Documents

Ethnobotany / General

• "Vine of the Soul" Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca, yage) usage, habitat, effects
  The entire B. caapi section from 'Food of the Gods' by Schultes & Hofman
• A New Plant Source of Narcotic Drugs: Methysticodendron Amesianum by Richard Evans Schultes
  Methysticodendron Amesianum contains tropane alkaloids
• A Note on the Safety of Peyote when Used Religiously, by Matthew J. Baggott
  A well researched article surprisingly originally posted in alt.drugs
• A study of kratom eaters in Thailand
  Sangun SUWANLERT, 1975
• Adam, Eve and Iboga
  by Giorgio Samorini (originally published in Integration, vol. 4)
• Amanita Muscaria - Mycopharmacological Outline & Personal Experiences by Francesco Festi and Antonio Bianchi
  Critical overview of the mycological, ethnobotanical, chemical and pharmacological data & Personal Experiences
• Amanita muscaria as the God/Plant Soma of the RigVeda
  Article discussing the possibility of A. muscaria being the legendary Soma - based mostly on Wasson's research
• Amazonian Vine of Visions, by Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.
  Intro taken from 'Ayahuasca - Human Consciousness and the Spirit of Nature' by Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.
• An initiation with tabernanthe iboga from Iboga-Conscience, in Gabon.
  Synopsis of the Iboga experience from Iboga-Conscience, in Gabon.
• Ayahuasca & It's Mechanisms of Healing - by Marlene Dobkin de Rios
  A classic study on Ayahuasca taken from Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic healing in the Peruvian Amazon
• Ayahuasca: An Ethnopharmacologic History
  by Dennis McKenna
• Banisteriopsis caapi from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
  Banisteriopsis caapi from Southern Illinois University Carbondale / Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Between the Canopy and the Forest Floor - Vision Plants and Medicines in Peruvian Amazonia by Peter Gorman
  An article on shamanism and ethnobotany from Peter Gorman
• Biodynamic Constituents in Ayahuasca Admixture Plants: An Uninvestigated Folk Pharmacopoeia
  The Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Ethnobotany of Ayahuasca by Mckenna, Luna & Towers
• Chewing khat together: from indigenous practice to international issue
  Khat use as a positive social custom
• Coca: An Andean Tradition
• Coffee: Before It Was Good to the Last Drop
  History, cultivation and processing of Coffee from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Datura and Brugmansia species as Sacred Plants and Medicines
  Concerned mostly with indigenous use
• Diplopterys cabrerana analysis and use
  A write-up on D. cabrerana from "The healing forest, medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia" by Schultes & Raffauf
• Divine Mushroom of Immortality
  Excerpts from an article on A. muscaria from 1809.
• Ephedra (Ma Huang) from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
  Ephedra (Ma Huang) from SIUC / College of Science / Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Ethnopharmacology of Ska María Pastora
  Ethnopharmacology of Ska Maria Pastora from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology 7
• Guayusa (Ilex guayusa) analysis & use
  I. guayusa write-up from "The healing forest, medicinal and toxic plants of the northwest Amazonia" by Schultes & Raffauf
• Ho Chunk Meeting, A peyote meeting and sweat lodge ceremony - by Nicholas V. Cozzi
• Hops: Not Just A Beer Ingredient
  The many uses of hops - from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Iboga-tourism in Central Africa by Nick Sandberg
• Making Magic, by Peter Gorman
  A story about the Mastses Indians and their use of Sapo (Phyllomedusa bicolor) - A psychoactive frog
• Mapacho by A.L. Jussieu (Nicotonia tobaccum)
  Analysis, preparation, and use of Nocotonia tobaccum from "Historical, Ethno & Ecoonomic Botany Series Volume 2"
• Mescaline: A Psychedelic Catalyst for Healing
  An informative article on mescaline and mescaline-containing cacti, including history, anthropology, and preparation.
• Mushrooms in the Bible
  Argues that "manna" was a Psilocybe mushroom.
• Native hallucinogenic drugs piptadenias (Anadenanthera) by Granier-Doyeux
  An informative article on Yopo snuff (cohoba, curupa, vilca, coboba)
• Peyote and Native American Culture
  Peyote and the Native American church from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Plants of the Gods, an excerpt from the book Shadows in the Sun by Wade Davis
  A general overview on the traditional shamanic use of plants
• Prehistoric Psychoactive Mushroom Artifcacts
  by Giorgio Samorini, from Integration No. 2,3, 1992, 69-78.
• Psychedelic plants and peoples: Towards getting to know each other better ... by Jon Atkinson
  Psychedelic drugs can be used safely if they are taken under the right kinds of conditions. There is ample evidence for this in decades of scientific research, and from thousands of years of traditional use.
• Recognition of Variability in Wild Plants by Indians of the Northwest Amazon: An Enigma - By Richard Evans Schultes
  A paper from the Journal of Ethnobiology 6 by Richard Evans Schultes
• Salvia Divinorum - A New Psychotropic Drug From the Mint Family by Gordon Wasson
  One of the first publications on Salvia divinorum
• Salvia divinorum - Herb of Mary, the Shepherdess
  Focuses mostly on ethnobotanical information - from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Significance of Ginkgo Biloba
  Focuses mostly on usage - From Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Soma of the Aryans: an ancient hallucinogen? by Gordon Wasson
  A Paper based on Gordon Wasson's book, SOMA: The Divine Mushroom of Immortality
• Tales of the Medicine Circle: Sacramental Entheogen Use in Peri-millennial America: a democratic form by Anna Eleusis
  from ASYLUM A Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry, Summer 1999, Volume 11 Number 3
• Teonanácatl and Ololiuqui, two ancient magic drugs of Mexico by Dr. Phil. Dr. Pharm. Albert HOFMANN
  Article discussing ethnobotany, paramedical use, and psychiatry with Psilocybe mushrooms and Ipomoea
• The Bwiti Religion and the psychoactive plant Tabernanthe iboga
  by Giorgio Samorini, from Integration Volume 5
• The Coca Plant from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
  Mainly distribution, history, misuse and economic importance
• The Concept of Plants as Teachers Among Four Mestizo Shamans of Iquitos by Luis Eduardo Luna
  A classic paper on Peruvian Shamanism from The Journal of Ethnopharmacology 11
• The Delphic Bee: Bees and toxic honeys as pointers to psychoactive and other medicinal plants. by Jonathon Ott
  Were toxic honeys used as pointers for human beings to find psychoactive and other medicinal plants? From Economic Botany 52(3):260-266,1998
• The Genus Datura: From Research Subject to Powerful Hallucinogen
  A well rounded article on the Datura species, from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• The Hallucinogenic Fungi Of Mexico: An Inquiry Into The Origins of The Religious Idea Among Primitive Peoples by R. Gordon Wasson
  Perhaps with all our modern knowledge we do not need the divine mushrooms any more. Or do we need them more than ever? by R. Gordon Wasson
• The Plant Kingdom and Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes
  A wonderfully written book by the Father of Ethnobotany
• The Rediscovery of Teonanacatl: R. Gordon Wasson's Ethnomycological Studies in Mexico
  by Charlie Kidder
• The Reunification of the Sacred and Natural, by Ralph Metzner, PhD
  Published (in English and Italian) in Eleusis, No. 8, August 1997
• The Use of Psychoactive Plants Among the Hupda-Maku
  A tribe's usage of Banisteriopsis caapi, Virola spp., Psychotria, and other plants
• The Use of the Genus Virola as a Hallucinogen in South America
  description, preparation, and use of the genus Virola from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Tobacco - from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
  A short article on the use of Tobacco
• Uña de Gato or Cat' s Claw: Another Valuable Treasure from the Peruvian Rain Forest
  The benefits of Uncaria guianensis
• Virola (Epena) from Plants of the Gods
  The entire section on Virola from the book "Plants of the Gods" by Schultes & Hofman