World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian
Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work
on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers.
- Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the
completely revised and updated text.
- Explores the uses of hallucinogenic plants in shamanic rituals
throughout the world.
- Cross-referenced by plant, illness, preparation, season of
collection, and chemical constituents.
- First edition sold 33,000 copies.
Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the
classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They
provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods,"
tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in
shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture,
plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and
transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which
are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of
consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. 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.
The text is lavishly illustrated with 400 rare photographs of
plants, people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of
the world's sacred psychoactive flora.
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