Chasms of Delight: How mind-expanding drugs helped to change the world

by John Mann

Book Overview

'Chasms of Delight' is rooted in chemist John Mann's fascination with psychedelic, narcotic and euphoriant drugs. He sets out a colourful history of their discovery and use, telling the story of mind-altering drugs, their contribution to the work of poets and artists, the iniquities of the drug trade and the popular use of drugs in the 60s and 70s. Timothy Leary's famous exhortation in 1968 to 'turn on, tune in, drop out' has been blamed for persuading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909020389
• ISBN13: 9781909020382
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Memoirs Publishing
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"