After much work over the past year, I’m happy to announce my book Mushroom Magick. This is a personal interpretation and contemplation of various species of Mushrooms. A rich visionary manual with nearly 100 full color paintings of the mysterious organisms that populate the shadows of our world and mind. Writers Daniel Pinchbeck, Erik Davis, and Gary Lincoff of the New York Mycological Society lend their words and insight to the volume, adding to this feast for the eyes. It will be published by Abrams books and available beginning in April. Check the links below for order info.

“For centuries hallucinogenic mushrooms have participated in a sublime relationship with humankind, thanks to their psychoactive chemicals that shift and modify the human mind. Arik Roper’s exquisite painted portraits of magic mushrooms illustrate more than 90 of the known hallucinogenic species from around the world. He captures their powerful auras, adding to a tradition of Mushroom art that stretches back more than 400 years.
Popular culture critics Erik Davis and Daniel Pinchbeck provide background and testimony in elegant essays, and mushroom expert Gary Lincoff contributes notes. This beautifully designed and profusely illustrated mushroom bible will appeal to nature lovers, mushroom hunters, and enthusiasts of all things psychedelic.”More Info: Abrams & Borders

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