
Molecular Egregore
The Intelligences of Psychoactive CompoundsBy R. R. HarperLength6h 57m
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Molecular Egregore is a 24-volume work organized across five movements that proposes a single radical reframe: psychoactive substances are not passive chemical agents but presences — each carrying a distinct intelligence, a characteristic signature, and a consistent way of revealing the world to the minds that encounter them.
The book draws on three parallel traditions simultaneously — neuroscience, Hermetic philosophy, and the oldest pharmacological traditions across cultures — and uses them to construct what Harper calls the molecular genius doctrine: the idea that each substance has a genius in the classical sense, an indwelling spirit or animating intelligence that expresses itself predictably across wildly different users, contexts, and centuries.
Each volume is devoted to a single substance or class, given its full treatment: planetary signature, alchemical operation, neurological mechanism, historical role, specific gift, and specific danger.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Philosophy
Length6 hrs 57 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CONTENTS
3Molecular EgregoreThe Intelligences of Psychoactive Compounds
4I. What This Book Is Not
5II. The Gap
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6III. The Doctrine of the Genius — Stated Plainly
7IV. The Doctrine of the Egregore
8V. How to Read a Molecular Genius
9VI. The Taxonomy of Psychoactive Intelligences
10VII. On Sobriety as a Tool
11VIII. The Egregore and the Genius — The Central Distinction
12IX. The Honest Accounting
13X. A Note on Personal Authority
14XI. On the Structure of the Book
15VOLUME I
16PREAMBLE — FIRST WITNESS
17I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE REFUSED MESSAGE
18II. THE COMPONENT GENIUSES
19III. THE ENTITY ASSEMBLED
20IV. PLANETARY SIGNATURE
21V. THE EGREGORE
22VI. HONEST ACCOUNTING
23PHYSICAL
24MENTAL
25SPIRITUAL
26MOVEMENT ONE: THE FAMILIAR THRESHOLD
27VOLUME II
28PREAMBLE — A FICTION
29I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATTENDED MOMENT
30II. THE COMPONENT GENIUSES
31III. THE ENTITY ASSEMBLED
32IV. PLANETARY SIGNATURE
33V. THE EGREGORE
34VI. HONEST ACCOUNTING
35PHYSICAL
36MENTAL
37SPIRITUAL
38VOLUME III
39PREAMBLE — A FICTION
40I. THE DOCTRINE OF THE ANCIENT EXCRETION — A NEW FRAMEWORK
41II. THE COMPONENT GENIUSES
42III. THE ENTITY ASSEMBLED
43IV. PLANETARY SIGNATURE
44V. THE EGREGORE
45VI. HONEST ACCOUNTING
46PHYSICAL
47MENTAL
48SPIRITUAL
49VOLUME IV
50PREAMBLE — A FICTION