Hallucinogenic Plants Guide by Stefan Mager

Description

This guide by Stefan Mager introduces 80 hallucinogenic plants from all over the world. Many common garden shrubs have known mind-altering effects. Each plant is described and pictured.

What are hallucinogenic plants?

How do they affect the mind and body? Who uses them – and why? This unique Golden Guide surveys the role of psychoactive plants in primitive and civilised societies from early times to the present. The first nontechnical guide to both the cultural significance and physiological effects of hallucinogens, this book will fascinate general readers and students of anthropology and history as well as botanists and other specialists. All of the wild and cultivated species considered are illustrated in brilliant full color.

What readers say

“This is a neat little book. In 1976, noted Harvard researcher and pioneering ethnobotanist Richard Schultes put this book out as a ‘Golden Guide’ (google it) to hallucinogenic plants used throughout history. From the old world to the new, this guide provides illustrations and historical backgrounds on the people who used these plants. There are descriptions of various spiritual practices and rituals associated with their use. – Chris