Documents

Botany / 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
• 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
• Effects of Time of Day, Moisture Stress and Frosting on the Alkaloid Content of Phalaris tuberosa
  The alkaloid content of P. tuberosa relies heavily on time and environmental conditions. By J.D. Williams
• Ethnopharmacology of Ska María Pastora
  Ethnopharmacology of Ska Maria Pastora from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology 7
• Mescaline: A Psychedelic Catalyst for Healing
  An informative article on mescaline and mescaline-containing cacti, including history, anthropology, and preparation.
• Native hallucinogenic drugs piptadenias (Anadenanthera) by Granier-Doyeux
  An informative article on Yopo snuff (cohoba, curupa, vilca, coboba)
• Peyote and Other Psychoactive Cacti
  by Adam Gottlieb, 1977. "How to use them - How to extract them - What they contain - Where to obtain them - How to cultivate them and increase their potency"
• 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
• San Pedro Dosage Discussion
  Informal; addresses some common questions.
• San Pedro Potency FAQ
  An inforrmal response to some common questions. From Usenet, 1994.
• 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 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 Plant Kingdom and Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes
  A wonderfully written book by the Father of Ethnobotany
• The Use of Nutmeg as a Psychotropic Agent by Andrew Weil
  A wealth of information about nutmeg, written while Weil was at Harvard Medical School, Boston MA.