This book, published by Loompanics, has been mentioned on usenet a number of times.

I had the opportunity to briefly look it over last weekend. Naturally, I headed straight for the chem section, a chapter titled, “Extractions”, or something.

Well, I must say that I am completely unimpressed with this bozo Dekorne’s abilities. The information he presents is riddled with errors ... [ read more ]

Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood tells the story of Bebergal’s life as a young adult, as he experimented in drugs with the aim of achieving a higher spiritual awareness, a belief he garnered from the popular literature of the 1950s and 1960s. After a series of failures in this direction that become increasingly punctuated by a deterioration of his mental health and a break down in his weltanshauung, the despair is overcome by a new approach in his life. However, having said this, one should not have the impression that this is the typical addiction story. [ read more ]