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Psychedelics Encyclopedia
Product: Psychedelics Encyclopedia
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List Price: $38.95
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Manufacturer: Ronin Publishing
Book written by: Peter Stafford
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Product Description: Psychedelics Encyclopedia
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.294
EAN: 9780914171515
ISBN: 0914171518
Label: Ronin Publishing
Manufacturer: Ronin Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 1993-01-12
Publisher: Ronin Publishing
Studio: Ronin Publishing
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Psychedelics Encyclopedia is a fascinating historical reference on psychedelics-from the LSD-25 of the 60s to the memory enhancers of today. It draws from scientific research, personal accounts, and popular literature to document the properties attributed to psychedelic substances, their preparation and use, and the shifting social attitudes towards them over the past half-century. This is a remarkable sourcebook for anyone interested in the psychological, biological, physiological, and cultural aspects of psychedelics. Information on the history, botany, pharmacology, physical effects, mental effects, forms, and sources for: The LSD Family Marijuana & Relatives Peyote Mescaline & San Pedro Psychoactive Mushrooms The MDA Cluster Yage & Harmaline Ibogaine Short Acting Tryptamines (DMT, DET, DPT) Other Psychoactive Substances
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Summary: From what I remember...
Comment: It's been a few years since I have read this book, however it recently came up in conversation with a college professor. This book is used at my college for a class taught in Pharmacology, which was how the conversation came up.
The book goes into great detail and covers; MDMA, LSD, Cactii, Marijuana, Psilocybian Mushrooms, MDA, DMT (and others), Harmaline, Ibogaine, Fly Agaric, and with the last chapter covering a few oddities. Stafford repeatedly quotes Dr. Andrew Weil throughout the book (May be worth looking into "From Chocolate to Morphine" by Weil), and has done a great job of organizing the book for quick and easy reference. The index and the table of contents are very extensive, making it easy to find that page you just can't seem to remember!
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Summary: a little nebulous, but all you'll ever need to know
Comment: There is so much info in here its hard to know where to start, but it is all in here so you wont be disappointed.
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Summary: An utter disgrace
Comment: As shaman and psychedelic researcher I can honestly say that this is not only not a psychedelics encyclopedia in the most remote sense, but rather an extremely uninformative, incomplete & poorly organized & written yet pretentious 400 page pamphlet. I could not have asked to be more dissapointed by a book with that title, and suggest that no one waste their time money or energy on this book.
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Summary: Disappointing.
Comment: This book has a number of blatant errors in it that caused me to question everything asserted as fact in this book. Examples of errors would be the error about the asymmetric carbon in MDMA and in the number of molecules in 2/100ths of a microgram of LSD. These are only a few of the errors, just for illustration.
I also find that the book logically contradicts itself often. For example, when making a point about LSD and alcoholism, the author makes it clear that the LSD experience is not like the DTs (and thus 'curing' alcoholism according to this hypothesis didn't work). Later, however, the author asserts high sucess rates for alcoholism treatment with LSD.
What disappoints me most about this book is that it is too obviously biased towards psychedelics drugs. When I bought the book I was really looking for something objective, but this book has almost nothing bad to say about psychedelic drugs at all. It ventures in to the absurd discourses of "enlightenment" and creativity enhancement under scientific pretenses.
I am all for legalizing psychedelic drugs. I have taken hundreds of psychedelic trips in my life. I am a pharmaceutical chemist. This book is a disappointment to me because it is just as misleading (though less inaccurate) than much anti-drug propaganda. If you're looking for an objective, balanced book about psychedelic drugs, this is not the book for you.
That being said, the redeeming quality of the book are the sections detailing the histories of each drug. These parts were very interesting. The book does a good job of detailing the attitudes of various societies at various times towards certain drugs.
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Summary: An entertaining classic
Comment: An excellent book, one of the defining classics of the genre. It does have a few minor factual errors here and there, but overall a great book on the subject matter. Put simply, it is overflowing with information. It's also a very entertaining read, which makes it more than a simple reference. Worth the investment, even for those who are already well versed in the topic.
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