Social sciences

Best known as the first person to synthesise, ingest and discover the psychedelic effects of LSD, Albert Hofmann was more than just a chemist. A pioneer in the field of visionary plant research, he was one of the first people to suggest the use of entheogens for psychological healing and spiritual growth. His insights into the consciousness-expanding effects of psychedelics as well as human nature

Misfortune works in this world as living vibrant spirits - known in the Santería and Lucumí faith as Osogbo - that plague humanity but are, also, a catalyst for selfdevelopment and conscious evolution. Beginning with the story of his goddaughter's miraculous recovery from stage IV cancer, Ócha'ni Lele explains how Osogbo tries to bring us down and how if we follow the prescriptions of the Orishas

Traditional psychotherapy seeks to unburden the unconscious mind purely through talk and discussion. Psychomagic recognises that it is difficult to reach the unconscious with rational thought. We should instead speak directly to the unconscious in its own language, that of dreams, poetry and symbolic acts. By interacting on this deeper level, we can initiate quicker and more enduring change to res

· Details how to interpret the entire hand—the shape of the palm and fingers, mounts, lines, fingerprints, flexibility, nails, and skin texture · Reveals the personality archetypes, strengths, and weaknesses connected with each of the seven mounts and how the rest of the hand modifies these traits · Explains how lines change and the decisive influence of the person's own mind in healing defects fo

· Details the author's training and life as a curandero using ayahuasca medicine, San Pedro cactus, tobacco purges, psychedelic mushrooms and other visionary plants · Offers first-hand accounts of miraculous healing where ayahuasca revealed the cause of the illness, including how the author healed his mother from liver cancer

Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is still regarded by the world as the greatest scientist who ever lived. He invented calculus, discovered the binomial theorem, explained the rainbow, built the first reflecting telescope and explained the force of gravity. In his famous masterpiece, Principia Mathematica, he described the mechanics of the physical universe with unimagined precision, proving the cosmos was

On May 27, 1963, Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert were dismissed from Harvard University's Psychology Department - a watershed event marking the moment when psychedelic drugs were publicly demonised and driven underground. Today, little is known about the period in the early 1960s when LSD and psilocybin were, not only, legal but, also, actively researched at universities. Presenting the f

Our Stone Age ancestors discovered that the geometry of the Earth provided a sacred connection between human experience and the spiritual worlds. Exploring the numerical patterns of time and then the size and shape of the Earth, they created an exact science of measures and preserved their discoveries within sacred structures, spiritualised landscapes and mythologies, which interpreted the religio

Widely recognised by anthropologists as the most powerful and widespread shamanic hallucinogen, ayahuasca has been used by native Indian and mestizo shamans in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador for healing and divination for thousands of years. Made from the Amazonian vine Banisteriopsis caapi and the DMT-laden leaf of Psychotria viridis, ayahuasca is regarded as the embodiment of intelligent plant being

Psilocybin, the active ingredient found in psychedelic mushrooms, is an invaluable natural resource for spiritually revivifying the human psyche and reconnecting us to the biosphere and the vast intelligence of Nature. Interweaving the most recent scientific studies in the United States and Britain, more than 25 years of sacred mushroom exploration and behind-the-scenes details on the political wa

One of the few scholars able to read and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets, Zecharia Sitchin (1920– 2010) based his Earth Chronicles Series on texts from the ancient civilisations of the Near East. Drawing both widespread interest and criticism, his controversial theories on the Anunnaki origins of humanity have been translated into more than 20 languages and featured on radio a

Sharing her journey from bedridden patient to inspired healer, Robbie Holz recounts her recovery from hepatitis C, fibromyalgia and treatment-induced brain damage, as well as the blossoming of her own healing powers, through her work with her husband, the late healer, Gary Holz and her experiences with a remote tribe in the Outback of Australia. Robbie describes many of the miraculous healings she

Among the many significant discoveries excavated from Assyrian king Ashurbanipal's royal library in Nineveh were tablets documenting the development of Mesopotamian astrology, now recognised as the earliest astrological science. Drawing upon translations of the Nineveh library tablets as well as many other ancient sources, Michael Baigent reveals the roots of modern astrology in the Babylonian sci

· Includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series as well as never-before-published letters, articles, and lectures· Each piece includes an introduction, offering context and insight into Sitchin's passionate work and revealing the man behind the theories· Explains the genesis of The 12th Planet, the Anunnaki influences on the Sumerian civilization, the extraterrestrial origi

Wild animals avoid contact with humans, but wild dolphins seek us out to play and socialise, even going so far as to voluntarily rescue people from drowning. What explains this remarkable natural affinity? Revealing the evolutionary basis for our special relationship with dolphins, Frank Joseph explains how we are both descendants of the same ancient branch of humanity. Building upon the aquatic a

Sharing more than 200 never-before-published, full-colour photographs from his personal archives, bestselling author, Erich von Däniken, provides clear evidence of ancient alien contact and technology among the archaeological sites of the Maya as well as other ancient cultures, such as the Aztecs and the Hindus. He reveals how the “gods” immortalised in Maya sculptures, carved reliefs and myth wer

In each culture the origins of civilisation can be tied to the arising of one concept in the human mind: straight lines. Straight and perpendicular lines are not found in nature, so where did they come from? What shift in consciousness occurred around the globe that triggered the start of rectangular building methods and linear organisation as well as written language, pyramid construction, mathem

Reveals the profound influence of the Denisovans and their hybrid descendants upon the flowering of human civilization around the world. Traces the migrations of the sophisticated Denisovans and their interbreeding with Neanderthals and early human populations more than 40,000 years ago. Shows how Denisovan hybrids became the elite of ancient societies, including the Adena mound-building culture.

The legend of Atlantis is one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. Disproving many well-known Atlantis theories and providing a new hypothesis, the evidence for which continues to build, Andrew Collins shows that what Plato recounts is the memory of a major cataclysm at the end of the last Ice Age 13,000 years ago, when a comet devastated the island of Cuba and submerged part of the Baham

· Explains the quantum physics behind the Waves of the Mayan Calendar system and how their holograms shape the human mind · Shows how throughout history each revolution in human consciousness has been driven by the activation of one of the Nine Waves of Creation · Reveals how we can consciously work to deactivate the negative patterns of the Sixth Wave and manifest the unity consciousness of the N