With
a new foreword on recent developments and an appendix on Ecstasy,
Psychedelics Encyclopedia is a mind expanding archive of the psychedelic
age, chronicling the drugs that revolutionized a generation and changed
the world.
With
a new foreword on recent developments and an appendix on Ecstasy,
Psychedelics Encyclopedia is a mind expanding archive of the psychedelic
age, chronicling the drugs that revolutionized a generation and changed
the world.
Psychedelics Encyclopedia draws from scientific research, personal accounts and popular literature to document the properties attributed to psychedelic substances, their preparation and use, and the shifting social attitudes toward them over the past half-century. This is a remarkable source-book for anyone interested in the psychological, biological, physiological and cultural aspects of psychedelic drugs. A fascinating historical reference on psychedelia, from the LSD-25 of the sixties, to the memory and cognitive enhancers of today.
Topics that are covered include: botany and cultivation; effects and pharmacology; LSD, cannabis, peyote; mushrooms, cacti, mescaline and yage; Haight-Ashbury and Woodstock; Dylan and The Beatles; George Washington, Don Juan, Lenny Bruce, and Albert Hoffman.
Chapters include:
Psychedelics Encyclopedia covers history, botany, pharmacology, physical effects, mental effects, forms, sources, and purity tests for each psychedelic substance discussed, and includes a great deal of information on Belladonna, Yohimbe, Kava-Kava, Ketamine, and Nitrous Oxide, as well as the substances listed above.
Peter Stafford's Psychedelics Encyclopedia is the single finest book ever written on psychedelic substances and their use - just say know!
