The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications 1st Edition – Ebook PDF Version

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0892819782
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0892819782
• Author: Christian Ratsch (Author), Albert Hofmann (Foreward) (Author)

In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants–those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness–have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives–such as cannabis, datura, and papaver–then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as “legal highs,” plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs–many of which are from the author’s extensive fieldwork around the world–showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.

Table of contents:

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

What Are Psychoactive Plants?

The Use of Psychoactive Plants

Psychoactive Plants and Shamanic Consciousness

The Fear of Psychoactive Plants

The Study of Psychoactive Plants

Psychoactive Plants as Factors in the Development of Culture

THE PSYCHOACTIVE PLANTS

On the Structure of the Major Monographs

The Most Important Genera and Species

from A to Z

Major Monographs

Little-Studied Psychoactive Plants

Minor Monographs

Reputed Psychoactive Plants

“Legal Highs”

Psychoactive Plants That Have

Not Yet Been Identified

PSYCHOACTIVE FUNGI

The Archaeology of Entheogenic

Mushroom Cults

Cultivating Mushrooms

The Genera and Species from A to Z

Purported Psychoactive Fungi

General Literature on

Psychoactive Fungi

PSYCHOACTIVE PRODUCTS

ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS OF PLANTS

Active Plant Constituents

and Neurotransmitters

The Active Plant Constituents

from A to Z

Botanical Taxonomy of Psychoactive

Plants and Fungi

General Bibliography

Bibliographies

Periodicals

Books and Articles

Acknowledgments

Index

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