Drugs of the Dreaming
Author: Gianluca Toro; Benjamin Thomas
Date: 2007-05-21T00:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Social & Cultural Studies; Nonfiction; Popular Culture; New Age; Religion & Spirituality; Mental & Spiritual Healing; Social Science; Cultural Studies; Psychedelic Library; Dreams; com0; com1proceess
Description: The first comprehensive guide to oneirogens--naturally occurring substances that induce and enhance dreaming • Includes extensive monographs on dream-enhancing substances derived from plant, animal, and human sources • Presents the results of scientific experiments on the effects of using oneirogens • Shows how studies in this area of ethnobotany can yield a scientific understanding of the mysterious mechanism of dreams Oneirogens are plant and animal substances that have long been used to facilitate powerful and productive dreaming. From the beginning of civilization, dreams have guided the i
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

Table of Contents

- Front

- Table of contents

- Exordium.The Amazonian Amrta and the Entheogenic Reformation

- Ch.1. Natural History of Ayahuasca - A Pan-Amazonian Entheogen

- Table 1. Ayahuasca additive plants

- Ch.2. Pharmacognosy of Ayahuasca Plants and Potions

- Ch.3. Ayahuasca Analogues with Psychonautic Reports

- Ch.4. From Pan-Amazonian to Pan-Gean Entheogen

- Table IV-A Plants containing MAO-Inhibiting B-Carbolines

- Table IV-B Plants containing entheogenic tryptamines

- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Back

Document Outline

- Front

- Table of contents

- Exordium.The Amazonian Amrta and the Entheogenic Reformation

- Ch.1. Natural History of Ayahuasca - A Pan-Amazonian Entheogen

- Table 1. Ayahuasca additive plants

- Ch.2. Pharmacognosy of Ayahuasca Plants and Potions

- Ch.3. Ayahuasca Analogues with Psychonautic Reports

- Ch.4. From Pan-Amazonian to Pan-Gean Entheogen

- Table IV-A Plants containing MAO-Inhibiting B-Carbolines

- Table IV-B Plants containing entheogenic tryptamines

- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Back