More than ever, people are in pursuit of greater fulfillment in their lives, seeking a deeper spiritual truth and strategies for liberation from suffering. Both Buddhism and psychedelics are subjects that one encounters in such spiritual pursuit. Edited by Tricycle contributing editor Allan Badiner and art edited by renowned visionary artist Alex Grey, Zig Zag Zen features a foreword by Buddhist scholar Stephen Batchelor, a preface by historian of religion Huston Smith and numerous essays, interviews, and art that lie outside the scope of mainstream anthologies. This new edition of the classic work on Buddhism and psychedelics includes a recent interview with Rick Doblin, founder of MAPS, contributions from Ralph Metzner, James Fadiman and Kokyo Henkel, and a discussion of ayahuasca's unique influence on Zen Buddhism. Packed with enlightening entries offering eye-opening insights into alternate methods of inner exploration.
Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLE DGEMENTS
FOREWORD Stephen Batchelor
PREFACE Huston Smith
INTRODUCTION Allan Badiner
Section One: INTERSECTION
THE PLANT MEDICINE SUTRA Robert Schrei
A NEW LOOK AT THE PSYCHEDELIC TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD Ralph Metzner
MYSTICISM: Contemplative and Chemical Roger Walsh
DISSOLVING THE ROOTS OF SUFFERING Dokushô Villalba
A HIGH HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA Rick Fields
PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: DISCUSSION WITH JACK KORNFIELD Robert Forte
BUDDHISM, SHAMANISM, AND THANGK A PAINTINGS Claudia Müller-Eberling
and Christian Rätsch
A BUDDHIST-PSYCHEDELIC HISTORY OF ESALEN INSTITUTE–INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MURPHY AND GEORGE LEONARD Allan Badiner
SHADOW PATHS Peter Matthiessen
A SURVE Y OF THE ENTHEOGENS Robert Jesse
Section Two: CONCRESCENCE?
VAJRAVISION Alex Grey
DMT DHARMA Rick J. Strassman, MD
PSYCHOACTIVISM David Chadwick
LE ANING INTO RAWNESS Trudy Walter
RELATIVE TRUTH Brigid Meier
YAGÉ AND THE YANAS Allan Badiner
JUNGLE DHARMA: THE INTERWEAVING OF BUDDHISM AND AYAHUASCA David Coyote
BUDDHIST HARM REDUCTION AND CANNABIS Jana Drakka
A TRIP NOT TAKEN China Galland
THE PAISLEY GATE Erik Davis
Section Three: LESSONS
PSYCHE DELICS ON THE PATH: HELP OR HINDRANCE? Charles T. Tart
BUDDHISM AND THE PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY–INTERVIEW WITH TERENCE MCKENNA Allan Badiner
LIBERTY AND LSD John Perry Barlow
RICK DOBLIN Interviewed by Allan Badiner
WAKING YOURSELF Brad Warner
THE ZEN COMMANDMENTS Lama Surya Das
ON THE FRONT LINES Interview with Michele McDonald
DO WE STILL NEED PSYCHEDELICS? Myron Stolaroff
BUDDHISM AND PSYCHEDELICS: A Public Dialogue with James Fadiman and Kokyo Henkel
A ROUNDTABLE WITH RAM DASS, ROBERT AITKEN ROSHI, RICHARD BAKER ROSHI, AND JOAN HALIFAX ROSHI Allan Badiner
CONTRIBUTORS
ARTWORK CRE DITS
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
About the Author :
Allan Badiner served as the editor in the first and second editions of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Chronicle Books, 2002; Synergetic Press, 2015), and Alex Grey served as art editor. Allan also edited two other books of collected essays, Dharma Gaia: A Harvest in Buddhism and Ecology (Parallax Press, 1990) and Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism (Parallax, 2002). He is a contributing editor of Tricycle magazine, and serves on the board of directors of Project CBD. He has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for more than 25 years. Alex Grey is a renowned American visionary artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art. His work spans a variety of forms including performance art, sculpture and painting. He is a member of the Integral Institute, on the board of advisors for the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics and is Chair of Wisdom University’s Sacred Art Department. He and his wife Allyson Grey are co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, a non-profit church supporting Visionary Culture in Wappinger, New York. Alex Grey served as art editor and a contributor to Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics, as well as releasing several other inspirational books featuring his visionary visual and verbal messages.
Review :
“Zig Zag Zen is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the future of Buddhist practice.” –Tenzin Bob Thurman, chair of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University
“An extraordinary ride and guide down the corridors of the mystical psychedelic inward journey that will be of great interest and value to any serious explorer of spiritual insight. The zigzag is not for the straight and narrow.” –Ganga White, author of Yoga Beyond Belief and founder of White Lotus Foundation
“Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics is a fun, historical exploration of the divergent viewpoints and experiences of many extremely bright people who–like the Buddha–carry the intention of exploring human consciousness with the goal of allaying suffering.” –Ira Israel, Huffpost
