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The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications

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The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants

• Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances

• Explores how the usage of psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality

• Accommodates 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrations

In the traditions of each and every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants–those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness–have traditionally been thought to be sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and artistic endeavors that either represent or have been inspired by them. The creator begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives–such as cannabis, datura, and papaver–then presents 133 lesser known substances in addition to additional plants referred to as “legal highs,” plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that come with substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs–many of which are from the creator’s extensive fieldwork world wide–showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.

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