We can't wait to hear Mike Jay talk about his latest book, Psychonauts, at our event in November! Grab your tickets now to enjoy an evening exploring the human mind and how drug experimentation shaped modern medicine! 💊🧠 Yale University Press London 📖 🎟️ bit.ly/3McqQ5C

The tragic story of James Tilly Matthews, a former peace activist of the Napoleonic Wars confined to Bedlam asylum in 1797 for believing that his mind was under the control of the “Air Loom” — a terrifying machine which was brainwashing politicians: buff.ly/3BsjHHs

Essential and extraordinary! This should be mandatory reading for anyone working in the mental health sector in the UK 📖by Mike Jay

Drugs were not invented in the '60s! Mike Jay author of the fascinating, provocative "High Society' came to #bureauoflostculture to tell how getting high has been a pursuit of civilisations throughout time and across cultures. Mind blowing Link in comments. Thames & Hudson

Sidney Sime exhibition at Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/sidne…

Excellent deep dive into a bizarre and still mysterious episode

I talked to ⁦Shayla Love⁩ about the paradox of non-psychedelic trips theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Not that you need an excuse to visit Bethlem Museum of the Mind today or tomorrow...but there's MANY fairytail fly agarics just outside right now... 🍄🍄🍄 (and even more works of art INSIDE 🖼️) Open Wed-Sat 09:30-17:00, FREE entry. #flyagaric #toadstool #autumn #freemuseum

Fantastic oils by Sidney Sime at ⁦Heath Robinson Museum⁩ till January

Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic by Mike Jay explores the deep roots of mescaline. Long before it caught the West’s eye, mescaline-containing cacti were central to Indigenous spiritual practices in the Americas, with use dating back thousands of years 🧵

Exploring the Mind with Psychonauts: In Conversation with Mike Jay Tickets, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-th…

En Español! With a feature in El Mundo: elmundo.es/papel/historia…

‘Ayahuasca now pervades an international genre of psychedelic art in which Indigenous Amazonian themes merge with tropes of Eastern mysticism, science fiction and computer generated fractal geometries.’ Mike Jay on ayahuasca and peyote: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Thoughts on a post-drug world for New York Times Op Ed (gift link) nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opi…

Today’s chaotic drug marketplace is blurring the lines between medicine, spirituality and getting high, Mike Jay writes. Read: nyti.ms/3Dr8dJT

Was the #FrenchRevolution the work of a covert Masonic cell known as the Illuminati? One man thought so. Mike Jay explores: bit.ly/PiXGTL

Historian Mike Jay tracing the dawn of 'psychedelic psychiatry' back to 1845 in our 2020 annual conference This year's British Neuropsychiatry Association conference happens Mar 13-14 in London Early bird registration is open now bnpa.org.uk/agm/

After setting fire to York Minster #OnThisDay in 1829, Jonathan Martin was confined in the Criminal Lunatic Department at Bethlem from 1829-1838. There he produced remarkable artworks typically depicting his prophetic visions. bit.ly/2MyPCRO Image: "Hell's Gate"