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What are Hallucinogenic plants? How do they affect mind and body? Who uses them and why? This unique Golden Guide surveys the role of psychoactive plants in primitive and civilized societies form early times to the present. The first nontechnical guide to bothe the cultural significance and physiological effects of hallucinogens, Hallucinogenic Plants will fascinate general readers and students of anthropology and history as well as botanists and other specialists. All of the wild and cultivated species considered are illustrated in brilliant full color.

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Based on the Second International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms, Port Townsend, WA 1977

Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushroom Poisoning is A Handbook for Physicians and Mushroom Hunters alike.

Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushroom Poisoning is A Handbook for Physicians and Mushroom Hunters alike.

Describes the hallucinogenic effects of various plants, shows how they are used in primitive cultures, identifies their chemical structures, and explains current medical applications

Based on the Second International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms, Port Townsend, WA 1977

Undertakes an ethnographic survey of several nonindustrialized societies in which people engage in the ritual use of hallucinogens, observing the pilgrimages, rites, prayers, songs, and dances

The area of traditional folk healing with plant hallucinogens, such as the Peruvian urban setting studied here, is a unique human laboratory that is of interest to medical anthropologists, biologists, psychologists, and students of anthropology in general. One of the earliest firsthand observations of a practicing shaman and his use of native herbal medicines and psychedelic pharmaceuticals, this text makes an important contribution to understanding culture, illness, and healing.

Undertakes an ethnographic survey of several nonindustrialized societies in which people engage in the ritual use of hallucinogens, observing the pilgrimages, rites, prayers, songs, and dances

A collection of essays examining the current status of the therapeutic potential of hallucinogenic substances, exploring how the drugs can be used to effectively treat a wide range of conditions.

This book is a broad and serious inquiry into this much-discussed topic. It will enlighten and surprise the uninitiated, as well as the frequent user. It includes first-hand reports of the nature of the experience; recent scientific theories; the use of psychedelics in primitive and non-western cultures; and the sociology of drugs in our own society. There are also sections on the potential creative uses of psychedelics, from the enhancement of religious experience to the treatment of alcoholics and the design of mental hospitals. The contributors include noted scientists, psychologists, sociologists , and religious leaders. All of the help to throw some light on a subject which, in spite of the interest it generates, has produced a great deal of mis-information. Government restrictions have in fact brought the progress of much-needed research almost ot a hald. Psychedelics is a plea for--and an invitation to--enlightenment.

A collection of essays examining the current status of the therapeutic potential of hallucinogenic substances, exploring how the drugs can be used to effectively treat a wide range of conditions.

World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. · Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the completely revised and updated text. · Explores the uses of hallucinogenic plants in shamanic rituals throughout the world. · Cross-referenced by plant, illness, preparation, season of collection, and chemical constituents. Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them. The text is lavishly illustrated with 400 rare photographs of plants, people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive flora.

World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. · Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the completely revised and updated text. · Explores the uses of hallucinogenic plants in shamanic rituals throughout the world. · Cross-referenced by plant, illness, preparation, season of collection, and chemical constituents. Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them. The text is lavishly illustrated with 400 rare photographs of plants, people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive flora.

Describes the hallucinogenic effects of various plants, shows how they are used in primitive cultures, identifies their chemical structures, and explains current medical applications

The use of hallucinogenic plants has been a part of human experience for millennia, yet modern Western societies have only recently become aware of the significance that these plants have had in shaping the history of diverse cultures. Capable of bringing human beings in closer touch with the spirit worlds, hallucinogenic plants have long been venerated as aids to mental health and as the sacred connection to the mystical. The authors of this definitive book examine the cross-cultural ceremonial and ritual use of many hallucinogenic substances. Profusely illustrated, this book contains an extensively researched plant lexicon, providing common and botanical names, history, ethnography, preparation, chemical components, usage in healing, and effects for 91 hallucinogenic plants.

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