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Pharmako/Dynamis, Revised and Updated

By Dale Pendell

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Pharmako/Dynamis, Revised and Updated

By Dale Pendell

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***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content. This is the second volume of North Atlantic Books' updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell's Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. The books form an interrelated suite of works that provide the reader with a unique, reliable, and often personal immersion in this medically, culturally, and spiritually fascinating subject. All three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are written with unparalleled authority, erudition, playfulness, and range. Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft includes a new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses on stimulants (including coffee, tea, chocolate, and coca and its derivatives) and empathogens (notably Ecstasy). Each substance is explored in detail, not only with information on its history, pharmacology, preparation, and cultural and esoteric correspondences, but also the subtleties of each plant's effect on consciousness in a way that only poets can do. The whole concoction is sprinkled with abundant quotations from famous writers, creating a literary brew as intoxicating as its subject. The Pharmako series also includes Pharmako/Poeia (which covers tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opiates, salvia divinorum, and other substances) and Pharmako/Gnosis (which addresses psychedelics and shamanic plants).
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
2010-09-28
Publication Date:
2010-09-28
Publisher:
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1556438036
ISBN13:
9781556438035
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
564 g
Height:
179 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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