Gianluca Toro, Benjamin Thomas

Drugs of the Dreaming (eBook, ePUB)

Oneirogens: Salvia divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants

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Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive guide to oneirogens--naturally occurring substances that induce and enhance dreaming • Includes extensive monographs on dream-enhancing substances derived from plant, animal, and human sources • Presents the results of scientific experiments on the effects of using oneirogens • Shows how studies in this area of ethnobotany can yield a scientific understanding of the mysterious mechanism of dreams Oneirogens are plant and animal substances that have long been used to facilitate powerful and productive dreaming. From the beginning of civilization, dreams have guided the inner and outer life of human beings both in relation to each other and to the divine. For centuries shamans have employed oneirogens in finding meaning and healing in their dreams. Drugs of the Dreaming details the properties and actions of these dream allies, establishing ethnobotanical profiles for 35 oneirogens, including those extracted from organic sources--such as Calea zacatechichi (dream herb or "leaf of the god"), Salvia divinorum, and a variety of plants from North and South America and the Pacific used in shamanic practices--as well as synthetically derived oneirogens. They explain the historical use of each oneirogen, its method of action, and what light it sheds on the scientific mechanism of dreaming. They conclude that oneirogens enhance the comprehensibility and facility of the dream/dreamer relationship and hold a powerful key for discerning the psychological needs and destinies of dreamers in the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594777455
• Artikelnr.: 49185604

Autorenporträt

Gianluca Toro, an environmental chemist, is the author in Italian of Animali Psicoattivi (Psychoactive Animals) and numerous articles about naturally occurring and synthetic dream-enhancing agents. He lives in Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jonathan Ott
Acknowledgments
1 Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness
2 A History of Dream
3 The Oneirocosmos: Sleep and Dream Chemistry
4 Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants
Ayahuasca • Brugmansia spp. • Calea zacatechichi
Casimiroa edulis • Clematis virginiana
Cymbopogon densiflorus • Cypripedium calceolus
Desfontainia spinosa • Duboisi hopwoodii
Elaeagnus sp. • Entada rheedii • Erythrina americana
Galbulimima belgraveana • Heimia salicifolia
Homalomena sp. • Hyoscyamus muticus
Kaempferia galanga • Lycopodium spp.
Mimosa hostilis • Myristica fragrans • Salvia divinorum
Scirpus sp. • Silene capensis • Turbina corymbosa
Ugni candollei • Xeromphis sp.
5 Oneiromagicals: Oneirogens in Ancient and Modern Magic
6 Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms
Amanita muscaria • Psilocybian mushrooms
Lycoperdon spp. • Boletus manicus Parasitic Mushrooms
7 Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals
Giraffa camelopardalis • Dream Fish
Mullets • Bamboo Worm
8 Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods
9 Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds
APPENDIX 1 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Psychoactive Substances
APPENDIX 2 Oneiropoeia Tables
Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants
Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms
Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals
Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods
Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds
Notes
Bibliography
Oneiropaedia Index of Cited Species and Compounds
Index