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Martian Biosphere

Serious Wonder Radio Interview with John Allen Martian Biospheres. What will these micro environments be like? Would you choose to live in on Mars? What will our first Martian bound colonists take with them? What will the first Martian babies be like? How will their consciousness differ from that of Earth children? Serious Wonder Radio [...]

New release, digitally restored classic documentary on Ornette Coleman, “Made in America,” premiered in New York

Synergetic Press, previous distributor of the Ornette Coleman classic film is pleased to announce the new release through Milestone Films of “Ornette: Made in America.”  Ornette: Made In America captures Ornette’s evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983 as a famed performer and composer, documentary footage, dramatic scenes, and some [...]

The Biologist publishes review of Me and the Biospheres

“I’m not surprised Allen’s book was voted best autobiography of 2010 by the Benjamin Franklin Awards for independent publishing. He is the most amazing man I know. I’ve learned even more about him and his associates from this book – and what associates: from Konrad Lorenz and Buckminster Fuller to William Burroughs, Sir Ghillean Prance and Richard Schultes…”

Synergetic Press acquires English rights to Albert Hofmann biography.

Forthcoming in English from Synergetic Press April 2013 – In Celebration of the 70th anniversary of the discovery of LSD. Synergetic Press recently acquired the English language rights to the seminal book originally published in German, Albert Hofmann and his LSD: An Eventful Life and a Significant Discovery, by Dieter Hagenbach and Lucius Werthmuller. The book [...]

From the New York Times: How psychedelic drugs can help patients face death

Recent news from The New York Times examining current research on psilocybin and its ability to reduce patient anxiety about facing death. The article talks about people experiencing cancer, and the way in which psychedelic experiences can calm a person’s fear about death and help them to appreciate the time they have left. Read the full article.   [...]