Title: Hallucinogens and culture /
Authors: Furst, Peter T.
Publisher: Chandler & Sharp,
Year: 1976
Subjects: Hallucinogenic drugs.; Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.; Anthropology, Cultural; Hallucinogens; Plants
Contents: Introduction -- Idolatry, hallucinogens, and cultural survival -- Tobacco: proper food for the gods -- Cannabis (spp) and nutmeg derivatives -- Ibogaine and the vine of souls: from tropical forest ritual to psychotherapy -- Hallucinogens and archetypes -- LSD and the sacred morning glories of Indian Mexico -- The sacred mushrooms: rediscovery in Mexico -- The fly-agaric: mushroom of immortality -- R. Gordon Wasson and the identification of the divine Soma -- The diabolic root -- To find our life: peyote hunt of the huichols of Mexico -- Datura: a hallucinogen that can kill -- Hallucinogenic snuffs and animal symbolism -- The toad as earth mother: a problem in symbolism and psychopharmacology -- Hallucinogens and the sacred deer.