Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony by Julian Vayne - a toolkit for psychedelic ceremony, spirituality, and self transformation

Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony is a manual for using psychedelic substances in spirituality, self-transformation, and magic contexts. The book presents techniques for holding and enhancing psychedelic experiences, ranging from practical in-session guidance like games to use while high, to full entheogenic ceremonies. It aims to help readers explore sacred plant traditions and modern “magical molecules” using an approach framed around neurochemistry and the value of the psychedelic experience. The author, Julian Vayne, is an occultist with decades of group ceremony experience across practices involving druids, shamans, and other practitioners, and the book positions itself as a “toolbox for technicians of the sacred” for both novice and experienced psychonauts. A foreword is credited to Dr David Luke, with illustrations by Pete Loveday.