THE FUSE

Michael Pollan spent most of his career writing about food and plants. Then the plants and the return of his gaze led him somewhere unexpected. In How to Change Your Mind, he describes a series of profound experiences, moments in which he felt something beyond his mind and body, and the question those moments set in motion: What is consciousness, and what are we within it? He interviewed scientists, therapists, and fellow travelers. He went far beyond journalism. He experienced it himself.