More a scientist than a mystic but so respectful of his work...heartfelt grattitude goes out to him for his yearn to explore & expand on the world as he knew it. The science is a little outdated, but the book is almost 30 years old, and none of it is inaccurate—just limited compared to what we know now. Author : Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge I like this book because it gave me a history lesson on some of the plants that I have managed to obtain in my life so far. "Schultes was the original Indiana Jones of the hallucinogenic plant. Great photos/art to go along with the information. A surreal & mind opening window into people's sacred relationship with plants from around the world. He is the author of Marijuana Medicineand coauthor of Plants of the Gods, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas,Witchcraft Medicine, and … File Size : 80.73 MB
Download : 500 Christian Rätsch, Ph.D., is a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specializes in the shamanic uses of plants. Download : 831 File Size : 32.14 MB Author : Richard Evans Schultes Format : PDF, Mobi
Welcome back. he was Terence McKenna 30 years before McKenna was born. Read : 859
While the case studies were interesting at first, their similarity and sheer number made a big part of the book feel quite redundant. In general it's a good book with lots of ethnographic and ethnobotanical information. Read : 271
Plants of the Gods is a collaborative work by ethnobotany greats Plants of the Gods is a collaborative work by ethnobotany greats A must have for the study of ethnobotany and entheogens.
File Size : 29.81 MB Download : 722 Honestly, it was only the small part on the chemistry and psychiatric potential of these plants that held my interest and even this part seemed superficial. Download : 234
The authors elaborate in vivid detail 91 plants, focusing … Download : 842
Makes me wonder why we now discontinue this type of practice. Are all trips flowers and sunshine? Format : PDF, ePub, Docs Maria proclaims her patient's disease to be fatal, and his reaction is profound; working with psilocybin and cancer patients, our preliminary data presents some tearful, anxious reactions. ", Whole Earth Review
Read : 928 Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Pretty heady stuff.Outstanding work of anthropology, often going to direct sources in aboriginal cultures for research. Author : Alice Walker
File Size : 90.56 MB A true pioneer in Western study of ethnobotany following in the footsteps of Spruce yet blazing his own path like no other. Format : PDF, Kindle Download : 591
Schultes deserves a lot of credit for doing the leg work going into the Amazon back in the 1940s and collecting and learning about the uses of these plants long before the days of Ayahuasca tourism.very informantive. Format : PDF, ePub, Docs Author : Laura Silvana Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Download : 857 Format : PDF, Docs in terms of identifying & cataloging the sacred plants used by tribal peoples, Schultes was (and is) THE GUY. Author : Y?lmaz, Recep this is where it all begins.Thorough and nearly exhausting resource denoting the different types and varieties of hallucination-causing plants from all over the world. Download : 158 Honestly, it was only the small part on the chemistry and psychiatric potential of these plants that held my interest and even This book was a curious blend of a reference guide for hallucinogen plants the world over, anthropological case studies of their traditional use in indigenous societies, and a small discussion on their chemistry and psychiatric potential. lots of great pictures and maps. Read : 1142 Author : Peter Stafford
Great photos/art to go along with the information. File Size : 68.57 MB Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic PowersYears and years ago, when I was tiny, I made a short film for the BBC about Years and years ago, when I was tiny, I made a short film for the BBC about This is an excellent go to resource on the use of psychotropic compounds by pre-industrial societies.As a worker who studies altered states of consciousness, I found this text to give needed background and context to the use of psychodelics in our culture. It is fascinating to know there are close to 100 psychedelic plants (found so far) and all are documented in this book. File Size : 32.23 MB Read : 177 In Alyssa Cole’s unnerving social thriller When No One is Watching, Sydney Green returns to Brooklyn after a traumatic breakup to find...World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. Author : Budge, It is nice to find out the plants I have bought are intersected in the history of early civilizations. Read : 747 If you have any questions about certain "odd" looking plants, you need to see if they are in books like these.Very informative and interesting book.
Download : 195 this is where it all begins.Schultes was the original Indiana Jones of the hallucinogenic plant. Read : 824 Plants of the Gods is a collaborative work by ethnobotany greats Albert Hofmann, Richard Evans Schultes, and Christian Ratsch. Author : Christian Rätsch Plants of the Gods is also full of nice illustrations and photographs. Download : 527
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