Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (606 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1556438044 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Essential reading, a modern classic.” —Stephen Silberman, Wired magazine “The poet of plants Pendell may be America’s answer to Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth.” —Emily Green, Los Angeles Times “Whereas all other drug encyclopaediaists are accompanied by excessive slyness, the seemingly free verse of Dale Pendell is constrained by compulsive accuracy, to paraphrase Zarathustra’s Hom Yost, by the (scruples) that drive forth truth.” —David Flattery, author of Haoma and Harmaline “A beat alchemist working textual DJ decks.” —Erik Davis, Bookforum
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. ***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content.This is the third and final 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. Each substance is explored in detail, not only with information on its history, pharmacology, preparation, and cultural and esoteric correspondences, but also t
Pendell was part of the Oracular Madness theme camp at Burning Man for a number of years (his book Inspired Madness: The Gifts of BurningMan was published by Frog Books in 2006). Also an experienced computer scientist, he lives with his wife Laura in California’s Sierra foothills. Plant student Dale Pendell est
Five Stars Basically the holy grail of ethnobotany. "Essential Reading, a Modern Classic" according to Steve Silberman. "Pharmako/Gnosis" is the crown jewel of Pendell's superb trilogy, and indispensable reading for anyone interested in psychedelics, botany, anthropology, and earnest inquiry into the nature of existence. Covering LSD, mescaline and peyote, DMT, psilocybin mushrooms, esoterica like Syrian rue and even xenon i. My Bible Byron Cale I have read, from the bible, the koran, the bagdavad gita and many other religious tomesDale Pendels trilogy is the first to have touched my soul and I'm not even sure that was his intention in the first place. I have purchaced two sets of these books, one to lend out and one set to have close by. I loved t