How to Change Your Mind Summary
Michael Pollan

How to Change Your Mind Overview

This non-fiction narrative is a blend of historical research, journalistic reporting, and personal memoir. As author Michael Pollan excavates the events and impact of three waves of scientific investigation of psychedelic substances, he parallels his discoveries with personal accounts of his own experiences with such substances. In developing these parallel lines of investigation, the narrative also explores themes associated with the limitations and power of language, the tension between the scientific and the spiritual, and the experience of interconnectedness.