from the Newsletter of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
MAPS - Volume 5 Number 3 Winter 1994-95



RESOURCES (spring 1995)

MAPS Bulletin RESOURCES (spring 1995)


LSD Psychotherapy,
by Stanislav Grof, has been reissued by Hunter House Publishing, with a new forward by the author. The softcover edition is available from:
Holotropic Books
38 Miller Ave. Suite. 158
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Price: $22.95 per book + $3.00 shipping (first copy), $1 more for each additional copy. CA residents add $1.66 sales tax per book.

PlantWise is back!
PlantWise is an occasional newsletter published as an educational project of Botanical Dimensions, a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting living plants and surviving plant lore from cultures practicing folk medicine in the tropics worldwide. You may subscribe to receive 4 issues by sending $20 ($25 for foreign airmail) to:

Botanical Dimensions
PO BOX 807
Occidental CA 95465
Current issue (#6) includes an update on the Hoasca Project. Make checks payable to Botanical Dimensions The shamanic tradition of plant medicine is as fragile as the rainforest itself.

Smart Drug News
Smart Drug News is published 10 times annually by the Cognitive Enhancement Research Institute (CERI). Subscriptions are $44/year (US), $46/year (Canada) ore $55/year (overseas). Single issue: $6. Send checks (payable to CERI) to:

CERI
PO BOX 4029
Menlo Park, CA 94026
Many questions sent to "CERI Q&A" are published and answered in the newsletter. You may also fax them to: CERI Q&A at 415-323-3864, or phone 415-321-CERI and leave a message. Smart Drug News also publishes updates on political decisions, sources, dosage, or research findings affecting the availability or status of dietary supplements.

The Entheogen Review: A Quarterly Ethnobotanical Update
TER is a clearinghouse for current data about the use of psychotropic plants - a community of subscribers seeking and sharing information on the cultivation, extraction and ritual usage of entheogens. Readers who act on any information found in this publication do so of their own free choice and volition and must accept full responsibility for such decisions. Information presented comes from many different sources and represents the opinions and beliefs of a highly diverse group of individuals. Year's subscription $20.00 ($25.00 outside USA). Back issues available.

TER
P.O. BOX 778
El Rito, NM 87530

ROSETTA
Providing materials that heighten awareness of vanishing traditions, comtemporary culture, and scientific research, Rosetta is a small mail order company which offers books, art and out of print research relating to ethnobotany and pharmacology. Folios of popular reprints and monographs treating single subjects, as well as a broad array of books and periodicals are available. Send $2 for extensive catalog to:

Rosetta
PO Box 4611
Dept. MP
Berkeley CA 94704-0611

New book available on Panther Press:
The Essential Psychedelic Guide - by D.M. Turner

Provides clear, detailed descriptions on the effects, material, history, dosage levels, methods of administration, combinations, and safety issues of all major psychedelics, including DMT, Mescaline, Ketamine, and 2-CB. Other chapters give information on understanding set and setting, and novel theories on the philosophy behind these extraordinary dimensions. Write to:

Panther Press
1032 Irving #514
San Francisco, CA 94122
call 415-753-6481 for Visa-Mastercard orders only
$14.95 postage paid for U.S. orders, $16.95 for Canada orders, $18.95 for European orders. Credit processing $1.00 extra.

Holy Smoke
A seasonal magazine for people who use marijuana as a sacrament and medicine. Single copies $5. One-year Subscription ($20) Includes a free copy of The Marijuana Mystery. Paid ads are appreciated. Inquire for distributor prices. Holy Smoke is dedicated to the legalization of cannabis as a sacramental medicine and fiber resource, with a taxation program for the subsidy of health and earth recovery programs. Make check payable to:

Sweetlight Books
16625 Heitman Road
Cottonwood, CA 96022
phone: (916) 529-5392.

The Journal of Optimal Nutrition (JON)
JON is the quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of The Institute for the Study of Optimal Nutrition, Inc., a public-benefit, non-profit charitable corporation. Annual subscription rates for individuals and institutions are $75 for U.S. and $90 for all other countries (students rates are $50 and $60, respectively). JON publishes original reports, literature reviews, editorials, book reviews, abstracts, and correspondence. For information on submission, sponsorship, or subscription, please contact:

Jennifer Mueller
Managing Editor - JON
2552 Regis Dr.
Davis, CA 95616
Phone : (916) 756-3311
Fax : (916) 758-7444
The focus of JON is on supplements of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, non-vitamin nutrients, etc.) and macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, etc.) in the prevention and treatment of disease, as well as in the maintenance of optimal health.

The Entheogen Law Reporter
Statement of Purpose: Since time immemorial, humankind has made use of entheogenic substances as powerful tools for achieving spiritual insight and understanding. In the twentieth century, however, these most powerful of religious and epistemological tools were declared illegal and their users decreed criminals. The Shaman has been outlawed. It is the purpose of this newsletter to provide the latest information and commentary on the intersection of entheogenic substances and the law. For information, send a SASE. sample issue - $5, subscription in the USA - $25, $30 for all other destinations.

Richard Glen Boire, Esq.
The Entheogen Law Reporter
PO BOX 73481
Davis, CA 95617-3481
Contact can also be made (and is preferred) via Internet e-mail to rgboire@aco.com. TELR is published seasonally. Please make check or money order payable to Richard Glen Boire.

PRAGUE GNOSIS:

a set of two one hour video tapes of Terence McKenna dialogueing with some of the foremost thinkers of the Global Consciousness movement today. Footage was shot on location in Prague, Czechoslovakia during the International Transpersonal Conference in June 1992. Terence engages in mind expanding conversations with Rupert Sheldrake, Angeles Arrien, Ram Dass, Alexander Shulgin, David Whyte, Ken Ring, and Jill Purce. Two tape set $35.00, includes shipping and handling. Make check or M.O. payable to Steven Marshank. Send to:

Prague Gnosis
2221 14th St.
Boulder, CO 80302
phone: (303) 449-6999
fax : (303) 449-5999
email: marsman@netcom.com

The 2nd International Congress of the ECSC
The 2nd International Congress of the European College for the Study of Consciousness (ECSC), "Worlds of Consciousness" will take place February 22-25, 1996 in Heidelberg, Germany. The first conference was reported in MAPS newsletter Vol. IV No.1. This event will include lectures, symposia, and workshops. For information about the ECSC, contact:

M. Schlichting
Judenstrasse 33
D-37073 Gottingen
Germany
Phone: 49-551-484463

MAPS Inc.
1801 Tippah Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205
USA
Rick Doblin, President

tel: 704-358-9830
fax: 704-358-1650
email: sylvia@maps.org (Sylvia Thyssen, Network Coordinator)


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