The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications

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In the traditions of every culture, psychoactive plants--those known to transport the mind to other dimensions of consciousness--have been regarded as sacred. This book details the history, botany, and use of psychoactive plants and is lavishly illustrated with color photographs of the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive plants. Abstract: In the traditions of every culture, psychoactive plants--those known to transport the mind to other dimensions of consciousness--have been regarded as sacred. This book details the history, botany, and use of psychoactive plants and is lavishly illustrated with color photographs of the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive plants Content: Intro Title Page Acknowledgments 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 IdentifiedPsychoactive 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 Footnotes General Bibliography Bibliographies Periodicals About the Author About the Inner Traditions Books of Related Interest Copyright