By Michael Pollan From the publisher: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos. The instant New York Times bestseller “Expert storytelling . . . [Pollan] masterfully elevates a series of big questions about drugs, plants and humans that are likely to leave readers thinking in new ways.”—New York Times Book Review From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos. Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: People around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. But we do not usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable. So, then, what is a “drug”? And why, for example, is making tea from the leaves of a tea plant acceptable, but making tea from a seed head of an opium poppy a federal crime? In This Is Your Mind on Plants, Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs—opium, caffeine, and mescaline—and throws the fundamental strangeness, and arbitrariness, of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs while consuming (or, in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants. Why do we go to such great lengths to seek these shifts in consciousness, and then why do we fence that universal desire with laws and customs and fraught feelings? In this unique blend of history, science, and memoir, as well as participatory journalism, Pollan examines and experiences these plants from several very different angles and contexts, and shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively—as a drug, whether licit or illicit. But that is one of the least interesting things you can say about these plants, Pollan shows, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. Based in part on an essay published almost twenty-five years ago, this groundbreaking and singular consideration of psychoactive plants, and our attraction to them through time, holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds, and our entanglement with the natural world. 6.37"W x 9.53"H x 0.96"D | 288 pages | hardcover
This Encyclopedia Britannica science list explores 9 plants that affect human mental states and cause hallucinations or other effects.
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 Practices & 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. 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.
Read Christian Ratsch's book The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications. Published on 2005-05-05 by Park Street Press. #Psychology #Counseling #Health #Fitness #Dieting | The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants• Examines 414 psychoactive...
Picked for their psychoactive use, dagga flower is a favorite recreational and shamanic medicinal plant in indigenous cultures.
13 Psychedelic Plants You Can Grow But Not Eat! Nice To Look At, Fun To Talk About, But Please Don't Chew On Them.
Leonotis leonurus otherwise known as lion’s tail or wild dagga. Wild dagga is part of the mint family and is recognised for it’s medicinal and psychoactive
Used with care and in the proper context, many drug plants do confer advantages on the creatures that consume them--fiddling with one's brain chemistry can be very useful indeed. The relief of pain, a blessing of many psychoactive plants, is only the m...
Leonotis leonurus otherwise known as lion’s tail or wild dagga. Wild dagga is part of the mint family and is recognised for it’s medicinal and psychoactive
Toé (Brugmansia) - Hallucinogenic Plants A Golden-Guide 149 A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants by Richard Evans Schultes & Elmer W. Smith To Read more: shamanism.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/a-golden-guide-to-hall... Also more information about this plant on the Erowid database. www.erowid.org These plants have been used by people for visionary and ceremonial purposes since time immemorial. They are an immense gift to humankind, and have shaped and enriched our culture. Many of these plants are to be used with great caution due to their powerful effects.
13 Psychedelic Plants You Can Grow But Not Eat! Nice To Look At, Fun To Talk About, But Please Don't Chew On Them.
Psychoactive plants contain substances that can alter mood, consciousness, and behavior. They grow in almost every environment around the world; plants with these qualities thrive all over the state of Florida. For millennia, people have used such plants and herbs for various medical conditions, ...
Coleus blumei A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants by Richard Evans Schultes & Elmer W. Smith To Read more: shamanism.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/a-golden-guide-to-hall... Also more information about this plant on the Erowid database. www.erowid.org These plants have been used by people for visionary and ceremonial purposes since time immemorial. They are an immense gift to humankind, and have shaped and enriched our culture. Many of these plants are to be used with great caution due to their powerful effects.
Leonotis leonurus otherwise known as lion’s tail or wild dagga. Wild dagga is part of the mint family and is recognised for it’s medicinal and psychoactive
Leonotis leonurus otherwise known as lion’s tail or wild dagga. Wild dagga is part of the mint family and is recognised for it’s medicinal and psychoactive
Aechmea 'Blue Tango' is a cultivar of the genus Aechmea. It is a hybrid grown in South Florida with a prolific bloom. The cultivar was developed by Patricia Bullis of Princeton, Florida. Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ produces a 'psychedelic' inflorescence of pink and electric blue reaching up well above the foliage. It is a stunning cultivar which will always attract attention. It can be grown indoors or as an outdoor feature plant in warmer climates. Bright, indirect light is needed for this plant. Plant will be shipped bare root with a priority or priority mail express. We work our hardest to get orders out as quickly as possible. Orders are usually shipped within 1-2 business days. *For shipping to places with freezing temperatures, a heat pack is required to be purchased with this order.* We are not responsible for any damages of the plant once it leaves our nursery. All sales are final as there are no returns and no refunds.~ Pictures are not representative of individual plants. - sun can change color slightly and shapes can vary. We are happy to send pictures upon request.
Dried Radula liverwort is currently sold online as "incense," though it's pretty obviously being sold as a drug. In a paper published in the journal 'Science Advances', a team of researchers in Switzerland examined one of the molecules contained in various species of Radula and found that it's very similar to THC.
13 Psychedelic Plants You Can Grow But Not Eat! Nice To Look At, Fun To Talk About, But Please Don't Chew On Them.
Are you curious about what plants contain DMT? Check out this article and find out more about Chacruna, Jurema, Yopo, Chaliponga, and Acacia Plants.
The Psychotropic Plants Diploma Course explores the psychoactive plants used for fun, spirituality, self-exploration, healing and sometimes nefarious purposes.
Yopo is a visionary snuff used by various tribes in South America for over 4000 years! Nowadays, it’s mostly used by the tribes in the Amazonian Jungle - Yanomami and the Piaroa - who have managed to fend off the influence of the western world, for their spiritual and healing purpose. Even to this day,
While much of the world relies on traditional medicine to soothe everyday ailments that plague the human mind and body, some parts of the world are still deeply rooted in plant-based solutions. South Africa is one place where that happens to be the case. The newfound interest in holistic and natural alternatives to syn
EFFECTS OF VIROLA SNUFF are felt within minutes from the time of initial use. First there is a feeling of increasing excitability. This is followed by a
Frankincense is ancient aromatic resin that is prized for it’s scent when burned, it’s medicinal properties, and it’s psychoactive effects. In this article, I discuss the various different types of frankincense species that exist. After reading this, you should be able to tell apart the different types of frankincense resins & their respective properties- like […]
Learn all about legal psychoactives from an expert online in 75 minutes.
Tripping on homegrown cacti? Can you compare Peyote with a mushroom trip? And how do you use a mescaline cactus? We have the answers!
Akute oder chronische Schmerzen macht jeder irgendwann im Leben einmal durch. Auch wenn es uns drastisch in Erinnerung ruft, dass sich der Körper entweder von irgendetwas erholt oder dass etwas Schlimmes in ihm vorgeht, müssen wir oft eingreifen, um die Schmerzen zu lindern, wenn wir unser tägliches Leben weiterführen und unserer Arbeit nachkommen wollen wie … Weiterlesen »
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