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Ketamine : Dreams and Realities

Karl Jansen's book looks at ketamine from several angles. It traces the drug's origins as an anaesthetic, its spread into recreational use, and its medical applications. Jansen, a psychiatrist who studied the drug closely, also examines the altered states of consciousness it can produce, including the near-death and out-of-body experiences that users describe. He weighs the scientific evidence against personal accounts, and asks what the drug can tell us about the nature of the mind.

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