Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft

Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft
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This is the second volume of North Atlantic Booksâ€™ hard cover 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 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).
Country USA
Brand North Atlantic Books
Manufacturer North Atlantic Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2009-08-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781556438882

Country	USA
Brand	North Atlantic Books
Manufacturer	North Atlantic Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2009-08-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781556438882

Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft

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