Mike Jay has written extensively on scientific and medical history. His books on the history of drugs include High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture and The Atmosphere of Heaven. He lives in London.
“Mike Jay is an eminent writer on mind-stilling and mind-expanding
substances [. . .] Mescaline reads like the culmination of a
lifetime’s wanderings in the very farthest out-posts of scientific
and medical history”— Ian Sansom, The Guardian
“Mike Jay’s history of mescaline use is a bit of a mind-altering
experience itself”—The Economist
“Thoroughly researched book is strong on drug's social
significance” —Katherine Waters, The Art Desk
“Jay, as with his many other works, expertly places the important
details in these larger trends, and the result is a wonderfully
engaging narrative; informative and entertaining” —Robert Dickins,
Psychedelic Press
“What Mike Jay's history of mescaline illustrates is that
although we may not grasp how, the context of a trip determines its
destination” — Kate Womersley, TLS
“Jay takes his readers on a journey through history, beginning with
the medicinal and ceremonial use of mescaline-containing plants by
the indigenous peoples of Mexico thousands of years ago, and the
adoption of peyote by some Native American peoples” — Zoe Hackett,
Chemistry World
“Mike Jay has written a highly detailed but very readable and
fascinating history of the use of mescaline throughout the
ages”—Peter Carpenter, British Society for the History of
Medicine
"This is a terrific account of mescaline, the first psychedelic.
Mike Jay has nailed it."—Michael Pollan, author of How to
Change Your Mind
"Mike Jay is the Neil Armstrong of today's psychonauts.
In Mescaline an incredible amount of scholarly and
personal research is beautifully presented and ordered in a
sensible chronology that really works to channel potentially
disruptive and mad matter into a fascinating cultural
history. I just Ioved the last chapter which brought
everything back to its proper place in a careful Native American
ritual. It made the most emotionally satisfying ending to an
extraordinary trip..." —Nicholas Rankin, author
of Telegram from Guernica
'Mike Jay is one of the most wise, well-informed, clever and funny
voices on drugs in the world. Everyone should read everything he
writes - it is consistently brilliant'—Johann Hari, author
of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections
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