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More copies of this ISBN:Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powersby Richard Ev Schultes
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers.
Book News Annotation:Disavowing the use of this volume as a guide to taking hallucinogens
though they specify effective doses, experts overview the
ritual/medicinal uses, botanical characteristics, chemistry, and
range of 97 such plants featured in many unique color and b&w
illustrations (some new to this edition). Schultes was the late
director emeritus of the Botanical Museum at Harvard U. Coauthors are
A. Hoffman, the Swiss biochemist who discovered LSD, and R<:a>tsch,
of the German Society for Ethnomedicine. Healing Arts Press published
the first English translation of this 1979 milestone in the field in
1992.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"Carefully researched, beautifully written, and abundantly illustrated, this book reminds us that the use of hallucinogenic plants has been a fundamental part of the human experience for millennia." Review:"It contains an incredible amount of rigorous and fascinating information in a highly accessible, beautiful, and compelling format." Review:"Richard Evans Schultes has been the nexus of almost everything interesting and supportive concerned with economic and cultural uses of plants. Plants of the Godsgives precise and illuminating portraits of the many peoples of the Earth who pay homage to and gain insights with the aid of psychedelic plants: an exquisite, thoroughly scholarly book." Review:"This superbly illustrated, encyclopedic volume provides a much needed, well-balanced scientific perspective on the use of hallucinogenic plants. Richard Evans Schultes, the worlds most eminent ethnobotanist, and Albert Hofmann, the former research director at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, emphasize the need for continued education about both the potential benefits and the inherent dangers involved in the use of hallucinogens." Review:"A truly exellent book." Review:"An extraordinary blend of botany, ethnobotany, chemistry, history, mythology, and art. A visual, spiritual, and intellectual feast, Plants of the Godsis the best book ever written on hallucinogenic plants and it was written by the two most knowledgeable people on the planet." Review:"A visual, spiritual, and intellectual feast . . . the best book ever written on hallucinogenic plants." "A truly exellent book." Journal of Ethnobiology Synopsis:The authoritative text on the use of hallucinogens in the healing rites of indigenous cultures. Synopsis:Disavowing the use of this volume as a guide to taking hallucinogens though they specify effective doses, experts overview the ritual/medicinal uses, botanical characteristics, chemistry, and range of 97 such plants featured in many unique color and b&w illustrations (some new to this edition). Schu Synopsis:A complete revision of the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. 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. About the AuthorChristian Rtsch, Ph.D., is a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specializes in the shamanic uses of plants for spiritual as well as medicinal purposes. He studied Mesoamerican languages and cultures and anthropology at the University of Hamburg and spent, altogether, three years of fieldwork among the Lacandone Indians in Chiapas, Mexico, being the only European fluent in their language. He then received a fellowship from the German academic service for foreign research, the Deutsche Akademische Auslandsdienst (DAAD), to realize his doctoral thesis on healing spells and incantations of the Lacandone-Maya at the University of Hamburg, Germany. In addition to his work in Mexico, his numerous fieldworks have included research in Thailand, Bali, the Seychelles, as well as a long-term study (18 years) on shamanism in Nepal combined with expeditions to Korea and the Peruvian and Colombian Amazon. He also was a scientific anthropological advisor for expeditions organized by German magazines such as GEOand Spektrum der Wissenschaften(Spectrum of Sciences). Before becoming a full-time author and internationally renowned lecturer, Rtsch worked as professor of anthropology at the University of Bremen and served as consultant advisor for many German museums. Because of his extensive collection of shells, fossils, artifacts, and entheopharmacological items, he has had numerous museum expositions on these topics. He is the author of numerous articles and more than 40 books, including Plants of Love, Gateway to Inner Space, Marijuana Medicine,and The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants.He is also coauthor of Plants of the Gods, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayasand Witchcraft Medicineand is editor of the Yearbook of Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness.A former member of the board of advisors of the European College for the Study of Consciousness (ECSC) and former president of the Association of Ethnomedicine, he lives in Hamburg, Germany. Table of ContentsPlants of the Gods Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers Preface Introduction 1. What are Plant Hallucinogens 2. The Plant Kingdom 3. Phytochemical Research on Sacred Plants 4. Geography of Usage and Botanical Range 5. Plant Lexicon 6. Users of Hallucinogenic Plants 7. Overview of Plant Use 8. Fourteen Major Hallucinogenic Plants 9. Mainstay of the Heavens 10. The Hexing Herbs 11. The Nectar of Delight 12. St. Anthony's Fire 13. Holy Flower of the North Star 14. Guide to the Ancestors 15. Beans of the Hekula Spirit 16. Seeds of Civilization 17. The Magic Drink of the Amazon 18. Ayahuasca Analogs 19 Trumpets of the Angels 20. The Tracks of the Little Deer 21. Little Flowers of the Gods 22. Diviner's Sage 23. Cactus of the Four Winds 24. Vines of the Serpent 25. Semen of the Sun 26. Gateway to Dreamtime 27. Chemical Structures of Hallucinogens 28. Uses of Hallucinogens on Medicine Epilogue Picture Credits Bibliography Acknowledgments Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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