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SA pal and Journal illustrator Arik Roper's first book is about to hit the shelves in the US. <em><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Mushroom_Magick-9780810996311.html" target="_blank">Mushroom Magick</a></em> features beautiful paintings of over 90 species of psilocybine-containing fungi from all over the world. It's stunningly produced and Arik's images are often breathtaking.

The book also features essays by Erik Davis, Daniel Pinchbeck and mycologist Gary Lincoff.

You can get a sneak preview of the book <a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Mushroom_Magick-9780810996311.html" target="_self">here</a>, while Erik has posted part of his introduction <a href="http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-04-02-0921-0.txt" target="_blank">here</a>.