Jules Evans

Jules Evans is a writer, historian of ideas and practical philosopher, interested in ideas and practices which help beings suffer less and flourish more.

He currently leads the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project - researching psychedelic harm reduction, ethics and integration. The orgainsation is currently researching post-trip difficulties and what helps people deal with them.

His first book, Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations, explored how people are rediscovering ancient Greek and Roman philosophies and how Greek philosophy (partiularly Stoicism) inspired Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). It’s since been published in 19 countries and was a Times book of the year. His second book, The Art of Losing Control, explored how people find ecstatic experiences in modern western culture. It was published in the UK in May 2017, and in the US in September 2017, and has also been published in Holland, Spain, Russia and Italy. In 2019 he published a little book on ayahuasca tourism, called Holiday From the Self. In 2020, he co-edited with Dr Tim Read a book on spiritual emergencies called Breaking Open: Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergency.