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The Secret Chief: Conversations With a Pioneer of the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement Paperback – October 1, 1997

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This book is about a psychologist, "Jacob" (pseudonym), who applied psychedelic drugs throughout his practice of psychotherapy until his death twenty or so ago—in spite of the fact that such drugs had been declared illegal in the mid-60's. The body of the book is an interview with Jacob conducted in the early 80s but never before published; this is followed by an appendix paraphrasing the drug experiences of five of his clients, and an appendix listing resources for those interested in psychedelic therapy. The drugs favored by Jacob: LSD (he always started a series with LSD), sacred mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis), mescaline, MDA, MDMA ("Ecstasy"), harmaline (yage') and ibogaine. Each has a somewhat different effect. In successive chapters, Jacob discusses the preparation for a psychedelic session, the setting, the session itself, the dosages, and outcomes.

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144 pages
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English
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The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Publication date

October 1, 1997
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8.44 x 5.51 x 0.43 inches
ISBN-10

0966001915
ISBN-13

978-0966001914
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies; First edition (October 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0966001915
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0966001914
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.44 x 5.51 x 0.43 inches

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Steven Mitchell

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A wonderful insight into therapeutic benefits that governments don't want people to know about.

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Rob

A magical mystery tour of the mind

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2000

This book points to the possibility of remembering the parts of ourselves we forgot long ago. It's a poem to the forgotten realms of being human and declares the potential to reclaim ones totality. For someone thinking of using psychedelics, there are instructions here for their proper use. For someone who has already used them, there are footnotes from infinitude. This book, and this subject will change you. No longer will you be stained by the propaganda of the drug war. The sacrements of freedom exist. Whether they be psychedelics, meditation, yoga or dreaming. A friendly, helpful voice speaks out to you from the pages of this book. You will be better for listening. Be careful, this is not recreation. This is you, that you are exploring. Have some respect.

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Brian Wallace (Co-author of It's Not Your Hair)

Mind expanding and soul healing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2001

Let me try this again. The Secret Chief is a fantastically written, conversational and often warm and humorous overview of a real pioneer in the field of psychology. Few researchers or clinicians are willing to boldly sidestep well-known but mostly unfounded restrictions on their practice.
The hero of this story is a man that truly put his clients/patients first and upheld their well being as the foremost goal. From his uncanny ability to listen to what they were saying to his courage and wisdom in guiding them along the path toward recovery and growth, the reader is brought in to delightfully pick up on the knowledge gained.
Operating not just from a medical expert perspective but from a caring human being equally engaged in the challenge of life, the therapist intuitively, assertively spurs the client onto self discovery and mind expansion. Tools of the psychological trade vary. The respective benefits of varying methods of therapy are discussed, and the trail blazing of supposed "radical" "innovative" methods occurs. That they have ever been explored is impressive. That there is a definite need to continue research and practice in this field is made resoundingly evident within the pages of this remarkable, insightful book.
Highly recommended.
Brian Wallace, author, Labyrinth of Chaos

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