"I’ve written Trip Sitting to assist people who intend to hold psychedelic space, particularly those just beginning this work, though I hope seasoned practitioners will also find valuable ideas in the text." - Julian Vayne psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/intro-trip...

Interview with historian Robert Dickins about magic mushrooms in Britain over at the Roots and All podcast... rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/brit...

Psilocybe Pickers tells the story of how these psychedelic fungi entered British consciousness in the twentieth century, the bemushroomed Britons who took them on as part of their culture, and how the authorities tried to police them. psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...

New PhD studentship opportunity! Research and write the history of Release, supervised by me and @alexmold.bsky.social! bloomsbury.ac.uk/drugs-civil-...

❤️📖➡️ "Holding space is an ancient art that takes many forms. The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - author Julian Vayne psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

A lovely review by Mike Fiorito of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons... 🙏❤️📖 psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...

the first ever interview with british microdot LSD chemist richard kemp, who made acid from 1969-1977, before getting busted in operation: julie & going to prison for 13 years.

An excellent read from British Psychedelic culture scholar Andy Roberts on meeting the illusive LSD chemist Richard Kemp @psypre.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/psychede...

"At some point during his tenure with Stark in Paris, Kemp created what was to become the infamous ‘brown acid’ distributed at the 1969 Woodstock festival." - Andy Roberts psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/acid-chemi...

For Bristol folk and beyond, author Robert Dickins is giving a talk next month on the history of Bemushroomed Britons for The Psychedelic Society... come along! dandelion.events/e/y0p4g

The eBook of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by @JulianVayne is out now! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGS1XZLM/

Some lovely reviews of Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne starting to appear in the wild.... psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

Our review of Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by @gmantic.bsky.social psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/terence-mc...

In Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas, Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White have given us a glimpse into the inner botanical workings of some of world’s most enigmatic plants. psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms

Trip Sitting is your guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science & extensive real-world experience, it offers practical insights into the skills, techniques, and mindset that every effective trip sitter needs. psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

"Psilocybe Pickers tell the story of how a culture that started life in the shadows slowly blossomed in every corner of Britain’s landscape, transforming into a staple part of recreational, regional scenes." psychedelicstoday.com/2025/12/19/p...

Lovely first review of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons on Amazon...

New pickings from @psypre.bsky.social

The most detailed account yet of the Liberty Cap’s emergence - highly recommended 🍄

Another gem from @psypre.bsky.social

I am incredibly pleased to share this article and very grateful to Rob Dickins @psypre.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to consolidate some thoughts and ideas that express my passion for psych3delics and their role in culture and society.  open.substack.com/pub/psychede...

🥳Delighted to announce the publication of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons by Dr Robert Dickins - out now! ❤️📖 Includes a Foreword by Dr Andy Letcher. More details & orders here: psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psi...

Excited to read this new book by @dannytheforde - review coming soon to our Substack ❤️📖

Microcosms by Jill Pflugheber and Steven F White "As a kind of architecture of sacred plants, the imagery teaches us that other worlds, be they fairy-like, microscopic, or DMT-induced, often have a mysterious and enchanting logic all of their own." psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/microcosms

"I thought I was writing about synchronicities plucked from the dream place and chaotically, exuberantly integrated, but in reality, I was doing something much more human and falling in love with my best friend." - Leonie Rowland psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/hot-pig-su...

"These strange, magical spirits, long banished from our lives, have the potential to become some of our greatest allies if we can develop a good relationship with them" - From Trip Sitting by Julian Vayne psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

"All trips start before they have begun and continue long after they have ended. Even the first sign of psychedelic awareness is the symptom of a subconscious event set in motion at an earlier point on a subtler sentient scale." psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/mycelia-pl...

"Holding psychǝdelic space is an ancient art that takes many forms, The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne Learn more about Trip Sitting here: psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

'A psilocybin journey can help us tune into the sacred (however we understand it). Nourish our soul. Help us make meaning in the world, and accept out mortality' - Julian Vayne, Trip Sitting (book details below) Thanks Beckley Foundation for the shout out! psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

"P£ychedelics... force us to acknowledge that the human mind is at root a metaphysical subject. If we are surprised by this, it is only because we are not typically aware of our metaphysical assumptions" - Tim Hardwick psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/gonzo-meta...

Wahoo! Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out today! Trip Sitting is your essential guide for supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

Science is not some lone bastion of truth. Like everything else, it has good and bad actors. Weird framing.

Extract from The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by novelist/journalist Fitz Hugh Ludlow, born #onthisday in 1836. Terence McKenna would describe Ludlow as "Part genius, part madman, … halfway between Cpt Ahab and PT Barnum, a kind of Mark Twain on hashish": publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #OTD

Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne is out tomorrow! psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

Fascinating new article by @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social on our Substack, looking at sacred sites, psys, and nature-connectedness... psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/mind-gardens

Wahoo! ❤️👀🤩 Printed copies of Trip Sitting: The Art & Science of Holding PƧychedelic Space by Julian Vayne have arrived Includes a Foreword by @bellevuedoc.bsky.social Out in 2 weeks! Pre-order exclusively through us: psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

Just learned that Alston Hughes - aka Smiles - had died - RIP my friend, a life well-lived ❤️

Great article exploring a Huxley family trip by James L Penner: psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/huxley-fam...

Excellent review/interview with historian Andy Roberts about the revised edition of Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain... chemical-collective.com/blog/2025/08...

Very pleased to be able to publish this excerpt from @gmantic.bsky.social's forthcoming biography of Terence McKenna - Psilocybin Summer psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/psilocybin...

Very pleased to announce our new forthcoming book... Trip Sitting: The Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne 🥳 More info & pre-orders here: psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/tri...

Nice interview with Andy Roberts, author of Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain, via @internationaltimes.bsky.social internationaltimes.it/andy-roberts...

Review of Andrew R Gallimore’s new book Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug [DMT] Thanks to William Rowlandson for his words! Plus shout out for @breakingconvention.bsky.social <3 psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/death-asto...

"Whether you believe L$D is an escape from reality or a trip into the heart of it, the hidden history of the most potent and undefinable drug known to humankind is only just being unearthed" - historian Andy Roberts ➡️ psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/alb...

Thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Acid Dialectics' by Vincent Rado - a very engaging and thoughtful book. Our review is available here: psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/lsd-and-st...

“They really did share this belief in psychedelics as a way to augment the psyche, heal the world. ‘True belief’ really enabled that behavior, but ‘ego inflation’ actually got in their way” - Susannah Cahalan Interview by James Penner psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/rosemary-w...

'I am so glad I took LSD' - Dr Sue Blackmore Read more here: psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/glad-i-too...

Andy Roberts' Albion Dreaming tells the extraordinary story of how LSD helped shape British society and culture since its introduction in the early 1950s. Out now! psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/alb...

William 'Ubi' Dwyer was an anarchist, psychedelicist & festival organiser who steered acid anarchism in the UK. "LSD is no escape from reality. As an intensifier of experience LSD brings one into more direct confrontation with the world." Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xmf8xtj

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