***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content.
The Pharmako series also includes Pharmako/Poeia (which covers tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opiates, salvia divinorum, and other substances) and Pharmako/Gnosis (which addresses psychedelics and shamanic plants)..
The whole concoction is sprinkled with abundant quotations from famous writers, creating a literary brew as intoxicating as its subject.
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.
Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft includes a new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses on stimulants (including coffee, tea, chocolate, and coca and its derivatives) and empathogens (notably Ecstasy).
All three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are written with unparalleled authority, erudition, playfulness, and range.
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.
This is the second volume of North Atlantic Books\' updated paperback edition of Dale Pendell\'s Pharmako trilogy, an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive Plants and related synthetics first published between 1995 and 2005. ***This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author and updated content
