{"product_id":"shroomies-how-mushrooms-cracked-my-heart-open-and-what-they-can-teach-us-about-healing-9781510783812","title":"Shroomies: How Mushrooms Cracked My Heart Open--And What They Can Teach Us about Healing","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth exploration of psilocybin and its resurgence, use, impact, and potential.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time, John Biggs thought mushrooms were for hippies and ravers. Now he calls them medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShroomies\u003c\/i\u003e tech journalist and unapologetic skeptic John Biggs trades Silicon Valley for psilocybin. What begins as a personal experiment to escape depression becomes a sweeping exploration of the psychedelic renaissance--how mushrooms are transforming minds, mending trauma, and redefining what it means to be human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom underground retreats in Brooklyn to cutting-edge neuroscience labs and legal mushroom clinics, Biggs chronicles a cultural revolution in real time. Along the way, he meets grieving widows, veterans with PTSD, and burnt-out tech founders--all drawn to a strange little fungus promising something antidepressants can't deliver: meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmart, funny, and unexpectedly moving, \u003ci\u003eShroomies\u003c\/i\u003e bridges memoir and reportage with a cynic's wit and a seeker's heart. Biggs offers a grounded, clear-eyed look at how psilocybin works, why it's capturing the world's imagination, and what happens when an exhausted generation decides to look inward instead of logging on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Michael Pollan, Merlin Sheldrake, and Rachel Nuwer, \u003ci\u003eShroomies\u003c\/i\u003e is both a guide and a trip--a story of transformation, connection, and the ancient intelligence hiding in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510783812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs","brand":"John Biggs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933949194421,"sku":"9781510783812","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shroomies-how-mushrooms-cracked-my-heart-open-and-what-they-can-teach-us-about-healing-9781510783812","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}