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New ep of People Just Do Something is out + in the bio
This time Im w/ writer + drugs historian Mike Jay (@MikeJayNet) to explore the surprisingly revolutionary history of Nitrous Oxide/Laughing gas + the famous Bristolians who invented and prolifically self-experimented with it
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In his essay “The Ether Dreams of Fin-de-Siècle Paris”, @MikeJayNet explores how consuming powerful solvents shaped the writings of Guy de Maupassant and Jean Lorrain: publicdomainreview.org/essay…
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Join celebrated historian @MikeJayNet at Bristol's Bookhaus for the launch of his newest book Free Radicals—a thrilling new history of the poets, scientists & radicals who discovered laughing gas and changed how we think about the mind.
June 25 🧠 ⚛️ 📖
bookhausbristol.com/events/#…
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Ketamine might be Silicon Valley's favourite drug, but it is also the UK's.
How Britain fell into the K-hole, by @MikeJayNet
newstatesman.com/politics/he…
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After setting fire to York Minster #OnThisDay in 1829, Jonathan Martin was confined in the Criminal Lunatic Department at Bethlem from 1829-1838. There he produced remarkable artworks typically depicting his prophetic visions. bit.ly/2MyPCRO
Image: "Hell's Gate"
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Historian @MikeJayNet tracing the dawn of 'psychedelic psychiatry' back to 1845 in our 2020 annual conference
This year's British Neuropsychiatry Association conference happens Mar 13-14 in London
Early bird registration is open now bnpa.org.uk/agm/
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Was the #FrenchRevolution the work of a covert Masonic cell known as the Illuminati? One man thought so. @MikeJayNet explores: bit.ly/PiXGTL
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Today’s chaotic drug marketplace is blurring the lines between medicine, spirituality and getting high, @MikeJayNet writes.
Read: nyti.ms/3Dr8dJT
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‘Ayahuasca now pervades an international genre of psychedelic art in which Indigenous Amazonian themes merge with tropes of Eastern mysticism, science fiction and computer generated fractal geometries.’
@MikeJayNet on ayahuasca and peyote:
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n23/…
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Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic by @MikeJayNet explores the deep roots of mescaline.
Long before it caught the West’s eye, mescaline-containing cacti were central to Indigenous spiritual practices in the Americas, with use dating back thousands of years 🧵
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Not that you need an excuse to visit Bethlem Museum of the Mind today or tomorrow...but there's MANY fairytail fly agarics just outside right now... 🍄🍄🍄
(and even more works of art INSIDE 🖼️)
Open Wed-Sat 09:30-17:00, FREE entry.
#flyagaric #toadstool #autumn #freemuseum
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Drugs were not invented in the '60s!
@MikeJayNet author of the fascinating, provocative "High Society' came to #bureauoflostculture to tell how getting high has been a pursuit of civilisations throughout time and across cultures. Mind blowing
Link in comments.
@thamesandhudson
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The tragic story of James Tilly Matthews, a former peace activist of the Napoleonic Wars confined to Bedlam asylum in 1797 for believing that his mind was under the control of the “Air Loom” — a terrifying machine which was brainwashing politicians: buff.ly/3BsjHHs
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We can't wait to hear @MikeJayNet talk about his latest book, Psychonauts, at our event in November! Grab your tickets now to enjoy an evening exploring the human mind and how drug experimentation shaped modern medicine! 💊🧠
@YaleBooks
🎟️ bit.ly/3McqQ5C
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“The companies promoting generative- A.I. programs claim that they will encourage creativity,” Ted Chiang writes. “In essence, they are saying that art can be all inspiration and no perspiration—but these things cannot be easily separated.” nyer.cm/h9mlIJL
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Welcome to the new Dope Girls, updated and upgraded for the second quarter of the 21st century!! Out 26 September from @GrantaBooks, available to pre-order now: uk.bookshop.org/a/12271/9781…
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From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll's Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art + literature. @MikeJayNet on early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland. publicdomainreview.org/essay…
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Don’t miss this captivating exploration of the human mind and how drug experimentation shaped modern medicine! 💊🧠
Author @MikeJayNet joins us to discuss his latest book, Psychonauts, on Thursday 28 November, 18:00-19:30.
📍 21 Portland Place
🎟️ bit.ly/3McqQ5C
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Louis Wain's Kaleidoscope Cats. It's often thought that these paintings represent the decline in Wain's mental health, but there's no evidence the paintings are related to each other. All are undated, but they're often displayed in an order that tries to illustrate this theory.
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“Brilliant Visions: Peyote among the Aesthetes”, @MikeJayNet on how the 1890s saw the first systematic explorations by non-indigenous Americans and Europeans into the powerful psychedelic effects of mescaline: publicdomainreview.org/2019/…
