Thomas Hatsis
Thomas Hatsis is a historian of psychedelia, witchcraft, magic, pagan religions, alternative Christianities, and the cultural intersection of those areas, who holds a master’s degree in history from Queens College. The author of The Witches’ Ointment and Psychedelic Mystery Traditions, he runs psychedelichistorian.com, a site dedicated to promoting the latest and best information pertaining to the Psychedelic Renaissance. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Related Links:
- Visit the author's website: https://psychedelichistorian.com/
- Thomas Hatsis interview on Mixcloud
- Thomas Hatsis discusses Psychedelic Mystery Traditions on 21st Century Radio
- Listen to Thomas on End of the Road podcast
- Review of The Witches' Ointment from PaganPages.org
- Review of The Wtiches' Ointment from the Journal of Folklore Research
- Inner Traditions authors Jerry B. Brown, The Psychedelic Gospels, and Tom Hatsis, The Witches’ Ointment, debate The Holy Mushroom Theory in Gaia’s new TV series: Psychedelica
- Thomas Hatsis on Psychedelic Mystery Traditions from Ultraculture Podcast
- Listen to Tom discuss Psychedelic Mystery Traditions on The Cosmic Echo Podcast
- Tom Hatsis – Microdosing, Magic and Psychedelic History on Psychedelics Today
Books By Thomas Hatsis
The Witches' Ointment
By Thomas Hatsis
$19.95
In the medieval period preparations with hallucinogenic herbs were part of folk remedies but the Church demonized these practices creating the classical “witch” stereotype and what history has called the “witches’ ointment.” This book presents dozens of these psychoactive formulas gleaned from rare manuscripts all over the world including spells, love potions, and herbal preparations.
Psychedelic Mystery Traditions
By Thomas Hatsis
$19.99
Hatsis shows how psychedelics have been an integral part of the human experience since Neolithic times and describes how different peoples in the Western world, including ancient priestesses, Christian Gnostics, alchemists, wise-women, and Victorian magicians, utilized sacred psychedelic plants and entheogens for divination, sex magic, communication with gods, and more.
LSD — The Wonder Child
By Thomas Hatsis
$19.99
A detailed history of the blossoming of psychedelic research in the 1950s
Exploring the initial stages of psychedelic study in Europe and America, Thomas Hatsis details the experimentation of different groups--from research labs to the military to bohemian art circles--who were seeking how best to utilize LSD and other promising psychedelics like mescaline.
Exploring the initial stages of psychedelic study in Europe and America, Thomas Hatsis details the experimentation of different groups--from research labs to the military to bohemian art circles--who were seeking how best to utilize LSD and other promising psychedelics like mescaline.