Plants of the Gods
Subtitle: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
Edition: Second Edition edition
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Published: November 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780892819799
Subjects: Family & Health; Plant life: general; Utilization; Healing - General; Customs & Traditions; Social Science; Alternate Spirituality; Spirituality - General; Sociology; Herbal Medications; Medical / Drug Guides; Ethnobotany; Hallucinogenic plants
Description: The use of hallucinogenic plants has been a part of human experience for millennia, yet modern Western societies have only recently become aware of the significance that these plants have had in shaping the history of diverse cultures. Capable of bringing human beings in closer touch with the spirit worlds, hallucinogenic plants have long been venerated as aids to mental health and as the sacred connection to the mystical. The authors of this definitive book examine the cross-cultural ceremonial and ritual use of many hallucinogenic substances. Profusely illustrated, this book contains an extensively researched plant lexicon, providing common and botanical names, history, ethnography, preparation, chemical components, usage in healing, and effects for 91 hallucinogenic plants.