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Pharmako/poeia : Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft by Dale Pendell is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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This is the first volume of North Atlantic Books’ hardcover edition of Dale Pendell'sPharmakotrilogy, 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 Herbcraftfocuses 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 a
Who reads Pharmako/poeia : Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dale Pendell
- Publisher
- Mercury House
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781562790691
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Medical, Nature, Biology
- Rating
- 4.56 / 5 (515 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14