An Ethnopharmacologist on Hallucinogens, Sex-Crazed Cicadas, and More | Dennis McKenna

Bicycle Day

Brian Blomerth

“There's a wonderful book. I like to plug books. You've probably read it called Bicycle Day by Brian Blomers. It's a graphic novel.”— Dennis McKenna

The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book About a Vast Memory

A. R. Luria

“there are two resources I want to recommend. The first is a book that I first bought in late high school called The Mind of a Mnemonist.”— Tim Ferriss

ESPD 50 box set (Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs)

Dennis McKenna (inferred)

“the box set of books for ESPD 50, you can find online. You can find them on Amazon. They're beautifully done. I have them on my bookshelf.”— Tim Ferriss

Hallucinogens and Culture

Peter Furst

“you're probably familiar with an essay I think by Henry Munn that was published in a book called I think it was by Peter Furst called Hallucinogens and Culture”— Dennis McKenna

Brainman

“There's also a I want to say documentary or may have been a TV series called Brainman about a young Brit... Daniel Tammet is the figure in this one.”— Tim Ferriss

Volcano vaporizer

Storz & Bickel (inferred)

“vaping DMT in a volcano vaporizer, I've had some of the most profound experiences with DMT that way because you don't have to mess around with a pipe”— Dennis McKenna