Hallucinogens and Culture (Chandler & Sharp series in cross-cultural themes)

Introduction -- Idolatry, Hallucinogens, And Cultural Survival -- Tobacco: Proper Food For The Gods -- Cannabis (spp) And Nutmeg Derivatives -- Ibogaine And The Vine Of Souls: From Tropical Forest Ritual To Psychotherapy -- Hallucinogens And Archetypes -- Lsd And The Sacred Morning Glories Of Indian Mexico -- The Sacred Mushrooms: Rediscovery In Mexico -- The Fly-agaric: Mushroom Of Immortality -- R. Gordon Wasson And The Identification Of The Divine Soma -- The Diabolic Root -- To Find Our Life: Peyote Hunt Of The Huichols Of Mexico -- Datura: A Hallucinogen That Can Kill -- Hallucinogenic Snuffs And Animal Symbolism -- The Toad As Earth Mother: A Problem In Symbolism And Psychopharmacology -- Hallucinogens And The Sacred Deer. Peter T. Furst. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 174-182. Hallucinogens and Culture Peter T. Furst CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE INTRODUCTION An Ethnological Reply to a Statistical Question Ecstatic Shamanism as “Ur-Religion” Archaeological Evidence for the Earliest Hallucinogen Peyote: Sacred “Medicine” or “Dangerous Narcotic”? Other Pathways to “Alternate States” Hallucinogens and the Biochemistry of Consciousness The Social-Psychological Context as Crucial Variable Urgently Needed: An Integrated Perspective “IDOLATRY”, HALLUCINOGENS, AND CULTURAL SURVIVAL TOBACCO: “PROPER FOOD OF THE GODS” Gods and Men as Tobacco Addicts The Antiquity of Tobacco in America Psychedelic Enemas? The Sacred Pipe Tobacco Shamanism among the Warao CANNABIS (SPP.) AND NUTMEG DERIVATIVES Cannabis spp. A New Finding: Three Species of Cannabis Nutmeg Nutmeg in European Medicine Nutmeg and Psychotherapy Iboga Cults in Tropical Africa Male-Female Symbolism and Acculturation Amazonian Indians as Psychopharmacologists Yajé and the Mythic Origins of Society Hallucinogens and Jaguar Transformation HALLUCINOGENS AND “ARCHETYPES” The Transcultural Phenomenon “Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright . . ”. Journeys into Mythic Time Yajé and the Origins of Art LSD AND THE SACRED MORNING GLORIES OF INDIAN MEXICO LSD and Parkinson’s Disease Historic Breakthrough: The Discovery of LSD Ololiuhqui Identified LSD-like Compounds in Morning-Glory Seeds Ololiuhqui in Indian Religion Morning-Glory Seeds as Divinity Thwarting the Clergy Morning Glory and Christian Acculturation Morning Glory and Mother Goddess God of Flowers and “Flowery Dream” THE SACRED MUSHROOMS: REDISCOVERY IN MEXICO “Mushroom of the Underworld” Mushroom Stones and the Cult of Sacred Mushrooms Was the Fly-Agaric Sacred to the Maya? Found at Last: A Living Mushroom Cult in Mexico “Mycophiles” and “Mycophobes” “A Soul-Shattering Happening” The Mosaic Completed THE FLY-AGARIC: “MUSHROOM OF IMMORTALITY” The Fly-Agaric and the Intoxicating Urine Chemistry and Effects R. GORDON WASSON AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DIVINE SOMA The Elusive Soma Deity Multidisciplinary Quest Fly-Agaric Urine and the Identity of Soma The Controversy Lives On A New Road of Inquiry Antiquity and Origins of the Mushroom Cult Discovery of Hallucinogens: Deliberate or Accidental? A Mexican Indian Mushroom Taxonomy Hallucinogenic Mushrooms North of Mexico THE “DIABOLIC ROOT” A “Factory of Alkaloids” “Mescaline”: A Misnomer The Sacred Quest for Peyote Mythic Origins of Peyote “We Are Newly Born” The Dangerous Passage “Where Our Mothers Dwell” “TO FIND OUR LIFE”: PEYOTE HUNT OF THE HUICHOLS OF MEXICO A Time to Walk Food for Grandfather The Ritual Kill A Huichol Communion “You Will See Your Life” Uniqueness of the Shaman’s Visions The Children of Peyote DATURA: A HALLUCINOGEN THAT CAN KILL Myth as History Natural and Cultural History of Datura Effects of Datura Intoxication Datura among North American Indians Initiation Rites in California Transcending “Ordinary Reality” HALLUCINOGENIC SNUFFS AND ANIMAL SYMBOLISM The Virola Tree as a Source of Snuff Rapid Intoxication Addiction: Snuff, No; Tobacco, Yes Snuffing and Animal Art Snuffing in Mexico THE TOAD AS EARTH MOTHER: A PROBLEM IN SYMBOLISM AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Toad as Mediator and Dualistic Mother Toad Mother and Culture Heroes Psychotropic Properties of Toad Poison Analogies in Asian Mythology Toad and Toadstool Magical Uses of Frog and Toad Poison HALLUCINOGENS AND THE SACRED DEER American Indian Deer Symbolism: Asiatic Roots or Independent Origins? The Reindeer and the Sacred Mushroom Deer-Mushroom Ecology in Mexico LITERATURE CITED INDEX "This book is an introduction to some of the hallucinogenic drugs in their cultural and historical context, stressing their important role in religion, ritual, magic and curing".--BOOKJACKET