Ready to step outside the box and embrace the unconventional? This year’s holiday gift guide celebrates psychedelics and nods to those who appreciate the profound and the extraordinary. From thought-provoking reads to journals that capture the essence of mind-bending trips, this selection speaks directly to soul-seekers and plant lovers.
Explore energizing culinary experiences. Consider skincare with an adaptogenic twist. Optimize your loved one’s health with nootropics. This holiday gift guide is your portal to a world less ordinary.
2023 Psychedelic Book Releases
The 2023 psychedelic book scene offers a trove of mind-expanding works for enthusiasts who delight in learning. David Nutt’s Psychedelics: The Revolutionary Drugs That Could Change Your Life – A Guide from the Expert provides a comprehensive exploration from a leading figure in the field. Expanding Mindscapes: A Global History of Psychedelics takes readers on a worldwide journey through these substances’ rich and varied history. For a contemporary perspective, The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World offers insights into how psychedelics can help humanity tackle its biggest challenges.
Those favoring recent classics might enjoy James Fadiman’s The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide, a seminal work providing practical guidance for entheogenic journeys. Finally, Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind remains a compelling read, offering a personal and profound dive into the world of plant medicines.
Trip Journals
The 6-Week Intention Journal walks you through a 6-Week microdosing protocol and acts as a powerful accountability partner. The Wakeful Integration Journal includes resources and practices to prepare, navigate and integrate deep experiences such as three-day ayahuasca ceremonies or week-long psilocybin retreats. Now, if you’re not into psychedelic journals or have a friend who is more about world travel rather than traveling through their psyche, they also have a Mindful Travel Journal that is catered to backpackers and globetrotters. Each journal includes beautiful hand-drawn colour therapy trippy drawings and tons of space for reflection. The Psychedelic Trip Journal by Psil Silva is perfect for those seeking creative inspiration. Ideal for experienced explorers, this journal is filled with elements essential for documenting expansive, one-off trips in the backyard, focusing more on creativity than mental health.
Infused Food & Drink
Consider gifts that combine flavor with psychedelic intrigue for your gastronomically inclined loved ones. Odyssey’s Sparkling Mushroom Elixirs offers an energy drink with a twist, infusing mushroom extracts into a sustainable, organically crafted beverage. For a touch of ritual and indulgence, Cacao Laboratory’s Ceremonial-Grade Cacao brings rich, heirloom cacao beans straight from Ecuador, perfect for those who savor deep, heart-opening flavors. Feel Free Kava Drink by Botanic Tonics offers a serene yet alert state, ideal for those seeking a natural mood lift and non-alcoholic social lubricant. Om Mushroom Coffee Blend, enriched with Lion’s Mane and Cordyceps, adds a chocolatey flavor to an immune-boosting focus-driven formula.
Adaptogenic Beauty
Gifts that blend nature’s remedies with modern skincare are perfect gems for all the conscious beauties in your life. AP Chem Microdose Magical Moisturizer leads with its adaptoGEN8™ cream featuring eight mushroom extracts. This formula offers antioxidative, age-decelerating benefits in a lightweight, nourishing texture. Shroom Mycelium Glow Brightening Serum combines Maitake, Reishi, Chaga, and Cordyceps with Vitamin C for a luminous complexion, providing hydration, brightening, and antioxidant protection. Herbar The Face Oil is a simple multitasking wonder, packed with mushroom extracts to adapt to various skin imbalances. Finally, Youth to the People Adaptogen Deep Moisture Cream offers deep hydration and environmental stress protection for sensitive skin, blending Squalane, Jojoba, Shea butter, and adaptogenic herbs.
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Mood & Mind Stackers
Uplift your Secret Santa this year with psychedelically-inspired supplements for mental clarity and emotional balance. Mojo Extra Strength Brain Boost Gummies blend functional mushrooms, herbs, and roots to combat brain fog and boost productivity, flavored with sun-kissed strawberries and tangerine. Fungtion Kanna Elixir offers a serene escape, combining empathogenic kanna extract with adaptogens like chaga and reishi. This tincture helps soothe the nervous system and relieve stress. For a journey into time-honored wisdom, Magi Ancestral Supplements present a unique nootropic experience rooted in Eastern indigenous knowledge and formulated with psychoactive Beta-Carbolines.
Rewiring Wearables
Guide your loved one’s journey towards mindfulness and stress relief with nurturing wearable tech. The Muse S (Gen 2) EEG headband is ideal for those who practice meditation or want to start. It acts as a personal meditation coach, using advanced sensors to measure brain activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movement while providing real-time audio feedback to enhance focus and calm. The Apollo Wearable takes a different approach. This innovative device actively improves the body’s resilience to stress through non-invasive touch therapy, emitting soothing vibrations for relaxation and improved sleep. It’s a versatile gift for anyone seeking more balance and resilience.
Psychedelic Philanthropy
Offer a gift that resonates with a deeper purpose by donating to meaningful psychedelic charities in a loved one’s name. The Roland Griffiths Professorship Fund at Johns Hopkins is inspired by Dr. Griffiths’ personal journey and dedication to studying psychedelics’ profound impact on consciousness and prosocial behaviors. Contributing to this fund supports vital research that could be pivotal for our species’ future. Alternatively, the Chacruna Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative offers a chance to give back to the Indigenous communities who are the stewards of plant medicine knowledge. Donations here support wisdom keepers’ rights and livelihoods while reinforcing ecological preservation, cultural respect, and ethical reciprocity. Both funds present an opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Wise Fashion
Nothing says I see you, like psychedelic fashion that reveals the soul. The Cultivating Wisdom Collection features a range of apparel, including unisex hats, hoodies, and t-shirts, designed to celebrate the joy of reconnection through microdosing. Additionally, all proceeds support veterans in psychedelic therapy. For a truly unique gift, Slices of Citrus offers hand-painted, eco-friendly resin earrings made from real Colorado-grown mushrooms, ensuring each piece is one-of-a-kind. The brand also creates mushy merch like shorts, dresses, and kimonos. Etsy’s Mushroom page is another excellent option, presenting an eclectic mix of fashion and accessories from global sellers, like crochet mushroom bags and amanita combat shoes.
Mushroom Grow Kits
Delight an aspiring mycologist with a mushroom gift that keeps on growing. Wonderbags Mycology Research and Supplies offers fully pre-colonized bags, eliminating the cultivation hassle and ensuring a 99.5% success rate. Ready to fruit in 10-14 days and capable of up to three runs, these kits are perfect for beginners. North Spore’s spray and grow kits for oyster mushrooms and lion’s mane also provide a user-friendly experience, with the potential for multiple flushes of beautifully crafted edible fungi. For those seeking abundance, the Midwest Grow Kits Mega Mushroom Growing & Incubator Kit boasts the largest shippable set on the market, automated for temperature and humidity control.
Legal Amanita, Anyone?
Introduce Amanita mushrooms to the curious fungi lovers in your life. CALM Amanita Mushroom Extract features AME-1, a proprietary extract designed to reduce stress, ease muscular tension, and promote sleep without psychedelic effects. It’s a natural supplement intended for microdosing. For a more indulgent experience, Majestic Amanita Magic Chocolate bars contain five grams of decarboxylated Amanita pantherina extract, promising a journey of sensory delight. Clean Remedies Mushroom Gummies fuses Amanita muscaria with hemp-derived THC in delicious watermelon flavors. These edibles are for friends seeking a legal buzz–available in various dosages.
Test Your Psychedelic Knowledge
For the studious psychonauts, consider gifts that merge intellectual challenge with the spirit of exploration. First, there’s WARPED, a card game created by Maddalen and funded on Kickstarter. WARPED is a trippy question-answer card contest based on expanding your mind while laughing so hard you’ll spill your eggnog. The game features 330 cards with TRUTH questions and thought-provoking answers, perfect for 30-90 minutes of intentional, family-friendly fun. Complement this with a downpayment toward VITAL’s psychedelic training course, an immersive journey into harm reduction, integration, and psychedelic history. The course includes five modules, weekly study groups, and experiential retreats. Participants will master guiding psychedelic journeys while deepening their understanding of multi-disciplinary and indigenous approaches.
