Kenaz Filan

The Power of the Poppy (eBook, ePUB)

Harnessing Nature's Most Dangerous Plant Ally

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive look at the inspiring, healing, and addictive powers of the Opium Poppy and its derivatives throughout history • Covers the history, risks, and benefits of opium, morphine, oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl • Provides techniques of cultivation, extraction, and safe consumption as well as methods for overcoming addiction and staying "clean" • Profiles 11 famous users, including Thomas de Quincey, William S. Burroughs, Lou Reed, and DJ Screw Few plant allies have a history as long and well-documented as Papaver somniferum, the celebrated and infamous opium poppy. For thousands of years people around the world have been unable to resist the poppy's siren song of intoxicating pleasure, pain relief, and visionary states--so much so that this potent plant has literally adapted itself to human civilization: in increasing its intoxicating properties, it came to rely solely on humankind for its propagation. From 6,000-year-old poppy seeds found in archaeological digs in Europe to the black tar heroin factories of South America and the modern "War on Drugs," Kenaz Filan explores the history of this enduring plant and its many derivatives--including opium, morphine, oxycodone, methadone, and fentanyl--as well as its symbiotic relationship with humans as medicine, food, intoxicant, and visionary tool. Profiling 11 famous users including Thomas de Quincey, William S. Burroughs, Lou Reed, and DJ Screw, Filan examines how opium and other poppy derivatives inspired them as well as the high price it exacted for its inspiration. Covering techniques of cultivation, extraction, and safe consumption along with methods for overcoming addiction and staying "clean," this book offers a sensible approach to the poppy that recognizes the plant not as a crop to be harvested or eradicated but as a living, sentient ally that can offer healing or harm and must be approached with respect and caution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594779381
• Artikelnr.: 49184301

Autorenporträt

Kenaz Filan (Houngan Coquille du Mer) was initiated in Société la Belle Venus in March 2003 after 10 years of solitary service to the lwa. Filan is the author of The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Vodou Love Magic, and Vodou Money Magic and coauthor of Drawing Down the Spirits. A frequent contributor to PanGaia, Planet Magazine, and Widdershins, Filan is the former managing editor of newWitch magazine and lives in Short Hills, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part one
History
1 In the Beginning
2 The Bronze Age World
3 Rome
4 The Islamic World
5 The Return to Europe
6 The Colonial Era: 1500-1900
7 The War on Drugs
Part two
Alchemy
8 Morphine
9 Codeine
10 Heroin
11 Kompot
12 Oxycodone
13 Methadone
14 Fentanyl
Part three
Acolytes
15 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
16 Thomas de Quincey
17 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
18 Eugene O’Neill
19 Nelson Algren
20 Charlie Parker
21 William S. Burroughs
22 Lou Reed
23 Gia Carangi
24 Layne Staley
25 Robert Earl “DJ Screw” Davis
Part four
Techniques and Conundrums
26 Cultivation
27 Poppy Tea
28 Pills, Tablets, and Capsules
29 Smoking
30 Insuff lation
31 Injection
32 Dependence, Addiction, and Tolerance
33 Getting Clean and Staying Clean
Afterword
Notes
Index