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For authors, see psychonaut book index.
This index lists notable people who have devoted themselves to speaking out about psychonautics, psychedelics, entheogens, and the general expansion of consciousness.
| Name | Profession | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Abbie Hoffman | Drug policy reformist | |
| Alan Ginsberg | Poet, Philosopher, Writer | |
| Alan Watts | Philosopher, Writer, Lecturer | |
| Albert Hofmann | Chemist | Discovery of LSD and psilocybin |
| Aldous Huxley | Philosopher, Writer | "Brave New World" (1932), "The Doors of Perception" (1954), "Heaven and Hell" (1956) |
| Aleister Crowley | ||
| Alex Grey (website) | Artist | Psychedelic art |
| Alexander Shulgin | Chemist | PiHKAL, TiHKAL, 2Cx, DOx, popularized MDMA |
| Amanda Feilding | Drug policy reformer, neuroscience researcher | Founder of Beckley Foundation |
| Andrew Feldmar (website) | Lay therapist | Tryptamines, phenethylamines |
| Ann Shulgin | Writer | PiHKAL, TiHKAL |
| Ben Sessa | ||
| Benny Shanon | Psychologist | Biblical entheogen hypothesis based on 2,500 ayahuasca experiences |
| Casey William Hardison | Chemist | Psychedelic clandestine chemistry |
| Christian Rätsch (website) | Anthropologist | Writer on topics like ethnopharmacology, psychoactive plants and animals |
| D. M. Turner | Psychonaut | Author, Psychedelic researcher |
| Daniel Siebert | Ethnobotanist, pharmacognosist | Salvia divinorum |
| David E. Nichols | Pharmacologist and medicinal chemist | Escaline, LSZ, 6-APB, 2C-I-NBOMe and other NBOMe variants |
| David Nutt | Neuropsychopharmacologist | MDMA controversy, scientific career |
| Dennis McKenna | Ethnopharmacologist | Psilocybin mushroom cultivation |
| Gordon Wasson | Author, ethnomycologist | Popularized psilocybin mushrooms and Salvia divinorum |
| Graham Hancock (website) | ||
| Hamilton Morris | Writer, documentarian, psychonaut | Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, and Vice correspondent |
| Humphrey Osmond | Psychedelic therapy, socio-architecture theory, invented the word psychedelic | |
| Hunter S. Thompson | ||
| Jack Herer (website) | Cannabis rights activist | Jack Herer (Cannabis strain) |
| Jerry Garcia | Singer-songwriter and guitarist | Co-founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist, in the psychedelic rock band Grateful Dead |
| John Lennon | Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, activist | Co-founder of The Beatles, a psychedelic rock band and the best-selling band in history. Solo artist. |
| John Lilly | Physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer and inventor | Ketamine, isolation tank |
| John M. Allegro | ||
| Jonathan Ott | Ethnobotanist | Entheogens |
| Ken Babbs | ||
| Ken Kesey | ||
| Kenneth Ring (website) | Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut, author | Founded Journal of Near-Death Studies, and co-founded International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) |
| Leo Zeff | Psychologist and psychotherapist | Psychedelic therapy |
| Lumir Hanus | ||
| Marcia Moore | Ketamine | |
| Michael Pollan | Author, journalist, professor | Speaker, author |
| Myron Stolaroff | Author | Underground psychedelic psychotherapy |
| Nicholas Sand | DMT and LSD clandestine chemist | |
| Owsley Stanley | LSD clandestine chemist | |
| Paul Stamets | Mycologist | Psilocybin mushroom |
| Raja Ram | Musician | Considered as one of the pioneers of psytrance, psybient, and psychill. Co-founded 1200 Micrograms, and Shpongle. |
| Ralph Metzner | Psychologist | Psychedelics, yoga, meditation and shamanism |
| Ram Dass (website) | Spiritual teacher | |
| Rick Doblin | Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) | |
| Rick Strassman (website) | Medical doctor | Research on DMT, "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" book |
| Robert Anton Wilson | Writers | |
| Robert McPherson (aka Psylocybe Fanaticus) (website) | Pioneered PF Tek | |
| Robert Monroe | Author, radio broadcaster, researcher | The Monroe Institute (TMI) |
| Robin Carhart-Harris (website) | ||
| Roland Griffiths (website) | ||
| Stephen LaBerge | Psychophysiologist | Oneirology, lucid dreaming |
| Terence McKenna | Ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author | Lectures and books on the use of psychedelic compounds |
| Tim Scully | Chemists | Psychedelic clandestine chemistry. Companion with Owsley Stanley |
| Timothy Leary | Psychologist | Psychedelic advocate |
| Tom Wolfe | Author | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test |
| Uncle Fester (website) | Author | Clandestine chemistry |
| William Leonard Pickard | Author, formerly American drug trafficker | Convicted in the largest LSD manufacturing case in history with Clyde Apperson |
See also
- Visionary artists
- Psychonautics
- Subjective effect index
- Psychonaut book index
- Psychoactive substance index