologue Psychedelics as a Transformational Resource

1 A Psychedelic Autobiography

2 Pharmacologically Induced Altered States of Consciousness

3 Interpersonal Psychedelics

4 Oneirophrenics

5 Psilocybin

6 Spiritual Aspects of the Psychedelic Experience

7 Matters Related to Method and Training

8 The Role of Psychedelics in a Policy for Consciousness

APPENDICES

Press Articles

Research Articles

About the Author

Index

"Claudio Naranjo's psychedelic autobiography with previously unpublished interviews and research papers. Explores Dr. Naranjo's pioneering work with MDMA, ayahuasca, cannabis, iboga, and psilocybin. Shares his personal accounts of psychedelic sessions and experimentation, including his work with Alexander Sasha Shulgin and Leo Zeff. Includes the author's reflections on the spiritual aspects of psychedelics and his recommended techniques for controlled induction of altered states"--

Claudio Naranjo, M.D. (1932-2019), was a well-known psychiatrist, philosopher, professor, and university researcher from Chile. He was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard, a Guggenheim fellow at Berkeley, a council member of the Education Policy Research Center at the Stanford Research Institute, and a professor at UC Santa Cruz, the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was a pioneer in the use of psychedelics for psychotherapy and was known for his long collaboration with Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin. The author of many articles, papers, and books, his legacy lives on through the Claudio Naranjo Foundation (Fundación Claudio Naranjo).