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Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #211

Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #211

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommended

Supernatural

Graham Hancock

“it's well worth your time it's well worth a few reads”
“but what graham did in that book is just um it's it's well worth your time it's well worth a few reads actually”— guest
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Breaking Open the Head

Daniel Pinchbeck

“kind of blew my mind”
“it was after that that i discovered breaking open the head by daniel pinchback um and and a lot a lot of other books that just um kind of blew my mind”— guest
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In the Dark Places of Wisdom

Peter Kingsley

“my second recommendation”
“one is in the dark places of wisdom and the other is reality what better way to title your book”— guest
BookRecommended

Reality

Peter Kingsley

“my life was never quite the same after reading that”
“one of those books reality that my life was never quite the same after reading that”— guest
MediaRecommended

Living in the Material World (George Harrison documentary)

Martin Scorsese

“i highly recommend the martin scorsese documentary”
“i highly recommend the martin scorsese documentary about uh about george harrison”— guest

The guest's own work

BookBy the guest

The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

Brian Muraresku

“the following is a conversation with brian muirescu author of the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name”— guest

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Road to Eleusis

Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl Ruck

“the book that i follow was published in 1978 before i was born the road to ellucis by gordon watson who we talked about already albert hofmann”— guest
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De Materia Medica

Dioscorides

“diascorides in just one of his books talks about 56 detailed recipes for spiking wine with all kinds of things like salvia and hellebore”— guest
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Ancient Wine

Patrick McGovern

“he's the author of a bunch of books one of which is ancient bruise so he's a scholar of beer and wine”— host
BookReferenced

Supernatural

Graham Hancock

“graham hancock wrote a beautiful book about this called supernatural which in many ways like sent me down this rabbit hole back in 2007”— guest
BookReferenced

The Dionysian Gospel

Dennis MacDonald

“i rely a lot on the scholarship of dennis mcdonald who writes a fabulous book called the dionysian gospel”— guest
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

Jeremy Narby

“it started with jeremy narby the cosmic serpent dna in the origins of knowledge it was a total impulse buy at the barnes noble”— guest
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes

“julian janes writes a great book um the origins of consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameral mind”— guest
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The Universal Christ

Richard Rohr

“richard rohr the franciscan friar i mentioned in the universal christ he writes a lot about how the divine for you is often encountered in the other”— guest
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

“somebody like ken kizi who wrote one flew over the cuckoo's nest in part under the influence of lsd”— host
MediaReferenced

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick (inferred)

“i don't know if you know the movie 2001 space odyssey but it does seem that there is like important throughout human history”— host
MediaReferenced

Fortnite

Epic Games (inferred)

“the two top video games in terms of hours played is fortnite and world of warcraft”— host
MediaReferenced

World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment (inferred)

“the two top video games in terms of hours played is fortnite and world of warcraft”— host
ProductReferenced

Midas Touch (beer)

Dogfish Head

“which pat and sam at the dogfish head brewery uh resurrected as the midas touch”— guest