If you loved
Books like LSD
A brilliant chemist's deeply personal reflection on accidentally unlocking a chemical doorway to the mystical. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with LSD.
- contemplative
- mind-expanding
- surreal
- grounded
- 01
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
James Fadiman
A pragmatic, reassuring roadmap for safely navigating the profound and uncharted territories of the human mind.
- 02
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
A grounded, deeply curious journey into the science and spirituality of altered states that will make you rethink the boundaries of your own mind.
- 03
The doors of perception
Aldous Huxley
A lucid, erudite plunge into the kaleidoscopic depths of human consciousness and the mystical fabric of everyday reality.
- 04
Be Here Now
Ram Dass.
An earnest, introspective journey through the stages of mystical awakening and karmic discovery.
- 05
True hallucinations
Terence McKenna · 1993
A surreal expedition into the Amazon that blurs the boundary between physical travel and profound psychic revelation.
- 06
Psilocybin mushrooms of the world
Paul Stamets · 1996
A rigorous yet deeply reverent field guide that opens your eyes to the hidden, mind-expanding fungi growing right beneath your feet.
- 07
The stress of life
Hans Selye · 1978
A foundational, deeply analytical journey into the biological mechanics of how life's pressures shape, sustain, and break the human body.
- 08
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe · 1968
A kaleidoscopic, hyperkinetic road trip through the birth of the 1960s counterculture that reads like a literary hallucination.
- 09
Molecules of emotion
Candace B. Pert · 1997
A passionate, paradigm-shifting journey into the microscopic architecture of human feeling.
- 10
Opiate receptor mechanisms
Solomon H. Snyder
A rigorous, foundational dive into the neurochemical architecture of addiction and pain.
- 11
Alchemy & mysticism
Alexander Roob
A massive, visually rich archive that invites readers to lose themselves in the arcane symbolism of centuries past.
- 12
Stalking the wild pendulum
Itzhak Bentov
A playful, mind-bending romp through the mechanics of consciousness and the holographic universe.
