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by Richard Evans Schultes (Author), Albert Hofmann (Author), Christian Ratsch (Author, Editor)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Healing Arts Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (30 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0892819790
  • ISBN-13: 978-0892819799
  • Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 18.8 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Dr. Mark Plotkin, Conservation International

An extraordinary blend of botany, ethnobotany, chemistry, history, mythology, and art. A visual, spiritual, and intellectual feast, Plants of the Gods is the best book ever written on hallucinogenic plants and it was written by the two most knowledgeable people on the planet. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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Richard Evans Schultes has been the nexus of almost everything interesting and supportive concerned with economic and cultural uses of plants. Plants of the Gods gives precise and illuminating portraits of the many peoples of the Earth who pay homage to and gain insights with the aid of psychedelic plants: an exquisite, thoroughly scholarly book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference work on entheogens, 4 Oct 2003
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Plants Of The Gods is a comprehensive reference work on psychoactive plants. It provides a definition of plant hallucinogens and information on phytochemical research on sacred plants, geography of usage and botanical range, the chemical structures of these substances and the use of hallucinogens in medicine.

The plant species discussed include the Amanita (Fly Agaric) mushroom, Atropa (Deadly Nightshade), Yellow and Black Henbane, Mandrake, Cannabis Ergot, Datura, Iboga, Yopo beans, Ayahuasca, Yage, Brugmansia, Peyote, the San Pedro cactus, the Morning Glory plus what the authors term “the little flowers of the gods” which include the various types of Psilocybe mushroom.

The text is enhanced by a wonderful variety of colour and black & white photographs, illustrations and quite impressive paintings. The section Overview Of Plant Use consists of tables listing every plant’s common name, botanical name, historical ethnography, context and purpose of usage, preparation and the chemical composition and effects.

Plants Of The Gods is a great and detailed investigation of entheogenic plants from around the world. This valuable reference book concludes with a bibliography and index.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source to get an overview of ethnobotanicals., 5 Aug 1999
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This review is from: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers (Paperback)
This book is a great resourse for people interested in ethnobotanicals. The illustrations are excellent. The reference to the cultural context in which these plants are used helps the reader understand a bit more about how these plants are used but not abused. There is one error I noted. The captions denoting the structures for iso-LSD and lysergic acid hydroxyethylamine should be interchanged.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars useful but mainly for people in mexico!, 8 Sep 1999
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This book contains lots of useful ! and informative information although it does tend to repeat itself at various points. Most of the book tends to concentrate on mexico and Central/Sth America giving first hand reports from shamen, anthropologists and using accounts from early European explorers. (Priests so your really going to get a all round view). The European info is terrible, scetchy and not at all well researched no mention of scottish mead, mushroom brews or anything. If you live in Sth America great but Europeans we'll have to write our own book. See you in the Dam !!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Meagre!
-Quality lacking, it's the stupid laymans introduction to hallucinogens. Lot's of folklore, cultural use but all in a very digestible shortstyled fashion. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Books on Hallucinogenic Ethnobotany
Just get it you won't regret it!
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