Customer Review: If you're looking for information on how to prepare psychoactive plant medicine and, well quite frankly, how get high, this is not the book for you. However, if you'd like to gain more wisdom and insight into shamanistic practices around the world, this is a wonderful history that draws you into the... more info
Customer Review: I feel so thankful to have ownership of any material concerning herbs so my first inclination is to give "The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications" a 5-star rating (just out of gratitude for the information's accessibility). At the same time, the manual should... more info
Customer Review: This purchase was a replacement for one that was "Loaned" out but never made it back home. My GF uses this book a lot both for references and for healing.
Customer Review: This book is somewhat informative but not formatted in a very likable way. Overall, it does give good information about the way that the holiday is carried out and a couple of recipes, so it is helpful but not focused.
Customer Review: This book is edited by Ratsch and has a few essays by him as well. Table of Contents Introduction: The Exploration of Inner Space - Christian Ratsch From Mysteries to Paradigms: Humanity's Journey From Sacred Plants
To Psychedelic Drugs - Rich Yensen Beyond the Brain: New... more info
