How to Change Your Mind
First edition cover | |
| Author | Michael Pollan |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Michael Pollan |
| Cover artist | Craig Cutler (photo) |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Psychedelics |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | May 15, 2018 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59420-422-7 (hardcover) |
| 615.7/883 | |
| LC Class | RM324.8 .P65 2018 |
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence is a 2018 book by Michael Pollan. It became a No. 1 New York Times best-seller. How to Change Your Mind chronicles the history of psychedelic drugs, from their turbulent 1960s heyday to the resulting backlash and more recent revival. Through his coverage of the recent resurgence in this field of research, as well as his own personal use of psychedelics via a "mental travelogue", Pollan seeks to illuminate not only the mechanics of the drugs themselves, but also the inner workings of the human mind and consciousness.
The book received many positive reviews, and Netflix released a documentary based upon it in 2022.