Review: 'Exploring Inner Space' by Jane Dunlap

Originally published in 1961 by Hardcourt, Brace & World 'Exploring Inner Space: Personal experiences under LSD-25' by Jane Dunlap is one of the earliest examples of both entheogenic literature and of a woman writing on the psychedelic experience. This beautifully crafted text explores her experiences over the course of 5 LSD sessions under Dr. Oscar Janiger's research project on hallucinogens and creativity. Her notes from these sessions make up the content of the book.

'Jane Dunlap' is a pen name for the author Adelle Davis (1904-1974). During the mid-twentieth century Smith was one of the earliest proponents of the field of nutrition, who between 1947-1964 wrote numerous, widely read, books on the topic . 'Exploring Inner Space' is somewhat of an oddity in her bibliography, not least because it makes use of a pen name unlike her other works but also because it tackles such a different subject matter; for it is not physical but spiritual well-being that she explores. Immediately this begs the question; why did she use a pen name as opposed to her own?