Written in a lyrical blend of prose and poetry, Dale Pendell’s Pharmako/Gnosis creatively explores the history and effects of dozens of psychoactive plants and fungi.
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Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path focuses on plant-based and derivative psychedelic “teachers” (including ayahuasca, peyote, LSD, and DMT) and on the “poison path” of substances such as belladonna, ketamine, and ibogaine. 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.