{"product_id":"the-wild-kindness-a-psilocybin-odyssey-9781948340311","title":"The Wild Kindness: A Psilocybin Odyssey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLike a trip, the book builds and plateaus but never settles down...For the sake of all those newbies seeking psychedelic transformation out there, I almost hope she becomes a guru. But she'd hate it, and that's why she's awesome. --ERIK DAVIS, \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Shore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLike any good memoirist, Williams performs surgery on herself and holds up each organ for inspection...This is a book that requires you to \"go with the flow,\" but the flow is awfully inviting. --MOLLY YOUNG, \u003cem\u003eVulture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Kindness: A Psilocybin Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e is the lyrical, unforgettable memoir of Bett Williams's relationship with psilocybin mushrooms, otherwise known as magic mushrooms.\u003c\/strong\u003e In pursuit of self-healing, she begins experimenting with mushrooms in solitary ceremonies by the fire. Word soon gets out about her New Mexican desert mushroom farm, though, and people arrive in droves. Not long after, the police read her her Miranda Rights, her relationships fall out of whack, and her dog Rosie just might be CIA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a quest to find help through the psychedelic community, Bett is led to Cleveland to meet Kai Wingo, an African American leader within a high-dose psilocybin community, and to Huautla de Jim nez, home of well-known, well-respected curandera Mar a Sabina. Back home, Bett begins a solid ritual practice with the help of her partner and friends, bearing in mind the medicine's indigenous roots and power to transform one's life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmidst the mainstream flood of New Age practices and products, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Kindness: A Psilocybin Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e is a dreamlike reminder that psilocybin mushrooms are a medicine of the people, not to be neatly packaged, marketed, or appropriated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dottir Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948340311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Bett Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672619118748,"sku":"9781948340311","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e57ef181-7cd1-43ae-bda8-03109fa1b0c0.jpg?v=1603928054","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wild-kindness-a-psilocybin-odyssey-9781948340311","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}