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Author of books on psychedelic history, folklore and the UFO phenomenon. Occasional broadcaster, lecturer and TV consultant. Ancient hippie. Music fan, but all you need to know is, The Grateful Dead, Incredible String Band and Gong.
PsyPress Editor. Director of Breaking Convention.
Publisher & historian | author of Cobweb of Trips: A literary history of psychedelics (2024)
Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is philosopher of mind & metaphysics at the University of Exeter who specialises in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, and Nietzsche, and in fields pertaining to altered and panpsychological consciousness. www.philosopher.eu