Buddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. This new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics has evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first enquiry into the ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations of the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics.
Buddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. This new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics has evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first enquiry into the ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations of the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics.
ACKNOWLE DGEMENTS FOREWORD Stephen Batchelor PREFACE Huston Smith INTRODUCTION Allan Badiner
Section One: INTERSECTION
THE PLANT MEDICINE SUTRA Robert Schrei A NEW LOOK AT THE PSYCHEDELIC TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD Ralph Metzner MYSTICISM: Contemplative and Chemical Roger Walsh DISSOLVING THE ROOTS OF SUFFERING Dokushô Villalba A HIGH HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA Rick Fields PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: DISCUSSION WITH JACK KORNFIELD Robert Forte BUDDHISM, SHAMANISM, AND THANGK A PAINTINGS Claudia Müller-Eberling and Christian Rätsch A BUDDHIST-PSYCHEDELIC HISTORY OF ESALEN INSTITUTE–INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MURPHY AND GEORGE LEONARD Allan Badiner SHADOW PATHS Peter Matthiessen A SURVE Y OF THE ENTHEOGENS Robert Jesse
Section Two: CONCRESCENCE?
VAJRAVISION Alex Grey DMT DHARMA Rick J. Strassman, MD PSYCHOACTIVISM David Chadwick LE ANING INTO RAWNESS Trudy Walter RELATIVE TRUTH Brigid Meier YAGÉ AND THE YANAS Allan Badiner JUNGLE DHARMA: THE INTERWEAVING OF BUDDHISM AND AYAHUASCA David Coyote BUDDHIST HARM REDUCTION AND CANNABIS Jana Drakka A TRIP NOT TAKEN China Galland THE PAISLEY GATE Erik Davis
Section Three: LESSONS
PSYCHE DELICS ON THE PATH: HELP OR HINDRANCE? Charles T. Tart BUDDHISM AND THE PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY–INTERVIEW WITH TERENCE MCKENNA Allan Badiner LIBERTY AND LSD John Perry Barlow RICK DOBLIN Interviewed by Allan Badiner WAKING YOURSELF Brad Warner THE ZEN COMMANDMENTS Lama Surya Das ON THE FRONT LINES Interview with Michele McDonald DO WE STILL NEED PSYCHEDELICS? Myron Stolaroff BUDDHISM AND PSYCHEDELICS: A Public Dialogue with James Fadiman and Kokyo Henkel A ROUNDTABLE WITH RAM DASS, ROBERT AITKEN ROSHI, RICHARD BAKER ROSHI, AND JOAN HALIFAX ROSHI Allan Badiner
ACKNOWLE DGEMENTS FOREWORD Stephen Batchelor PREFACE Huston Smith INTRODUCTION Allan Badiner
Section One: INTERSECTION
THE PLANT MEDICINE SUTRA Robert Schrei A NEW LOOK AT THE PSYCHEDELIC TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD Ralph Metzner MYSTICISM: Contemplative and Chemical Roger Walsh DISSOLVING THE ROOTS OF SUFFERING Dokushô Villalba A HIGH HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA Rick Fields PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: DISCUSSION WITH JACK KORNFIELD Robert Forte BUDDHISM, SHAMANISM, AND THANGK A PAINTINGS Claudia Müller-Eberling and Christian Rätsch A BUDDHIST-PSYCHEDELIC HISTORY OF ESALEN INSTITUTE–INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MURPHY AND GEORGE LEONARD Allan Badiner SHADOW PATHS Peter Matthiessen A SURVE Y OF THE ENTHEOGENS Robert Jesse
Section Two: CONCRESCENCE?
VAJRAVISION Alex Grey DMT DHARMA Rick J. Strassman, MD PSYCHOACTIVISM David Chadwick LE ANING INTO RAWNESS Trudy Walter RELATIVE TRUTH Brigid Meier YAGÉ AND THE YANAS Allan Badiner JUNGLE DHARMA: THE INTERWEAVING OF BUDDHISM AND AYAHUASCA David Coyote BUDDHIST HARM REDUCTION AND CANNABIS Jana Drakka A TRIP NOT TAKEN China Galland THE PAISLEY GATE Erik Davis
Section Three: LESSONS
PSYCHE DELICS ON THE PATH: HELP OR HINDRANCE? Charles T. Tart BUDDHISM AND THE PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY–INTERVIEW WITH TERENCE MCKENNA Allan Badiner LIBERTY AND LSD John Perry Barlow RICK DOBLIN Interviewed by Allan Badiner WAKING YOURSELF Brad Warner THE ZEN COMMANDMENTS Lama Surya Das ON THE FRONT LINES Interview with Michele McDonald DO WE STILL NEED PSYCHEDELICS? Myron Stolaroff BUDDHISM AND PSYCHEDELICS: A Public Dialogue with James Fadiman and Kokyo Henkel A ROUNDTABLE WITH RAM DASS, ROBERT AITKEN ROSHI, RICHARD BAKER ROSHI, AND JOAN HALIFAX ROSHI Allan Badiner
