Hallucinations

This book by Oliver Sacks was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Hamilton Morris. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. They are commonly linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. For thousands of years, humans have used hallucinogenics to achieve them. Here, with elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Oliver Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about our brains, our culture, and ourselves. (Bestseller)

• “his book on hallucinations is also very good”

  Hamilton Morris · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202100:21:44

  Said during "Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, and More". The episode features Hamilton Morris: Chemist, science journalist, and filmmaker who writes and directs the documentary series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. He researches the chemistry, anthropology, and culture of psychoactive drugs and has studied them in more than 30 countries. Hamilton Morris and Tim Ferriss explore iboga ritual, 5-MeO-DMT toad sustainability, xenon anesthesia, and the ethics of the psychedelic boom.