The Bigger Picture

How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World

By: Alexander Beiner

Narrated by: Alexander Beiner

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Can psychedelic drugs help us tackle the biggest problems we face globally? Can they heal the cultural, spiritual, and political wounds we’re wrestling with?

Psychedelics have hit the mainstream as powerful new mental health treatments. But as clinicians explore what these molecules can do for our individual minds, The Bigger Picture goes further to illuminate how psychedelics can help us find new ways to make sense of and come through the crises we face around the world.

Drawing on the latest research, as well as his unique experience as a participant in a ground-breaking clinical trial investigating the potent psychedelic DMT, Alexander Beiner reveals:

• the role of psychedelics in addressing global issues such as global warming, geopolitical instability, and political polarization
• the dark side of the ‘psychedelic renaissance’ and ‘psychedelic capitalism’
• what it takes to elicit huge personal and cultural transformation through psychedelics

Embark on a journey into The Bigger Picture – a new era of science and spirituality with the potential to radically transform our perceptions of ourselves, one another, and our life on this planet.

©2023 Alexander Beiner (P)2023 Hay House

Critic reviews

‘Although they will perhaps always remain mysterious, psychedelics have also always invited us – and our ancestors – to heed the teachings they have to offer, to reconsider our place in the universe, and to recognize the enigma of our own existence. The Bigger Picture adds substantial new information to our understanding of psychedelics and their potentially momentous significance to the world today. I highly recommend this carefully and convincingly argued, deeply thought-provoking and beautifully written book.’ –Graham Hancock

‘The Bigger Picture is an entertaining, insightful, and timely book. Beiner draws on the latest psychedelic science to explain how what we’re learning about these molecules can help us make sense of our social and political challenges in new ways, and he ties together research from a variety of different fields to present a compelling and nuanced argument as to why psychedelic science could change the world for the better.’ –Robin Carhart-Harris, Founder of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, and Director of Psychedelics Division, Neuroscape, UCSF

‘Beiner is a wise and entertaining guide through the jungle of contemporary psychedelics, bringing much-needed critical thinking to the field’. –Jules Evans, author of Philosophy for Life and Director of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project

I wish everyone would read this book.

I can’t think of a book I have ever read that I agree with more.

Background & Journey

A great book to give us a perspective and way of approaching the new frontier of psychedelics. Psychedelic will be here soon for more and more of us. Needed book.

A lovely multifaceted exploration

A fantastic overview of an incredibly multifaceted topic. Alex does a great job of explaining everything thoroughly and makes complex topics easier to understand.

Where's the Trip reports?

I bought this book because of a real short story he told on Tik Tok about one of his experiences during his DMT trip. There really wasn't any, this book is not about any of that DMT study he was a part of very disappointed. Still gave 3 stars cuz I'm not an assh0le.