A marriage story, a search for meaning in the wake of the Holocaust, and a struggle to release the weight of ancestral trauma, Death Trip takes readers from the ayahuasca basements of Portland’s psychedelic underground to the darkest days of World War II. By turns wrenching and hilarious, it asks whether trauma can be inherited and, if so, if psychedelics can help us heal. Join us for a talk with author and writer Seth Lorinczias he dives into his search for family history, healing, and ultimately himself.

Books will be available for purchase and signing during the event. This program is presented as part of Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus.  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Seth Lorinczi is a Portland-based author and journalist who focuses on how psychedelics intersect with culture and meaning-making. His writing appears in The Guardian, DoubleBlind, Narratively, Portland Monthly, and other print anthologies and periodicals. Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir is his first book. In addition, he was a co-founder of “Judaism & The Psychedelic Renaissance,” a first-of-its-kind live event here in Portland.