The psychedelic Renaissance : reassessing the role of psychedelic drugs in 21st century psychiatry and society / Dr. Ben Sessa.

London : Muswell Hill Press, 2017.

xiv, 387 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm

Second edition.

Dated: April 2017.

Introduction. Apocalypse now and then -- Chapter 1. Personal reflection -- Chapter 2. The experience and the drugs -- Chapter 3. Early pioneers of the first and second psychedelic eras -- Chapter 4. The prehistory and ancient history of hallucinogens -- Chapter 5. Hippie heydays, ravers and the birth of ecstasy -- Chapter 6. Psychedelic creativity -- Chapter 7. Modern uses of natural plant and fungi psychedelics -- Chapter 8. The psychedelic renaissance part one: movers and shakers -- Chapter 9. The psychedelic renaissance part two: contemporary studies -- Chapter 10. Psychedelics caught in the crossfire of the war on drugs -- Conclusion. Back to the future: psychiatry needs psychedelics, and psychedelics need psychiatry.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-369) and index.