LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven by Christopher M. Bache

LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven is Christopher M. Bache’s account of a twenty-year exploration of psychedelic experience. A scholar of religion, Bache reflects on 73 sessions and the questions they raised for him about identity, suffering, spiritual experience and consciousness.

The narrative moves between personal experience and the author’s philosophical interpretation of a wider, collective consciousness. It also considers the difficulty of bringing such experiences back into ordinary life. This is a reflective first-person account, not a scientific demonstration of cosmic consciousness, a treatment guide or a recommendation to use LSD.