Magic medicine A trip through the intoxicating history and modern-day use of psychedelic plants and substances
Book - 2018
"Cody Johnson beautifully balances historical knowledge with cutting-edge science to produce a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening read which paints a holistic picture of the risks and benefits of psychedelic use in modern day medicine and culture. --Rick Doblin, Ph. D., Founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). The history of psychedelic plants and substances is full of colorful, fascinating facts and stories, and intriguing questions. Did U.S. Army Intelligence really use LSD as an enhanced military interrogation technique? Why does Ayahuasca have such a long history of use in Peru? Science is beginning to research what traditional cultures have told us for years: psychedeli...cs have transformative healing properties. Many psychedelic plants and substances have a long history of being incorporated into various healing traditions -- such as cannabis and opium in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Magic Medicine explores the fascinating history of psychedelic substances and provides a contemporary update about their growing inclusion in modern medicine, science, and culture"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Beverly, MA :
Fair Winds Press
2018
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781592337729
- Classic psychedelics
- Empathogenic psychodelics
- Dissociative psychodelics
- Unique psychodelics.
- Introduction
- Classicial psychedelics: 2C-B and the 2C family
- 5-MEO-DMT
- Ayahuasca
- DMT
- DOM and the Dox family
- LSD
- Morning glory
- Peyote
- Psilocybin mushrooms
- San Pedro
- Yopo and Vilca beans
- Empathogenic psychedelics: MDA
- MDMA
- Dissociative psychedelics: DXM
- Ketamine
- Nitrous oxide
- Salvia
- Unique psychedelics: Amanita muscaria
- Cannabis
- DIPT
- Fish and sea sponges
- IBOGA
- Mad honey.