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A Hallucinogenic Tea, Laced with Controversy: Ayahuasca in the Amazon and the United Statesby Marlene Dobkin de Rios; Roger Rumrrill
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 50.00One country's sacrament is another's illicit drug, as officials in South America and the United States are well aware. For centuries, a hallucinogenic tea made from a giant vine native to the Amazonian rainforest has been taken as a religious sacrament across several cultures in South America. Many spiritual leaders, shamans, and their followers consider the tea and its main component - ayahuasca - to be both enlightening and healing. In fact, ayahuasca (pronounced a-ja-was-ka) loosely translated means spirit vine. In this book, de Rios and Rumrrill take us inside the history and realm of, as well as the raging arguments about, the substance that seems a sacrament to some and a scourge to others. Their book includes text from the United Nations... more...
Albion Dreamingby Andy Roberts
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 27.00Contrary to popular belief, LSD is much more connected to Britain than it is to the USA. This engaging book looks at the use of LSD in British society, from its arrival in 1952 to the present day. It provides a hidden history of a controversial drug and how it permeated British culture. more...
Bewusstseinsverändernde Pflanzen von AZby Angelika Prentner
Springer 2010; US$ 69.95Der Gebrauch von bewusstseinsver ndernden Pflanzen nimmt vor allem bei Jugendlichen stark zu. Statistiken zufolge haben 40 % aller 14- bis 16-j hrigen schon einmal solche Pflanzen konsumiert. In dem Buch erkl rt eine erfahrene Pharmazeutin, wie bewusstseinsver ndernde Pflanzen wirken, sie erl utert die Gr nde des Konsums und die Problematik von Sucht und Abh ngigkeit. In der Neuauflage widmet sich die Autorin schwerpunktm ig den europ ischen Pflanzen und beschreibt diese ausf hrlich in Aussehen, Vorkommen und Wirkung. more...
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