Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Plants of the Gods, Shultes and Hoffman, a brief review.



A friend of mine here in Hawaii, recently lent me this excellent text.  Plants of the Gods, by Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hoffman is a comprehensive reference work on psychoactive plants. Although it could have been organized better, I absolutely loved the plethora of full color plant photos.

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.  Highly worth a peek.

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