the word hallucinogenic creates a taboo. These drugs should not be discussed as LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine and much more. Today more than ever these hallucinogenic herbs are being studied for depression in main stream medicine.
This is not new. In 1855 Ernest Freiherr von Bib ra published a german paper discussing seventeen psychoactive plants. He urged other chemists to begin studying these plants. A British mycologist , Mordecai Cooke published papers on fungi. In 1860 he published a publication entitled, “ The Seven Sisters of Sleep,’ an interdisciplinary study of psychoactive plants. So the quest began
It wasn’t until some 60 years later in 1924 that Louis Lewin published another book on psychoactive plants , Phantastica. Although there have been many advances in pharmaceutical, ethnobotanical and phytochermical, we still have much to learn about many of these plants.,
Perhaps Michael Pollan latest 2018 book,’ How to Change Your Mind What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence’ has made an impact and started the ball to once again roll. As a sober individual in a 12 step program I find this topic to most revealing of the human mind. The second book which I am reading is called “ Magic Medicine” Modern Day Use of Psychedic Plants and Substances.” by Cody Johnson This is a must read to get introduced into the world of psychoactive plants.
Until tomorrow…