Pharmako Gnosis. Plant Teachers and the Poison Path.
Berkeley CA: North Atlantic Books, [ 2009 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii+ 384pp. Fine black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, refererences, credits, index. A revised and updated edition of the third and final volume of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopaedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics. Though each volume is a stand-alone work, together, the three books form an interrelated suite of works that provide the reader with a comprehensive, reliable, and often personal immersion in the subject. From the publisher: "Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path includes a new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses on plant-based and derivative psychedelic “teachers” (including ayahuasca, peyote, LSD, and DMT) and on the “poison path” of substances such as belladonna, ketamine, and ibogaine. 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." Appears "as new" thus near Fine in mylar protected near Fine dust jacket. Item #68525
ISBN: 9781556438899
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