{"product_id":"a-short-strange-trip-by-john-oconnor","title":"A SHORT STRANGE TRIP BY JOHN O'CONNOR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMarch 4th, 1971:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Deep in the Colombian rainforest, a motley crew of \"psychonauts\" prepared for what they believed would be the ultimate experiment. Convinced that a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emixture\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof powerful hallucinogenic plants held the key to unlocking human consciousness, they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esoon found themselves entering hyperspace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe return journey was... complicated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePresent day:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Acclaimed journalist John O'Connor is fascinated by this forgotten expedition. What really happened in those jungle depths? Armed with decades-old field notes, new interviews, and a healthy dose of curiosity, O'Connor ventures into the same Amazon territory, retracing the psychonauts' steps through the remote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePutumayo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein search of a legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehallucinogen called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eukuè\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ―and the truth about an \"experiment\" that's been quietly gathering dust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorking alongside indigenous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUitoto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epeople who bore witness to it all, O'Connor explores how humanity's relationship with psychedelics has shaped everything from ancient \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ereligion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto modern medicine. But as he journeys deeper into both the rainforest and the cosmic dimensions these substances reveal, one question keeps nagging at him:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWere the psychonauts onto something \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etruly\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofound―or just profoundly stoned?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games and Stuff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583716364534,"sku":"9781464218088","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3303\/7465\/files\/91dItN7r1_L._SL1500.png?v=1778105355","url":"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/products\/a-short-strange-trip-by-john-oconnor","provider":"Games and Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}