Aleksander Kaczorowski

is a translator, essayist, and author of biographies of Václav Havel, Bohumil Hrabal and Ota Pavel.

All You Need to Do Is Breathe

Soul + Body

Breathe In

All You Need to Do Is Breathe

The Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof’s holoptropic breathwork technique enables people to experience altered states of consciousness, simply through taking a series of quick, deep breaths.

Aleksander Kaczorowski

A Communist LSD Trip

Art + Stories

Experiences

A Communist LSD Trip

How come for almost a quarter of a century, in a communist state, thousands of ordinary people were able to use psychedelic drugs entirely legally? The story of how Czechoslovakia became the leading manufacturer and exporter of LSD.

Aleksander Kaczorowski