Recommended Reading: 

Pharmako/Poeia ~ Plant Powers, Poisons and Herbcraft ~ by Dale Pendell

Journey to Ixtlan^> ~ Carlos Castaneda^>

Tales of Power^> ~ Carlos Castaneda

Food of the Gods ~ Terence McKenna^>

The Archaic Revival ~ Terence McKenna

True Hallucinations ~ Terence McKenna

Breaking Open the Head ~ Daniel Pinchbeck

The Cosmic Serpent ~ DNA and the Origins of Knowledge ~ by Jeremy Narby

Plants of the Gods ~ Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann

The Scientist ~ John C. Lilly

LSD Psychotherapy ~ Stanislav Grof

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances ~ Richard Rudgley

 

 

  Some 'Altered State' Films:

2001

Possible Worlds

Jacob's Ladder

Photographing Fairies

Altered States

The Truman Show

The Matrix

Memento 

The Emerald Forest

Donnie Darko

Waking Life

Fantasia