Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers (2nd Edition, Second Edition)
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Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers (2nd Edition, Second Edition)

Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers (2nd Edition, Second Edition)

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Richard Evans Schultes (Author) Albert Hofmann (Author) Christian Raetsch (Author)  

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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. 400 color and b&w illustrations EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning
Christian Raetsch, Ph.D. (1957 - 2022), was a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specialized in the shamanic uses of plants. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants and Marijuana Medicine, and coauthor of Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas and Witchcraft Medicine. He lived in Hamburg, Germany, and lectured around the world. Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001) was a Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum at Harvard University, considered by many to be the father of modern ethnobotany. Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), discoverer of LSD, was a world renowned research biochemist.
  • Contributor: Richard Evans Schultes
  • Imprint: Healing Arts Press
  • ISBN13: 9780892819799
  • Number of Pages: 208
  • Packaged Dimensions: 197x267x15mm
  • Packaged Weight: 853
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
  • Release Date: 2001-11-01
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Christian Raetsch, Ph.D. (1957 - 2022), was a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specialized in the shamanic uses of plants. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants and Marijuana Medicine, and coauthor of Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas and Witchcraft Medicine. He lived in Hamburg, Germany, and lectured around the world. Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001) was a Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum at Harvard University, considered by many to be the father of modern ethnobotany. Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), discoverer of LSD, was a world renowned research biochemist.

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