How to Change Your Mind is a memoir. It is written and narrated by Michael Pollan. He is an American journalist, professor, and author. Among his books, you will find This Is Your Mind on Plants as one of his better ones. Apart from this. The Botany of Desire is another good title from Michael Pollan.
Michael Pollan as the narrator of this book was pretty much impressive and he made his strongly written content quite interesting with his impactful voice.
The New York Times ranked it among the 10 best books of 2018 and it was also the number one bestseller in NYT.
Michael Pollan started the research on how psilocybin and LSD are used for treating different medical conditions such as addiction, depression, and anxiety. During that research, he had no intention to write his quite personal book. But after he discovered how those incredible substances were enhancing the lives of not just mentally ill people but also of healthy individuals then he decided further to explore the mind in the first and third person.
That triggered a singular adventure into the different types of transformed states of consciousness. It came with a deep dive into both the psychedelic therapists’ underground community and the latest brain science. He shared all of those experiences in this book with many details and in an interesting manner, which is worth having a go at.
How to Change Your Mind offer listeners a brave and brilliant investigation into the scientific and medical revolution which took place on and around psychedelic drugs. Moreover, it is also a gripping story of Pollan’s own life-altering psychedelic experiences.
