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Rehab Doesn't Work - Ibogaine Does

Author : Willers T. Darenvogt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615826424
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Rehab Doesn't Work - Ibogaine Does written by Willers T. Darenvogt and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rehab doesn't work. Ibogaine does. The broken promise of traditional rehab fails millions of alcoholics and addicts every year. Sadly, most of them don't even know that there is a natural medicine called ibogaine that ends addiction - without withdrawal - and then eliminates the cravings for drink or drugs that guarantee relapse. One ibogaine treatment accomplishes overnight what no rehab has ever been able to do. It's not easy, however. In America, the land of The War on Drugs, ibogaine is illegal. To obtain it and be treated successfully, alcoholics and addicts must embark on a quest that can be intimidating, difficult and dangerous. It can also be the most rewarding of their lives. This book explains everything you need to know about ibogaine and how to find it in a confusing and often unscrupulous market. It will help you understand the medicine and how to find good providers, while avoiding the scammers preying on people desperate to get clean or sober. It will prepare you for every aspect of your ibogaine treatment and the promise of freedom from addiction. Rehab Doesn't Work - Ibogaine Does will equip you to end your addiction to alcohol, painkillers, heroin, crystal meth, methadone and nicotine. It's time to get your life back.

Climbing the Holy Mountain of Recovery

Author : Adrian Auler
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 149076531X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Climbing the Holy Mountain of Recovery written by Adrian Auler and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about the development of my heroin addiction and my recovery from it. I struggled to escape from addiction for 17 years, but only succeeded after an ibogaine treatment. It is autobiographical, but I only describe traumatic episodes that contributed to addiction and sketch the highlights and milestones in my recovery. It is a memoir, as it offers a thematic view of my life and is moderate in scope; and a personal essay in which I offer insights about societys role in addiction. My intent is that addicts and their loved ones may better understand the nature of addiction so their approaches to treatment are better informed and more compassionate. At 66, I am a gentleman/hipster/Seeker and scholar, but Im not an armchair academic who wrote this book from a library: I was an addict for 22 years! Now I am blessed to be alive and have 18 years clean. My mission is to help addicts by educating the public and the professional community about addictions complexity and the efficacy of ibogaine for its treatment. I hope my story supports a change in social and medical attitudes so that the unheard voices of addicts will be honored, instead of just seeing them as social problems. Addiction put my life into suspended animation when I had a third of the credits I needed for a bachelors degree. 27 years later I returned to school; now I have bachelors degrees in Anthropology and Psychology and a Masters degree in East-West Psychology (EWP). I am currently a PhD. candidate in EWP at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, California.

Ibogaine Explained

Author : Peter Frank
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781484087374
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Ibogaine Explained written by Peter Frank and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibogaine is the world's most powerful psychedelic. It has helped thousands of people overcome addiction to pain medicines, heroin, methadone, crack/cocaine, methamphetamine, and alcohol without withdrawal symptoms or cravings. It has also helped many people break free from depression, PTSD, and legal addictions. This book will tell you everything you need to know about ibogaine: its history, the scientific research, how a treatment works, and how to make the most of your treatment in the weeks and months that follow.

The Ibogaine Journey: The Perfect Read for Opiate Addicts Thinking about Using Ibogaine.

Author : Marco Marcopolis
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781728715476
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Ibogaine Journey: The Perfect Read for Opiate Addicts Thinking about Using Ibogaine. written by Marco Marcopolis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ibogaine Journey is a must read for opiate addicts or loved ones of addicts seeking to find truthful information about Ibogaine and its miraculous properties in curing opiate addiction. For thousands of opiate addicts, Ibogaine has been called nothing short of a miracle, giving people their lives back from the most addictive drug on the planet. Its amazing properties interrupt the addiction, and seem to reset the brain to a pre-addiction state, providing addicts a fighting chance to beat their addiction. With current treatment options having very small success rates and nearly bankrupting families across the world, Ibogaine is emerging as an amazing option for addicts who have tried everything and have been unsuccessful in beating their addiction. The Ibogaine Journey grabs readers and walks them through the entire treatment program, allowing them to relive the experience and find truths about Ibogaine in a sea of misinformation. Watch how Ibogaine, a substance found in an African plant changes the author

Ibogaine - Freedom From Addiction Naturally

Author : Shé D'Montford
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326055550
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Ibogaine - Freedom From Addiction Naturally written by Shé D'Montford and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plant derived substance not only alleviates almost all, if not all the withdrawals but also helps the addict understand the nature of the addiction. Does this mean that this ancient sacred plant substance is the long sort after addiction vaccine? Can such a thing exist? Yes, it most surely does!

Clinical Addiction Psychiatry

Author : David Brizer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139491695
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Addiction Psychiatry written by David Brizer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Addiction Psychiatry is an anthology of essays that represent the most current and authoritative information now available on addiction theory, practice and research, covering dozens of provocative, fascinating and essential subdomains of the field. Each chapter is authored by a recognized authority in the field and detailed attention is paid to environment, genetics, culture and spirituality as well as treatment and pharmacology. History, street culture, and medical science are brought together in masterful discussions that encompass the full spectrum of addictive disorders, emphasizing assessment and clinical management. This unique resource gathers complex medical and scientific data in a way which is accessible to both health care professionals and readers without medical or psychology backgrounds. Essential reading for addiction counselors and other mental health professionals, this book will also be of interest to patients and their families, and residents and physicians in all fields of medicine.

Iboga

Author : Vincent Ravalec
Publisher : Park Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781594771767
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Iboga written by Vincent Ravalec and published by Park Street Press. This book was released on 2007-10-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how African shamans have used ibogaine for hundreds of years to communicate with ancestral spirits • Includes an interview with shaman Mallendi, initiation-master of the sacred root • Shows that the iboga plant, and its derivative ibogaine, is an anti-addictive agent, especially for heroin • Reveals how ibogaine has been suppressed by the DEA, the FDA, and Christian ministries Iboga, spiritual ally of African shamans since antiquity, yields ibogaine, a powerful psychotropic substance. It is used mainly in Gabon and Cameroon in a secret, initiatory tradition called bwiti-nganza, in which physical and psychological illnesses can be rooted out and cured. Intense psychological conditioning that includes the rites of confession, contacting and honoring one’s ancestors, and construction of an in-depth psychological inventory are all part of the initiate’s encounter with this sacred root. Like many visionary and initiatory plants, iboga is a key that gives access to other modes of being and consciousness. Despite its suppression by the FDA since the 1960s, and more recently by the DEA, researchers have shown that ibogaine provides a powerful adjunct to psychology due to its miraculous ability to break addictions--most notably to heroin. To the followers of the Bwiti religion, ibogaine is the indispensable means by which humans can truly communicate with the deepest reaches of their soul and with the spirits of their ancestors. This book details the traditions and techniques of iboga’s use by African shamans and the essential role it occupies in that community in order both to preserve this knowledge and to show how ibogaine may have an important role to play in our modern world.

From Rehab to Recovery

Author : Janice L Witt
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1630223468
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book From Rehab to Recovery written by Janice L Witt and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a decade virtually exploding with drug addiction books, Janice Witt writes this one to the Parents, Husbands, Wives, and loved ones of those who suffer with the disease of addiction and are wondering if drug rehab or alcohol rehab is the best course of action. Desperate and frightened, those who love addicted people suffer tremendously. This book addresses the issues surrounding drug addiction recovery, with research-based opinions regarding what kind of drug rehabilitation works best and for whom. In our society, drug addicts and drug addiction are demonized. What continues to fuel the perpetual prejudice, against this disease and those who have it, is a culturally accepted array of misinformation and misunderstanding. It is toward the end of ignorance that the Author writes a brief, research-based primer explicating the nature of addiction and effective drug addiction rehabilitation. In recovery for over 25 years, herself, Janice Witt has been helping other addicts and alcoholics get well for nearly 24 of them. This is not one of your average addiction recovery books. Janice not only educates the reader, but invites everyone to the journey of learning more about the disease of addiction and then in advocating on the behalves of those who suffer from it. At the end of the book you will find a website address, allowing you to download a FREE resource guide of addiction professionals and quality addiction treatment facilities recommended by the Author.

Iboga

Author : Daniel Brett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838446215
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Iboga written by Daniel Brett and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iboga is an ultra-powerful psychoactive root native to western Equatorial Africa. To African Bwitists and shamans, iboga is a divine sacrament and the cornerstone of their spiritual path. To growing numbers of westerners discovering meaning and healing through psychedelic exploration, iboga is a profoundly competent psychotherapist. For those addicted to harmful substances, iboga, and it's alkaloid - ibogaine, represents a potent means of interrupting addictions, particularly to opioid based compounds. However, like iboga itself, this book is not solely for the benefit of addicts. Iboga occupies a unique and traditionally mutually exclusive intersection point where the world of hard drug users meets that of spiritual seekers. Iboga, The Root of All Healing was written to address this intersection point. It shines a long-overdue light upon iboga's true power, and ultimately, argues that responsible use of iboga could play a key role in assisting our species to navigate the socio-cultural minefield in which we have become trapped.

Rather than Rehab

Author : Lori Losch
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683505506
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Rather than Rehab written by Lori Losch and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lori brings the experience of bulimia out of isolation and shame, and into the heart, where we can find a path to healing, connection and freedom.” —Jaime Myers, founder of Shine Life Design, Scottsdale, AZ Are you ready to break up with your bulimia, for real? Has your long love affair with the binge/purge cycle finally run its course, but breaking up with it has proven impossible? Even scary? In this candid account, addiction recovery coach Lori Losch leads those struggling to break up with bulimia through ten strategies to help them gain freedom with food, while learning to love their body. Between a two-decade battle with bulimia and body dysmorphic disorder, along with her experience helping others overcome their disordered eating, Lori has created a process that works. Part Wasted by Marya Hornbacher and part Recovery 2.0 by Tommy Rosen, Rather Than Rehab will help you break the binge/purge cycle, embrace your body, and create the life of your dreams. “Lori’s courageous personal account of her struggles and ultimate triumph not only sheds light on the causes of bulimia, but she offers up useful tips on how to break the vicious cycle.” —Steve Ozanich, author of The Great Pain Deception “For anyone struggling to overcome bulimia, to master their own recovery, and their own lives, I cannot recommend this wonderful book highly enough.” —Joel F. Wade, PhD, author of The Virtue of Happiness

Addiction and Recovery For Dummies

Author : Brian F. Shaw
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118069986
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Addiction and Recovery For Dummies written by Brian F. Shaw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluate medications and treatment programs Break free from addictive substances or behaviors and get a fresh start Think you have an addiction? This compassionate guide helps you identify the problem and work towards a healthy, realistic approach to recovery, explaining the latest clinical and self-help treatments for both adults and teens. This book also offers tips on reducing cravings, handling your relationships, and staying well for the long run. Discover how to * Identify the reasons for addiction * Choose the best treatment plan * Handle slips and relapses * Detect addictions in a loved one * Find help and support

Inside Rehab

Author : Anne M. Fletcher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101606037
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Inside Rehab written by Anne M. Fletcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening tour of the addiction treatment industry explores the gap between what should happen and what does What happens inside drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and how rehab works are a mystery to those outside the industry – and sometimes even to those inside it. Anne M. Fletcher is a trusted New York Times bestselling health and medical writer who visited 15 addiction treatment centers—from outpatient programs for the indigent to famous celebrity rehabs; from the sites of renowned Twelve-Step centers to several unconventional programs—to find out what really happens. What she reveals ranges from inspirational to irresponsible, and, in some cases, potentially dangerous. Real Stories: As always with her books, Fletcher gets the inside story by turning to real people who “have been there,” interviewing more than 100 individuals whose compelling stories illustrate serious issues facing people in rehab and endemic in the rehab industry today. Connected Writer and Researcher who has earned the respect (and cooperation) of experts throughout the fields she’s taken on. Inside Rehab is no exception—Fletcher has interviewed more than 100 professionals working in the field, including a mix of rehab staffers and administrators as well as leading academics. Rehab is constantly covered in the media, as celebrities battle their drug and alcohol issues in the spotlight and reality TV puts recovery in prime time. Addiction is no longer only a personal struggle—it’s a pop culture phenomenon. Myth Busting: Fletcher exposes twelve supposed facts for the falsehoods they are, including “rehab is necessary for most people to recover from addictions;” “highly trained professionals provide most of the treatment in addiction programs;” and “drugs should not be used to treat a drug addict.” Fletcher’s most important finding is the alarming discrepancy between the treatments being employed at many rehab centers and the treatments recommended by leading experts and supported by scientific research. Guidance and Practical Solutions: Inside Rehab also highlights what is working, spotlights state-of-the-art programs and practices, and offers advice and guidance for people seeking quality care and treatment for themselves or those they care about. Inside Rehab is the first book to give readers a thoughtful, sensitive, and bracingly honest insider’s view of the drug and alcohol rehab industry in America. For people seeking quality care for themselves or a loved one, Inside Rehab is essential reading, offering a wealth of accurate information and wise guidance.

The End of My Addiction

Author : Olivier Ameisen
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429949732
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The End of My Addiction written by Olivier Ameisen and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After years of battling uncontrollable addiction, I have achieved the supposedly impossible: complete freedom from craving." Dr. Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist on the staff at one of America's top teaching hospitals and running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. He broke bones with no memory of falling; he nearly lost his kidneys; he almost died from massive seizures during acute withdrawal. He gave up his flourishing practice and, fearing for his life, immersed himself in Alcoholics Anonymous, rehab, therapy, and a variety of medications. Nothing worked. So he did the only thing he could: he took his treatment into his own hands. Searching for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a muscle relaxant that had been used safely for years as a treatment for various types of muscle spasticity, but had more recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Dr. Ameisen prescribed himself the drug and experimented with increasingly higher dosages until he finally reached a level high enough to leave him free of any craving for alcohol. That was more than five years ago. Alcoholism claims three hundred lives per day in the United States alone; one in four U.S. deaths is attributable to alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs. Baclofen, as prescribed under a doctor's care, could possibly free many addicts from tragic and debilitating illness. But as long as the medical and research establishments continue to ignore a cure for one of the most deadly diseases in the world, we won't be able to understand baclofen's full addiction-treatment potential. The End of My Addiction is both a memoir of Dr. Ameisen's own struggle and a groundbreaking call to action—an urgent plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction and spare their loved ones the collateral damage of the disease.

Recovery Despite Rehab

Author : Skyler Pennington
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982277289
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Recovery Despite Rehab written by Skyler Pennington and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on true events, I offer details of my own life, my struggles with mental illness, substance abuse, and recovery. Offered is a unique perspective of America’s broken mental healthcare system and the cruel treatment of patients dealing with addiction, providing real solutions supported by research. America’s fragmented mental healthcare system and treatment of addiction promotes an outdated cure that is often far worse than the disease it supposedly treats. This is a treatment that exacerbates addictive behaviors, mental illness, and increases average substance misuse. If mental illness and addictive behaviors are to be combatted, reduced, or eliminated, the core foundation of societal values, as well as beliefs about addiction recovery and our mental health ecosystem, must be rebuilt from the ground up.

A Really Good Day

Author : Ayelet Waldman
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0451494091
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book A Really Good Day written by Ayelet Waldman and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2017 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder, Ayelet Waldman undertook a very private experiment, ingesting 10 micrograms of LSD every three days for a month. This is the story--by turns revealing, courageous, fascinating and funny--of her quietly psychedelic spring, her quest to understand one of our most feared drugs, and her search for a really good day"--

Integrative Addiction and Recovery

Author : Shahla Modir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190275340
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Integrative Addiction and Recovery written by Shahla Modir and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrative Addiction and Recovery offers an authentic model of comprehensive integrative modalities germane and specific to the field of addiction and recovery treatment. Although many treatment services for addiction include "holistic," "alternative," or "integrative" in their descriptions, they contain no substantive programs or services consistent with the mind, body, spirit paradigm contained within the integrative approach to health and healing. Consequently, many patients do not have the opportunity to benefit from the true spirit of an integrative approach within the discipline of addition and recovery medicine. This book sets the standard for a bona fide integrative approach for others to follow, providing information that is immediately useful in clinical practice and rigorously evidence-based. Authored by world-class experts in the field of addiction medicine, Integrative Addiction and Recovery presents both scientific and holistic data regarding a wide variety of holistic and conventional approaches to the treatment of substance abuse and behavioral addictions. Its chapters cover both conventional and holistic treatment and provide background for each of the major classes of drugs of abuse, including opiates, alcohol, tobacco, stimulants, sedative-hypnotics, hallucinogens and marijuana. It also includes chapters on the topics of food addiction and behavioral addictions such as gambling and shopping. The authors explore the major holistic modalities, providing background and theory in areas like acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy, and Ayurvedic Medicine, while at the same time providing spiritual approach chapters on Shamanism and Ibogaine, as well as more conventional issues with a holistic view including Co-Occurring Disorders and Psychosocial Treatment, and Group Support. The very complex issue of chronic pain and addiction is also addressed, along with relapse prevention strategies.

Breaking Open the Head

Author : Daniel Pinchbeck
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767907434
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Open the Head written by Daniel Pinchbeck and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-08-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience. While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe. Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival. Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos.