Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, ArtForum, and many other publications. He launched the web magazine Reality Sandwich and has written columns for Conscious Living and Dazed & Confused. In much of his recent work, he explores the profound implications of the shamanic experience and the possibility that a revival of archaic knowledge of visionary plants and psychedelic substances could accelerate a transformation of global consciousness.