Mycellium Wassonii

by Brian Blomerth

Our Take
An important book illustrated by Brian Blomerth telling the story off Valentina and Gordon Wasson and their journey that popularized psilocybin. Recommended read.

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Brian Blomerth first fused his singularly irreverent underground comix style with heavily-researched history in 2019’s Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day, a Technicolor retelling of the discovery of LSD. Now, the illustrator and graphic novelist continues his wild and woolly excursions into the history of mind expansion with Mycelium Wassonii, an account of the lives and trips of R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson, the pioneering scientist couple responsible for popularizing the use of psychedelic mushrooms. A globetrotting vision of hallucinatory science and religious mysticism with appearances by Life Magazine, the CIA, and the Buddha, Mycelium Wassonii is a visual history and a love story as only Blomerth’s Isograph pen can render it.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anthology Editions; First Edition (November 16, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 194486041X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1944860417
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 8.98 inches