Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1556438044 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars oppsicle Basically the holy grail of ethnobotany. Essential Reading, a Modern Classic "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 inhalation, as well as other signposts on what he calls "the Poison Path," Pendell continues his profound investigation of mankind's relationship with plants and chemicals that can seem like helpful teachers, demons, pernicious addictions -- or all three at once. (The truly addictive substances are mostly discussed in the previous two volu. "My Bible" according to 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 them. Great work Mr Pendell. Should be in the school curriculum.Skeet
“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
Also an experienced computer scientist, he lives with his wife Laura in California’s Sierra foothills. 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). . Plant student Dale Pendell established himself as one of the foremost popular exponents of shamanic ethnobotany with his u
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. 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 includes the predecessor volumes Pharmako/Poeia (which covers tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opiates, salvia divinorum, and other substances) and Pharmako/Dynamis (focusing on stimulants and empathogens).. All three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are written with unparalleled aut