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Get High Now

*Without drugs
Over 175 sensory trips and tricks for visual stimulation, compressing time, lucid dreaming, mediation, and more

By James Nestor

5 x 7 in; 240 pp;
2-color images throughout
Paperback
August 2009
ISBN 9780811867139
ISBN10 0811867137

SKU# 9780811867139

1 Review(s)
$14.95

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Get High Now is an illustrated, mind-blowing magic carpet ride of more than 175 ways to alter human perception and consciousnesswithout drugs or alcohol. Culled from science, physiology, spiritual practices, and the audio visual arts, these "all...

Get High Now



Get High Now

Get High Now is an illustrated, mind-blowing magic carpet ride of more than 175 ways to alter human perception and consciousnesswithout drugs or alcohol. Culled from science, physiology, spiritual practices, and the audio visual arts, these "all natural" highs playfully and safely explore the mind-body connection to entertaining and illuminating effect. Accessible and well-researched, each entry introduces concepts such as lucid dreaming, optical and auditory illusions, controlled breathing, meditation, time compression, and physical and mental exercises, explaining the ways in which they affect our minds and bodies and how to do them. Readers follow the author and his "HighLab" testing team through mind-bending and sometimes hilarious investigations, such as how to lull the mind into hallucinatory states with audio loops; why multiple bee stings lead to euphoric states; what cheeses to eat to induce psychedelic lucid dreams; how to control your breathing to create an out-of-body experience; and many more. Including solo, tandem, and group highs, Get High Now features hundreds of ways to calm or stimulate the senses and open new windows to experiencing the world.

 

James Nestor has written for Dwell, the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR's Marketplace, Outside, and Salon. He lives in San Francisco.

Customer Reviews (Write a review)

weird, educational, and funny

10/11/11| Rick Beargus
i just got my copy two days ago. crazy stuff. i had no idea people ate ants to have weird dreams of that the same ingredient in ants is the ingredient that makes cats high off catnip. some of the stuff is just weird and interesting history, but most of it are things you can actually do to alter your mind. the breathing exercises feel really great and the story behind how they work is interesting. i'm only half way through the book and my mind is already numb. this book is much more than i ever expected.