The most comprehensive guide to the botany, pharmacology, cultural,
ritual, and personal use of erotically stimulating substances from
antiquity to the present day
- Details the use, preparation, and dosage of more than 400 plant,
animal, mineral, and synthetic substances, both common and exotic,
as well as their botany, science, and legal status
- Explores the historical and present use of aphrodisiacs and their
role in sexual practices, culture, and art
- Richly illustrated throughout with more than 800 color
photographs
The culmination of more than 30 years of cultural, anthropological,
and scientific research, this encyclopedia examines the botany,
pharmacology, history, preparation, dosage, and practical use of
more than 400 erotically stimulating substances from antiquity to
the present day.
From plants and animals that enhance fertility and virility, like
celery, snails, or oysters, to substances that induce arousal, like
ephedra, opium, or cannabis, the encyclopedia is richly illustrated
with more than 800 color photographs--many of which are from the
authors' extensive fieldwork around the world. Exploring
individual, medicinal, and ritual use through historic and
contemporary artwork, personal accounts, and literature as well as
ayurvedic, tantric, shamanic, and European folklore practices and
recent pharmacological research, the authors look at the revolving
cycle of acceptance and condemnation of aphrodisiacs, the qualities
that incur the label of "aphrodisiac," the role of mind and
setting, and the different ways aphrodisiacs stimulate
desire--either physically, through the senses and vital organs, or
mentally, through heightened awareness and altered consciousness.
This comprehensive guide reveals these "remedies of the love
goddess" as holy remedies whose proper use can help reestablish
harmony with oneself, one's partner, and the universe.
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