Drugs of the Dreaming Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants

Name: Drugs of the Dreaming Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants
Price: 4.88 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781594771743

ISBN-10: 159477174X

ISBN-13: 9781594771743

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gianluca Toro, Benjamin Thomas, Jonathan Ott

List price: $12.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $4.88

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

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 inner and outer life of human beings both in relation to each other and to the divine. For centuries…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Inner Traditions International, Limited
Publication date: 5/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484

Joseph Chilton Pearce is the author of The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of the Spirit, The Biology of Transcendence, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Magical Child, and Evolution's End. For the past 35 years, he has lectured and led workshops teaching about the changing needs of children and the development of human society. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.Gianluca Toro, an environmental chemist, is the author in Italian of Animali Psicoattivi (Psychoactive Animals) and numerous articles about naturally occurring and synthetic dream-enhancing agents. He lives in Italy.



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness



A History of Dream



The Oneirocosmos: Sleep and Dream Chemistry



Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants


Ayahuasca


Brugmansia spp.


Calea zacatechichi


Casimiroa edulis


Clematis virginiana


Cymbopogon densiflorus


Cypripedium calceolus


Desfontainia spinosa


Duboisi hopwoodii


Elaeagnus sp.


Entada rheedii


Erythrina americana


Galbulimima belgraveana


Heimia salicifolia


Homalomena sp.


Hyoscyamus muticus


Kaempferia galanga


Lycopodium spp.


Mimosa hostilis


Myristica fragrans


Salvia divinorum


Scirpus sp.


Silene capensis


Turbina corymbosa


Ugni candollei


Xeromphis sp.



Oneiromagicals: Oneirogens in Ancient and Modern Magic



Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms


Amanita muscaria


Psilocybian mushrooms


Lycoperdon spp.


Boletus manicus


Parasitic Mushrooms



Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals


Giraffa camelopardalis


Dream Fish


Mullets


Bamboo Worm



Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods



Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds



Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Psychoactive Substances



Oneiropoeia Tables


Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants


Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms


Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals


Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods


Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds


Notes


Bibliography


Oneiropaedia Index of Cited Species and Compounds


Index