art: Oli Dunlop


Undergrowth Inc, the publishers of The Journeybook welcome media reviews and interviews about the book and the issues it raises about cognitive liberty. Please find enclosed a PDF press pack that explains all about the history of entheogens or psychoactive plants, their man-made chemical cousins, the history of altered states and the contents of The Journeybook itself.

There is also a brief PDF interview available for download with the editor, Rak Razam about The Journeybook and the reasons Undergrowth Inc have published it. Further press reviews and clippings will be added as received.

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The Entheogenic Evolution:
Expanding consciousness, one quantum leap at a time
The Journeybook with Rak Razam, Part 1

June 02, 2009 02:21 PM PDT


We head to Oz this week to talk with Rak Razam, gonzo journalist and editor of the new book, "The Journeybook" www.thejourneybook.com.

Part one of a two-part audio interview with Martin W. Ball, focusing on the Australian counter culture and entheogenic scene.

For the link click here.




DOSE NATION INTERVIEW WITH RAK RAZAM ON THE JOURNEYBOOK:

20/05/09

Australia's experiential journalist speaks out on entheogens, ayahuasca, salvia, and global psychedelic culture

Interview by James Kent

Self-described "experiential journalist" Rak Razam is a busy man: Two wives, two kids, and two new entheogenic books to promote. Editor of "The Journeybook: Travels on the Frontiers of Consciousness" and author of "Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey", Razam has his finger on the pulse of the Australian entheo scene and the global awakening. He graciously took the time to answer our questions for this exclusive DoseNation interview.

For the full story click here.


REALITY SANDWICH EXCERPT FROM THE JOURNEYBOOK

18/5/09



Phil's sitting on a bed in a crashpad somewhere in the UK about to smoke Salvia Divinorum, an ancient Mazatec hallucinogenic herb. He's a gangly lad in his 20s with shoulder-length dark hair, dressed in blue jeans and a dark t-shirt. As his friend hands him the bong he bites his lip in anticipation of this strange new drug he's about to be filmed taking, which will later be posted on YouTube and broadcast to the world.

The background music is "Over The Line" by The Crystal Method from the Tweekend album, a chilled favourite of the salvia set. Phil's friend lights the bong -- it's a 5x dose, not a massive hit but a decent sized pinch. Smoke curls up the chamber. Phil coughs, quickly holds his nose to stop any smoke escaping, then leans back against the wall as the effects start to come on. Within seconds he's in another world. A smile breaks across his face and he keeps reaching forward like he's grasping for something interdimensionally, trying to cut and open a door in the air with his hands.

For the full story click here.


BRUCE EISNER'S VISION THING

May 6, 2009

Back in February of 2006, after returning from the LSD Conference in Basel Switzerland, I posted REBIRTH - The Psychedelic Movement Comes of Age Rak Razam in Undergrowth describing and excerpting from Austalian Journalist Razam's account of the Basel event.

I just heard via email for Rak in which he told me about a new book he has published which uses the "Rebirth" blog article as a cornerstone for an anthology.

For the full story click here.



PODCAST INTERVIEW : ON THE FRONTIERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

09/05/2009

An audio interview with Doug Fraser from earthrites.org about The Journeybook, psychedelic culture and the transformation of the species on the cosmic journey of life! A one-hour in-depth entheogenic adventure podcast that travels the contours of the new paradigm and is guaranteed to stretch your mind and alter your consciousness!

To hear the podcast click here.




VIDEO PRESS INTERVIEW:  VIVECOOLCITY.COM

01/05/09

An interview conducted mid-April 2009 with Ryder Susman of the hip Gen Y video site Vive Cool City.com. Here we talk about The Journeybook, being an "experiential" journalist into psychedelic media, and one of the stories in The Journeybook, "Divine Voyeurs, The Salvia YouTube Trip".

http://www.vivecoolcity.com/episode/209/




PRESS REVIEW: REALITY SANDWICH (www.realitysandwich.com)

23/04/09

by Michel Anderson

From the world's reaction to America's pot-smoking gold-medalist Michael Phelps to Johns Hopkins well-received psilocybin research with cancer patients— enthogens have been getting a lot of press these days.

To add to the much welcomed media hype, the Australian-based Undergrowth art collective is offering the world a beautifully illustrated trip through some of the most recent findings in psychedelic research in their new release The Journeybook. Chock-full of simulating content, the book offers "a collection of tales of altered states, essays, history and manifesto for psychedelic culture in the 21st century. It covers the modern usage of sacramental plants and offers insights into traditional and contemporary shamanism, as well as analysis of the current state of global psychedelic culture and its place in a sustainable future."

For the full review click here.


PRESS REVIEW: THE ECHO NEWSPAPER (Byron Shire)

Storming heaven again
Written by David Lovejoy
Tuesday, 07 April 2009

The Journeybook, edited by Rak Razam, published by ­Undergrowth Inc.

You are either going to hate this book, or love it. It collects together many experiences that people have had on the frontiers of consciousness, many strands of the history of religious drug-use, much that is full of insight, only a little that is dull, and weaves all this material together with attractive artwork and elegant design: a coffee table book for the interior voyager.

The editor, Mullumbimby resident Rak Razam, has anthologised essays of leading theorists like Daniel Pinchbeck and Terence McKenna, together with familiar passages from trailblazers like Aldous Huxley and Ken Kesey.

For the full review click here.

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