Psychedelic Press

02/03/2026

Lovely review of Trip Sitting: The Art & Science of Holding Psy Space by Julian Vayne ❤️📖

Get your copy here:

https://psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/trip-sitting

16/02/2026

❤️📖➡️ "Holding space is an ancient art that takes many forms. The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - author .vayne

With a focus primarily on one-to-one sessions, Trip Sitting's principles and practices can be adapted to a variety of contexts, from small group settings to personal journeys.

This book is equally useful for those seeking a safe and effective pƨychedelic experience, offering clear guidance on what good practice looks like and how to recognize a trustworthy setting.

➡️ From the Foreword by - "As you read this book, I invite you to approach the art and science of trip sitting with humility, curiosity, and reverence. Whether you are a clinician, a friend, a family member, or an underground guide, you are part of a lineage of care takers stretching back to the dawn of time."

For more information, and to purchase a copy, please hit the link in our bio!

11/02/2026

Talk by Dr Robert Dickins later this month in Bristol about the history of Psilocybe picking in Britain...

11/02/2026

Lovely new review of Psilocybe Pickers: A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons on Amazon 🙏

Get your copy here:

https://psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psilocybe-pickers

03/02/2026

Wahoo! 🥳 The next Breaking Convention conference is back this May in London - and will no doubt be another fabulous day of psychedelic talks & community. Check out Breaking Convention for more information and to get some tickets ❤️🙏⬇️

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-convention-one-day-summit-2026-tickets-1981843414001

27/01/2026

"My first dose of acid, in 1972, was two green microdots which almost certainly emanated from one of chemist Richard Kemp’s laboratories. They blew my mind and set me on a course down many weird paths and destinations, although few quite as strange as the day I finally met Kemp himself..." - Andy Roberts

https://psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/acid-chemist-kemp

26/01/2026

❤️📖➡️ We have two exciting bits of news to share with you!

1) Trip Sitting by .vayne is now available in print and as an eBook (via Amazon), and 2) Julian will be taking part in 'Trip Sitting in Theory and Practice' - an online lecture series hosted by our dear friends (check our their page for more details!)

Book details via link on images, or our bio.

➡️  With a focus primarily on one-to-one sessions, this book's principles and practices can be adapted to a variety of contexts, from small group settings to personal journeys.

➡️  This book is equally useful for those seeking a safe and effective experience, offering clear guidance on what good practice looks like and how to recognize a trustworthy setting.

➡️ "Holding space is an ancient art that takes many forms. The approaches I describe here are rooted in the wisdom of ancient cultures and informed by the latest scientific research" - Julian Vayne

15/01/2026

For Bristol folk and beyond, author Robert Dickins is giving a talk next month on the history of Bemushroomed Britons for The Psychedelic Society... come along!

https://dandelion.events/e/y0p4g

08/01/2026

Wahoo! Breaking Convention back in May...

07/01/2026

Our review of Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John is out on Substack. Read it here:

https://psychedelicpress.substack.com/p/terence-mckenna

30/12/2025

Big love to The Beckley Foundation for the shout-out! 🙏

✨📚Book recommendation: Psilocybe Pickers by Robert Dickins

From obscure origins, Psilocybe mushrooms quickly and quietly established themselves in local and countercultural Britain. They became a staple rite of passage, folkloric emblem, and mischievous companion in the festival calendar. For over fifty years, these tricksters danced around the law, difficult to capture.

Now, twenty years after possession of fresh magic mushrooms was made illegal, Psilocybe Pickers tells the story of how these psychedelic fungi entered British consciousness in the twentieth century, the bemushroomed Britons who took them on as part of their culture, and how the authorities tried to police them.

From field foragers and the earliest home growers to scientific research and legal conundrums, Robert Dickins draws on a wealth of new sources to reveal how every corner of Britain became populated with Psilocybe pickers.

🍄‍🟫📖Book available from Psychedelic Press

https://psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/psilocybe-pickers

27/12/2025

Roger Keen has written an excellent review of our two latest publications - Trip Sitting & Psilocybe Pickers... ❤️📖

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