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

In the 1960s, LSD was legally available across Czechoslovakia. A writer recounts the story of how a communist state became the leading manufacturer of a psychedelic drug.
Aleksander Kaczorowski