How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics

　　《紐約時報》丶《洛杉磯時報》丶《出版人週刊》年度好書《雜食者的兩難》作者麥可波羅全新力作！這是一本科學書籍，也是精彩遊記丶私密傳記，還是一本帶領我們認識人生意義的紀實報導。
 
吃了迷幻藥，你在想什麼？
 
　　當我們總是沮喪丶總是焦慮，該如何突破這樣的情緒困境？有些人選擇旅行丶美食或者尋求醫療協助，而有些人則投向迷幻藥和裸蓋菇素（迷幻蘑菇）的懷抱。
 
　　隨著迷幻藥研究的進行，麥可波羅發現，不僅身陷心理疾病的病患會視迷幻藥為慰藉，身心健康的人面對日常生活會碰到的難題時也會倚靠迷幻藥。於是，麥可波羅試圖以當事者及旁觀者的角度來探索人們為何使用迷幻藥，而迷幻藥又帶來了什麼影響。
 
　　麥可波羅深入研究最新的大腦科學並探訪遊走在灰色地帶的迷幻藥療程醫療師，以探索人類意識的各種階段。此外，從 1960 年代起，推崇迷幻藥的神話多如繁星，留下來的資料與正規研究混雜不清，麥可波羅費心將其分類，讓我們對迷幻藥有更正確的認識。（文 / 博客來編譯）
 

’It’s as if we made entering gothic cathedrals illegal, or museums, or sunsets!’

　　When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned. In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people? Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forwardas a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinatedby the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.

　　’His approach is steeped in honesty and self-awareness. His cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling’ - Washington Post

　　’An easy-going humane generosity ... mischievous self-regard ... as if Henry David Thoreau had had an encounter with Woody Allen and never been quite the same since’ - Simon Schama