Pharmako/Poeia, Revised and Updated: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft - Pendell, Dale Review & Synopsis

Synopsis ***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content. This is the first volume of North Atlantic Books' updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell's Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. The books form an interrelated suite of works that provide the reader with a unique, reliable, and often personal immersion in this medically, culturally, and spiritually fascinating subject. All three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are written with unparalleled authority, erudition, playfulness, and range. Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft includes a new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses on familiar psychoactive plant-derived substances and related synthetics, ranging from the licit (tobacco, alcohol) to the illicit (cannabis, opium) and the exotic (absinthe, salvia divinorum, nitrous oxide). 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. The Pharmako series is continued in Pharmako/Dynamis (focusing on stimulants and empathogens) and Pharmako/Gnosis (which addresses psychedelics and shamanic plants). Review Plant student Dale Pendell established himself as one of the foremost popular exponents of shamanic ethnobotany with his unprecedented Pharmako trilogy. A noted poet, he was the founding editor of the avant-garde magazine Kuksu and a cofounder of the Primitive Arts Institute and has led workshops on ethnobotany and ethnopoetics for the Naropa Institute and the Omega Institute. Pendell was part of the Oracular Madness theme camp at Burning Man for a number of years (his book Inspired Madness: The Gifts of Burning Man was published by Frog Books in 2006). Also an experienced computer scientist, he lives with his wife Laura in California's Sierra foothills."Dale Pendell reactivates the ancient connection between the bardic poet and the shaman. His Pharmako/Poeia is a litany to the secret plant allies that have always accompanied us along the alchemical trajectory that leads to a new and yet authentically archaic future." -Terence McKenna, author of True Hallucinations "Much of our life-force calls upon the plant world for support, in medicines and in foods, as both allies and teachers. Pendell provides a beautifully crafted bridge between these two worlds. The magic he shares is that the voices are spoken and heard both ways; we communicate with plants and they with us. This book is a moving and poetic presentation of this dialogue." -Dr.Alexander T. Shulgin, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Public Health "Pharmako/Poeia is an epic poem on plant humours, an abstruse alchemic treatise, an experiential narrative jigsaw puzzle, a hip and learned wild-nature reference text, a comic paean to cosmic consciousness, an ecological handbook, a dried-herb pastiche, a counterculture encyclopedia of ancient fact and lore that cuts through the present "conservative' war-on-drugs psychobabble." -Allen Ginsberg, poet "The great joy of Pharmako/Poeia lies in the simultaneous drawing out of simplicity and complexity. Simple, so far as it draws together the vast territory of the human-poison relationship into a single, poetic alchemy; yet complex, in that it blows apart the narrow simplistic understandings that stratify each bubble of understanding. This is a truly excellent book and should be on the shelves and minds of all poisoners, all students of life, literature and ethnobotany. Whether your poison is Salvia divinorum, tobacco, alcohol, Nitrous oxide, or bitter berry, or even just the unquenchable thirst of a psychoactive knowledge, this text should be a given." -Psychedelic Press UK "Pendell demonstrates that the art of a cross-disciplined approach is not only still alive, but has the power to augment understandings above and beyond its parts. He reveals the depth to which scientific/poetic dichotomies are often no more than categorical fallacies." -Dose Nation "Dale Pendell's remarkable book will make it impossible to ever again underestimate the most unprepossessing plant. This compendium of how-to-get-high-by-eating-your-lawn ethnological data is mind-boggling, useful, and serves as a fine end run around the guardians of "official' consciousness." -Peter Coyote, actor Pharmako/Poeia, Revised and Updated ***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content. This is the first volume of North Atlantic Books’ updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. The books form an interrelated suite of works that provide the reader with a unique, reliable, and often personal immersion in this medically, culturally, and spiritually fascinating subject. All three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are written with unparalleled authority, erudition, playfulness, and range. Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft includes a new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses on familiar psychoactive plant-derived substances and related synthetics, ranging from the licit (tobacco, alcohol) to the illicit (cannabis, opium) and the exotic (absinthe, salvia divinorum, nitrous oxide). 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. The Pharmako series is continued in Pharmako/Dynamis (focusing on stimulants and empathogens) and Pharmako/Gnosis (which addresses psychedelics and shamanic plants). This is the first volume of North Atlantic Books’ updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell’s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and ..." Pharmako/Poeia "Pharmako poeia: plant powers, poisons, and herbcraft focuses on familiar psychoactive plant-derived substances and related synthetics, ranging from the licit (tobacco, alcohol) to the illicit (cannabis, opium) and the exotic (absinthe, salvia divinorum, nitrous oxide)"--Provided by publisher. "Pharmako poeia: plant powers, poisons, and herbcraft focuses on familiar psychoactive plant-derived substances and related synthetics, ranging from the licit (tobacco, alcohol) to the illicit (cannabis, opium) and the exotic (absinthe, ..." Smoke Signals The best-selling co-author of Acid Dream traces the dramatic social history of marijuana from its origins and its emergence in the 1960s culture wars through the 1996 legalization of medicinal marijuana in California, profiling the multibillion-dollar marijuana industry and how it is reshaping health care. 35,000 first printing. New York: Citadel, 1991. Pendell , Dale . Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants , Potions 6 Herbcraft . ... Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path. San Francisco: Mercury House, 2005. —. Pharmako / Poeia ..." Ploughing the Clouds The Rig Veda, written in India about 1500BC, praises a holy plant called Soma, which is sacrificed and consumed, granting the drinker an experience of enlightenment and ecstasy. The late Gordon Wasson identified Soma as a "magic mushroom," Amanita muscaria, and he and his followers discovered that such Indo-Europeans as the ancient Greeks, Iranians and Norse had also used a Soma-type plant. In Ploughing the Clouds Peter Lamborn Wilson investigates the probability of a Soma cult in ancient Ireland, tracing clues in Irish (and other Celtic) lore. By comparing Celtic folktales, romances, epics and topographic lore with the Rig Veda, he uncovers the Irish branch of the great Indo-European tradition of psychedelic (or "entheogenic") shamanism, and even reconstructs some of its secret rituals. He uses this comparative material to illuminate the deep meaning of the Soma-function in all cultures: the entheogenic origin of "poetic frenzy," the link between intoxication and inspiration. South Bend ( IN ) : University of Notre Dame Press Pendell , Dale ( 1995 ) Pharmako / poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . San Francisco : Mercury House Piggot , Stuart ( 1968 ) The Druids . New York : Praeger Quinn ..." New World Witchery Featuring nearly 500 samples of folklore, including stories, artifacts, rituals, and beliefs, New World Witchery is one of the most comprehensive collections of witchcraft and folk magic ever written. This treasure trove of witchery is designed to help you integrate folk traditions into your life and deepen your understanding of magic. Folklore expert Cory Thomas Hutcheson guides you to the crossroads of folk magic, where you'll learn about different practices and try them for yourself. Explore chapters on magical heritage, divination, flying, familiars, magical protection, spirit communication, and more. This in-depth, accessible book also provides brief profiles of significant folk magicians, healers, and seers, so you can both meet the practitioners and experience their craft. ... range from the whimsical to the dark, but often provide good insights into local customs and traditions surrounding the creatures he describes. What the Robin Knows : How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World , by Jon Young ..." The Shamanic Path to Quantum Consciousness Uniting shamanism with quantum physics and psychology for conscious evolution, manifestation of desires, and the development of the soul • Details each of the 8 circuits of consciousness, from the first circuit of physical survival to the eighth circuit of quantum consciousness • Reveals how to balance and upgrade your circuits through shamanic techniques and activate your creative power to shape reality • Explains how the 8 circuits are interconnected through feedback loops--if one is overactive, it can cause the others to shut down First outlined by Timothy Leary and later expanded by Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli, the eight-circuit model of consciousness explains how the soul is multidimensional and functions on eight distinct interconnected planes that form the eight circuits of conscious awareness. Each circuit is connected to certain behaviors and personality traits--the second circuit, for example, is connected to emotional consciousness, such as intuition, feelings of courage, or, in its unbalanced state, aggression and domination, and the eighth circuit, the creative circuit of quantum consciousness, is related to limitless perception, understanding, and action that extends far beyond the limits of planet Earth. Laurent Huguelit explains how these eight levels of awareness are interconnected through feedback loops, forming a cybernetic mapping of the soul. He explores the underactive, overactive, and balanced states of each circuit, offering many psychological profiles as examples. He reveals how activating a circuit that has been neglected can help bring another into balance. Connecting this model of conscious evolution to shamanism--the oldest consciousness science known to man--the author explains how to balance and upgrade your own circuits through shamanic techniques. He reveals how to reconnect with source energy by deprogramming trauma from your childhood that can affect your circuits. With access to this unlimited energy you can activate your innate creative power to manifest your desires and shape reality. Uniting shamanism and the law of attraction with advanced concepts of modern psychology, quantum physics, and the Akashic field theory of Ervin Laszlo, Laurent Huguelit offers a practical map of human consciousness and the development of the soul as well as a vision for the cybernetic future of shamanism. The Eight Circuits of Creative Power Laurent Huguelit ... New Falcon Publications, 1979 (reprint ed., 1993). ———. ... Pendell , Dale . Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . San Francisco: Mercury House, 1995. ———." The Lost Language of Plants This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: A critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that people use in connection with health care and personal body care. A new look at Gaia Theory, including an explanation that plants are the original chemistries of Gaia and those phytochemistries are the fundamental communications network for the Earth's ecosystems. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals. Western culture has obliterated most people's capacity to perceive these messages, but this book also contains valuable information on how we can restore our faculties of perception. The book will affect readers on rational and emotional planes. It is grounded in both a New Age spiritual sensibility and hard science. While some of the author's claims may strike traditional thinkers as outlandish, Buhner presents his arguments with such authority and documentation that the scientific underpinnings, however unconventional, are completely credible. The overall impact is a powerful, eye-opening expos' of the threat that our allopathic Western medical system, in combination with our unquestioning faith in science and technology, poses to the primary life-support systems of the planet. At a time when we are preoccupied with the terrorist attacks and the possibility of biological warfare, perhaps it is time to listen to the planet. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the environment, the state of health care, and our cultural sanity. The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicine to Life on Earth Stephen Harrod Buhner. Copyright 2002 Stephen Harrod Buhner ... Inc. from Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft by Dale Pendell , copyright 1995 Dale Pendell ." Saints & Sinners This unique look at history elaborately recounts the birth of human civilization through the vehicle of ancient Egyptian deities, albeit in light of the most recent knowledge on archaeology, anthropology, comparative religion, linguistics, sociology, and general history. It moves quickly but seamlessly to Greece via Crete, revealing the relatively young age of Continental European (and by extension, all Western) culture, science, art, and religion, and their highly derivative nature - a point subtly repeated throughout this stunningly wide-ranging work. A book of contrasts, it constantly compares not only the Saints and the Sinners, but the East and the West, be the issues dealt with political or religious; in most cases, the one cannot be separated from the other. It does not, however, presume to pass judgement, only to relate the events as they happened, the facts as they stand, even if many of them are little known ones, conspicuous by their absence in standard school history books. ... of the Newfound Landes (London, 1583) Pellegrino, Charles R. Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey ( New York, 1991) Pendell , Dale . Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft (San Francisco, 1995) Pernoud, Régine." Shamanic Quest for the Spirit of Salvia The first practical guide to the transformative uses of salvia • Explains how salvia connects you with your higher purpose and aids you in envisioning your unique path in life • Describes appropriate methods of use, a shamanic diet to increase effectiveness, and the meaning of the symbols experienced during salvia’s ecstatic embrace • Explores recent clinical research into salvia’s long-term positive psychological effects and its potential as a treatment for Alzheimer’s, depression, and addiction Salvia divinorum has been used since ancient times by the Mazatec shamans of Mexico for divination, vision quests, and healing. Known by many names--nearly all associated with the Virgin Mary, who has come to symbolize the spirit of salvia--this plant ally is now regarded as the most powerful natural hallucinogen. Providing the first practical guide to the shamanic, spiritual, and therapeutic uses of salvia, Ross Heaven shares his in-depth quest to connect with the spirit of this plant teacher. He explores recent clinical research into its many long-term psychological effects, such as increased insight and self-confidence, improved mood and concentration, and feelings of calmness and connection with nature, as well as salvia’s potential for combating diseases like Alzheimer’s, depression, and even cocaine addiction. Reviewing the traditional Mazatec ceremonies surrounding salvia’s harvest and use, Heaven describes appropriate methods of consumption, typical dosages, and the shamanic diet he used to increase salvia’s effectiveness. Examining firsthand accounts of salvia journeys from around the world, he decodes the meaning of the symbolic images experienced during salvia’s ecstatic embrace and details the interplay between salvia and the lucid dreaming state. Comparing salvia to ayahuasca and the San Pedro cactus, Heaven explains that salvia’s greatest strength as a shamanic plant ally lies in its ability to connect you with your higher purpose and aid you in envisioning your unique path in life. The Divinatory, Visionary, and Healing Powers of the Sage of the Seers Ross Heaven. 2009. ———. ... New York: McGraw Hill, 1980. ... Pendell , Dale . Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . San Francisco: Mercury House, 1995." Elves, Witches & Gods Weave the Threads of Ancient Heathen Magic into Your Life Journey into the fascinating depths of Heathenry with this tremendous source of history, inspiration, and practical information. Based on decades of research and experimentation, Elves, Witches & Gods provides explanations and hands-on techniques for galdr, seidr, fiber magic, herb craft, journeying, going under the cloak, and connecting with deities and elves. Working with authentic source material, Cat Heath has carefully pieced together and recreated Heathen magic techniques, and she shares the theories, skills, and tools you need to begin or deepen your own practice. This book introduces you to deities such as the Spinning Goddess, the Spear God, Odin, and Ingvi-Freyr. You will discover recipes, spells, and prayers, as well as learn how to work with specific oils and charms. Whether you are interested in using magic to influence your fate or you want to take a deep dive into the craft of the helrune and the völva, this book's guidance will help you take the next steps on the Heathen path. Includes a foreword by Patricia M. LaFayllve, author of A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru Owen, Gale R. Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons. New York: Dorset Press, 1985. Pálsson, Herman, and Paul Edwards. Eyrbyggja Saga. London: Penguin Books, 1989. Pendell , Dale . Pharmako Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft ." The World According to Philip K. Dick As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors. Each book in Dale Pendell's 'Pharmako' series is published by North Atlantic Books, California: Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons and Herbcraft (1995); Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants , Potions and Herbcraft (2002), see esp." Palestina A graphic novel of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine. Includes introductions by Edward Said and Goenawan Mohamad. A graphic novel of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine. Includes introductions by Edward Said and Goenawan Mohamad." The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are A guide book for tapping into the medicinal power of wild plants for recovering and maintaining spiritual, emotional, and mental wellbeing. Our ancestors drew health, strength, nourishment, and meaning from their relationship to the natural world, and yet today most of us have lost that vital connection. It should then come as no surprise that we are living in an age of unprecedented anxiety, depression, loneliness, and illness. Drawing from herbal medicine, somatic psychology, Celtic wisdom, and his own experiences, author Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue outlines an approach to herbal healing for the mind and spirit that is uniquely suited to our modern times. Plants are our wild kindred and have the power to connect us with the life within and around us. O'Donoghue takes readers on a journey through some of the ways our bodies, minds, and spirits have become unbalanced in an unbalanced world. He then blends lyrical, mythic, and scientific understandings to help us to understand the potent power of plant medicine. Also included are simple rituals designed to deepen our connections to our own bodies, the land, and both new and familiar plant allies. This is the ideal book for anyone new to herbalism, as well as seasoned herbalists, naturopaths, body workers, and psychologists. Connecting to the Living Medicine of Wild Plants Sean Padraig O'Donoghue. Lifton , Robert Jay , and Richard A. Falk . ... New York : Basic Books . Lorca , Federico García . ... Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft ." Cannabis and the Soma Solution Seeking to identify the plant origins of the early sacramental beverages Soma and Haoma, this study draws a connection between the psychoactive properties of these drinks and the widespread use of cannabis among Indo-Europeans during this time. Exploring the role of these libations as inspiration for the Indian Rig Veda and the Persian Avestan texts, this examination discusses the spread of cannabis use across Europe and Asia, the origins of the Soma and Haoma cults, and the shamanic origins of modern religion. ... (Wayne StateUniversity Press 1990) Paz,Octavio andLane, Helen, Alternating Current , Translatedby Helen Lane,(Arcade Publishing, 1991) Pendell , Dale , Pharmako / poeia ; Plant Powers Poisons and Herbcraft , (Mercury House,1995)." The Enchanted Formulary Make your own oils, blends, and fragrances--and make your dreams come true! The proper oils, blends, and fragrances are central to the practice of Wicca, and essential for many spells, candle magick, mojo bags, ritual bathing, incenses, floor washes, potpourri, anointing sacred objects, and much more. For over thirty years, Wiccan expert Lady Rhea has been creating her own special formulas that she supplies to some of the world's quintessential Pagan stores such as The Warlock Shoppe and Enchantments--and now she shares them with you! In The Enchanted Formulary, Lady Rhea gives you the recipes that she's perfected over three decades and also shows you where to get some of the harder-to-find ingredients. Some of the 300 blends included are formulas for love; money, luck, and success; healing and personal transformation; and uncrossing and protection. You'll also learn: • The magick of oils • Mixology (how to mix and blend) • Magical application (different uses of oils for magickal purposes) • Popular perfume fragrances today and the their role in magick • Astrological influences on when to blend your oils The Enchanted Formulary can be easily used on its own or with Lady Rhea's The Enchanted Candle, and each recipe comes with detailed information on the origins of the fragrance. The road to self-empowerment begins here! Praise for The Enchanted Candle "The Enchanted Candle includes rituals for every occasion together with details on the basics of 'how to do it' and--most important--why this all works. All aspects are here: candles, oils, herbs, seals; all the ancillary items plus where to find them. This is a complete book that you'll use time and again." --Raymond Buckland, author of Practical Candleburning Rituals and Advanced Candle Magick Pendell , Dale . Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . Mercury House, 1995. Perry, Robert H., and Cecil B. Chilton. ... New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research, October 2001. Reeves, C. N. The Complete Tutankhamun: ..." Nietzsche and Other Buddhas “A tour de force that both challenges and expands our understanding of the very practice of philosophy . . . and comparative philosophy in particular” (Joseph Markowski, Reading Religion). In Nietzche and Other Buddhas, author Jason M. Wirth brings major East Asian Buddhist thinkers into radical dialogue with key Continental philosophers through a series of exercises that pursue what is traditionally called comparative or intercultural philosophy. In the process, he reflects on what makes such exercises possible and intelligible. The primary questions Wirth asks are: How does this particular engagement and confrontation challenge and radicalize what is sometimes called comparative or intercultural philosophy? How does this task reconsider what is meant by philosophy? The confrontations that Wirth sets up between Dogen, Hakuin, Linji, Shinran, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, James, and Deleuze consider the nature of philosophy—and especially comparative philosophy—from a global perspective. This global perspective in turn opens up a new and challenging space of thought within and between the cutting edges of Western Continental philosophy and East Asian Buddhist practice. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. Pendell , Dale . Pharmako /Dynamis: Stimulating Plants , Potions and Herbcraft . Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic, 2009. ______. Pharmako /Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path." Breaking Open the Head A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience. While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe. Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival. Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos. Newland, Constance A. Myself and I. New American Library, 1962. O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger, ... Pendell , Dale . Pharmako / poeia : Plants , Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . Mercury House, 1995. Perkins, John. The World Is as You Dream It: ..." Besom, Stang & Sword Bringing this authentic, traditional spiritual practice to light in modern context. Regional traditional witchcraft is an animistic form of witchcraft that moves away from the religious harvest festivals and fertility-minded practices associated with the more common Wiccan form of witchcraft. Very few of us in this age are farmers or dependent upon crops and harvests. Regional traditional witchcraft teaches people to find their craft in their own backyards, in the uncultivated land or urban cityscape alike, and in their ancestors rather than in ancient foreign deities or in a neopagan-styled religious form of witchcraft. It's not about where you're from but where you are. The material in this book is adaptable to any region in which the practitioner lives. Although the lack of deity worship and holy days is a significant part of the authors' nonreligious approach, this book presents a complete system of practice utilizing ritual, chant, trance, the six paths of witchcraft as defined and explained by the text, and the practices associated with traditional witchcraft. A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft , the Six-Fold Path & the Hidden Landscape Christopher Orapello, Tara-Love Maguire. and the freedom to craft a path of witchcraft which is personal and meaningful to them and the landscape they live in." The Fall of the God of Money In this first truly cross-cultural study of opium, Keith McMahon considers the perspectives of both smokers and non-smokers from China and the Euro-West and from both sides of the issue of opium prohibition. The author stages a dramatic confrontation between the Chinese opium user and the Euro-Westerner who saw in opium the image of an uncanny Asiatic menace. The rise of the opium demon meant the fall of the god of money, that is, Chinese money, and the irreversible trend in which Confucianism gave way to Christianity. The book explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions among male and female smokers and smokers of all social levels in 19th-century China. Visit our website for sample chapters! New China and Old : Personal Recollections and Observations of Thirty Years . London : Seeley . ... Pendell , Dale . 1995. Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft . San Fran- cisco : Mercury House . Polachek , James ." Whole Earth This book takes a radical approach to ecological economics, proposing a new paradigm based on earth systems science. This book questions the foundation of economics on individual private property, and proposes new forms of relationship to land and to the state. It questions the foundation of economics on the individual, and proposes new forms of regional ecological collectives, integrated at the global level. It critically examines the assumptions of economics and re-envisions it as more integrally related to society and ecology. The volume integrates insights from a variety of fields, including humanities, natural, and social science, placing human life in the setting of ecology. The chapters invoke a historical institutional methodology to examine the link between economic theories and economic institutions, understanding performativity and applying reflexivity, and the potential for the emergence of new visions and methods. The method draws upon literary studies, linguistic philosophy, as well as long term economic history. Providing an alternative view of the relationship of humans to the earth, this book is appropriate for students and researchers across a variety of disciplines including economics, history, ecology, and philosophy. Corporations and American Democracy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University ... Brown, Clair and Greg Linden. Chips and Change: How Crisis ... Grandin , Greg . The End of the Myth : The Final Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America ." Die verborgene Weisheit der Natur Welch eminente Bedeutung Pflanzen für intakte Ökosysteme und unser globales Klima haben, weiß heute jedes Kind; ihre medizinischen Heilkräfte kennt und nutzt die Menschheit seit Urzeiten. Doch die moderne Wissenschaft tut sich noch immer schwer damit, die richtigen Fragen zu stellen bei der Erforschung der Pflanzenwelt, ihrer erstaunlichen Wirkungsweise, Kommunikation und Intelligenz. Der bekannte Pflanzenheilkundler und Bestsellerautor Buhner sagt: Für das Verständnis dieser Zusammenhänge können wir uns nicht allein auf die linearen Analysen unseres Gehirns verlassen, wir brauchen dazu vor allem eine direkte Wahrnehmung der Natur. Die dafür prädestinierten Organe sind unsere Sinne und unser Herz. Wie wir lernen können, uns von der Wirklichkeit der Welt berühren zu lassen und ihre Bedeutungen zu verstehen, indem wir unsere Sinneswahrnehmung schärfen und unsere Gefühlsempfindungen ernst nehmen, erklärt er anschaulich in diesem einzigartigen Buch. Mit einer spannenden Zusammenfassung neuster Erkenntnisse über die Synchronisation von Herz- und Gehirnaktivitäten, mit Erfahrungsbeispielen aus seiner langen Heilpraxis, mit einer Fülle wundervoller Zitate großer Naturpoeten -- von Paracelsus über Goethe, Henry David Thoreau, Luther Burbank, George Washington Carver und Masanobu Fukuoka bis zu Robert Bly -- sowie mit konkreten Übungsanleitungen zeigt uns der Autor, wie wir in der Wildheit der Welt die richtige Medizin finden gegen die Krankheit unserer anthropozentristischen Gegenwart: Mitgefühl, Verständnis, Ganzheit und Liebe. Dale Pendell : Pharmako / poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons and Herb Craft , San Francisco: Mercury House, 1995, Seite 8. ... Odell Shepard [Hrsg.]: The Heart of Thoreaus Journals, New York: Houghton MiZin, 1927 (Dover edition reprint, 1961), ..." Cabinet She is a member of Orchard , a cooperative gallery on New York's Lower East Side . ... Dale Pendell is the author of Pharmako / Poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , & Herb- craft ( Mercury House , 1995 ) , Living with Barbarians ." Il grande libro della fermentazione Amata dagli appassionati e dai professionisti, questa guida, la più completa sull’argomento, offre: • La storia, i meccanismi fisici e le trasformazioni chimiche alla base della fermentazione, con esempi tratti dalle tradizioni di ogni luogo e tempo. • Tutto il necessario per incominciare: dall’attrezzatura fondamentale alle condizioni climatiche e ambientali ideali. • Informazioni chiare e dettagliate, con istruzioni e ricette passo passo, per fermentare frutta e verdura, latte e derivati, cereali e tuberi amidacei, legumi e semi… e ottenere idromele, vino e sidro, formaggi e latticini, birre, alcolici, e bevande frizzanti… • Consigli pratici per fermentare, nel rispetto dell’igiene e della sicurezza, e per conservare i propri fermentati. • Una panoramica dei campi di applicazione non alimentari della fermentazione: dall’agricoltura alla gestione dei rifiuti, dalla medicina all’arte. • Come far diventare la fermentazione una vera e propria attività. Con una introduzione di Michael Pollan, scrittore e giornalista enogastromico. ... Microbrewed Adventures, HarperCollins, New York 2005. Pederson Carl S., Microbiology of Food Fermentations, seconda edizione, avi Publishing, Westport (ct) 1979. Pendell Dale , Pharmako / poeia : Plant Powers , Poisons , and Herbcraft , ..." Berkeley! In this original anthology, readers can trace Berkeley's longstanding literary legacy through the works of world-class authors such as Jack Kerouac, Maxine Hong Kingston, Allen Ginsburg, Al Young, Frank Norris, Philip K. Dick, Ishmael Reed, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Hass, and Czeslaw Milosz. Myles is working on a new book , and he also works as a free- lance graphic designer and illustrator . Frank Norris ( 1870-1902 ) was born ... He is the author of Pharmako / Poeia : Plants , Powers , Poisons , and Herbcrafts ( 1995 ) ."