Pharmacotheon:
Entheogenic Drugs Their Plant Sources and Histories
by Jonathan Ott.
Probably the most comprehensive book on entheogens available in the English language. It reads like a scientific review article—albeit one of 638 pages! The
book is not recommended for those wanting a quick introduction into the field
of entheogens. One should expect complete pages filled with botanical names
and complex chemical names. For those used to reading scientific literature,
here finally is a book that takes the well informed reader seriously. Ott also
includes results of several very informative self-experiments and has an
opinion on the whole issue of entheogenic use that deserves wider consideration.
Plants
of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers
Dr. Mark Plotkin, of Conservation International writes: "An extraordinary blend of botany, ethnobotany, chemistry, history, mythology, and art. A visual, spiritual, and intellectual feast, Plants of the Gods is the best book ever written on hallucinogenic plants and it was written by the two most knowledgeable people on the planet".
by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann.
The use of hallucinogenic plants has been a part of human experience for millennia, yet modern Western societies have only recently become aware of the significance that these plants have had in shaping the history of diverse cultures. Capable of bringing human beings in closer touch with the spirit worlds, hallucinogenic plants have long been venerated as aids to mental health and as the sacred connection to the mystical. The authors of this definitive book examine the cross-cultural ceremonial and ritual use of many hallucinogenic substances. Profusely illustrated, this book contains an extensively researched plant lexicon, providing common and botanical names, history, ethnography, preparation, chemical components, usage in healing, and effects for 91 hallucinogenic plants.
Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament (Book 4).
by J. K. Rowling.
To be released on July 8, 2000. Order a copy in advance!
I added this to the list just for the pure fun of it. The Harry Potter books appeal to both the young and the young of heart. In this book, Harry Potter starts his fourth exciting year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
If you missed the previous volumes, see:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1).
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3).
Plants of Love: Aphrodisiacs in Myth, History, and the Present
by Christian Ratsch.
The beautifully illustrated Plants of Love explores the history, culture, and religious beliefs related to plants used as aphrodisiacs. There are an amazing number of plants thought to help with impotency, enhance lovemaking, or even cause people to fall in love. Christian Ratsch employs medieval European paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Tibetan folk art, and erotic Asian silkscreens to enhance the lively text, stories, and information on the safe use of these special plants. An eye-opening array of plants and herbs--including nettles, asparagus, seeds of the iboga bush, and ginseng--are discussed in detail to explore and illustrate the science and symbolism of aphrodisiacs throughout history.
Ayahuasca
Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman
by Luis Eduardo Luna, Pablo Amaringo (Contributor)
The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.
Ayahuasca: Hallucinogens, Consciousness, and the Spirit of Nature
by Ralph Metzner (Editor), Jace Calloway (Editor), Charles S. Grob (Editor)
Ayahuasca is a tea made from two plants found, until recently, only in the Amazon basin. Indigenous people of the region have used it for medicinal and shamanic purposes since time immemorial. In the last century, it has been ceremonially incorporated by polyglot Christian/goddess religions springing up in Brazil and by seekers on the margins of consciousness exploration. In this book, Metzner, a hallucinogenic and mystical experience researcher for over 35 years, has compiled essays and journal-type writings from a wide assortment of people who have experienced its divinity-evoking effects--28 scientists, psychologists, chemists, curious laypeople, and practitioners of these religions. While uneven in literary ability, each contributor provides an insightful peek behind the curtain of an experience that until now has been shrouded in tribal secrecy and cult ritual--truly an adventure into the Amazon of the mind. (reviewed by Randall Cohan)
Ayahuasca Analogs
by Jonathan Ott.
Hallucinogens and Shamanism
by Michael J. Harner (Editor).
The Road To Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofman, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith, Jeremy Bigwood, Danny Staples, Jonathan Ott.
Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens
by Peter T. Furst .
For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of religious ecstasy goes back almost to the beginning of human culture. Furthermore, the content of the psychedelic experience in the West today has been found to be similar to that of the religious pilgrimages of Oriental and aboriginal New World groups. But one fundamental difference overshadows all similarities: In the traditional cultures described in this collection of ten essays, the hallucinogenic "trip" is a means to an end--a quest for confirmation of traditional values, for unity with the tribal ancestors. In contemporary Western society, by contrast, it tends to be an end in itself and a rejection of the society's values--perhaps, it has been suggested, because Western drug-users tend to be a-cultural. Clearly, we have much to learn from an objective study of societies with long histories of sanctioned, and controlled, drug use to achieve recognized cultural objectives.
Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
by R. Gordon Wasson, Carl A. P. Ruck (Editor), Stella Krammrisch (Editor).
Sacred Mushroom Seeker: Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson
by Thomas J. Riedlinger (Editor), Terrence McKenna (Contributor), Peter T. Furst (Contributor).
Wasson (1898-1986) was an amateur mycologist whose scholarly writings on hallucinogenic mushrooms pioneered the field of ethnomycology. The essays herein were contributed by Wasson's close friends, colleagues, and family members, and are accompanied by a great variety of important photographs and drawings, many in color. (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or).
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide
by Paul Stamets, Andrew Weil (Introduction).
From the author of Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms comes the only identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photos for over 100 species are provided, as well as an exploration of their long-standing use by ancients and their continued significant to modern-day culture.
Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: A Handbook for Psilocybin Enthusiasts
by O. T. Oss, O. N. Oeric (a.k.a. Terrance and Dennis McKenna).
A classic! This is the book that first introduced simple methods for home cultivation of magic mushrooms.
Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
by Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin, David E. Nichols.
Tihkal: The Continuation
by Alexander Shulgin, Daniel M. Perrine, Ann Shulgin.
Tobacco and Shamanism in South America
by Johannes Wilbert.
The Three Halves of Ino Moxo: Teachings of the Wizard of the Upper Amazon
by Cesar Calvo, Kenneth A. Symington (Translator).
The incredible life story of an extraordinary Amazonian shaman. A truly magical tale.
Wizard
of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Cordova-Rios
by Cordova-Rice Lamb, F. Bruce Lamb, Manuel Cordova-Rice (Contributor)
Native
American Ethnobotany
927 Pages, by Dan Moeman.
Lists over 4,029 species of plants and, over
44,000 (of which 25,000 are medicinal) uses by Native Americans. This is a
major work treating the subject in the most comprehensive manner, a virtual
pharmacopea of all Native North American herbology. For instance under the word
"cough", you will find 782 species listed, as well as which tribes
used them. This book is published in hardcover and we are sure will be a collectors item
in the future. (reviewed by LER)
Sacred
Plant Medicine: Explorations in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism
by Stephen Harrod Buhner.
A practicing herbalist and spiritual
psychotherapist presents a seminal exploration of the way indigenous people in
North America, Mexico, Siberia, South America, and elsewhere view the Earth and
how that vision affects their use of plants as medicine. 19 color
illustrations. 19 black and white photographs. (reviewed by LER)
Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of
Ethnobotany
by Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox (Contributor)
Ethnobotanists Cox and Balick share two decades of experience
living with the indigenous peoples of Central and South America, the Caribbean,
and Southeast Asia, conducting fieldwork in the study of how people use plants.
The result of their efforts details a story of human culture in relationship to
the plants they have traditionally used for medicinal, recreational, and
ornamental purposes. This legacy continues today in the form of pharmacology
research, aided by the fields of anthropology and botany. The authors'
cautionary admonition against the destruction of native communities and
environments draws authority from their scientific, but passionate engagement
with the subject. Includes color photographs and illustrations. Distributed by
Freeman. (reviewed by LER)
Ethnobotany
: Evolution of a Discipline
by Richard Evans Schultes (Editor), Siri Von Reis (Editor), Siri Von Reis (Editor)
Curanderismo
: Mexican American Folk Healing
by Robert T., Ii Trotter, Luis D. Leon. Juan Chavira (Contributor).
The practice of curanderismo or
Mexican American folk medicine is part of a historically and culturally
important health care system deeply rooted in native Mexican healing
techniques. This is the first book to describe the practice from an insider's
point of view, based on the authors' three-year apprenticeships with curanderos
(healers). An indispensable resource. 11 photos. (reviewed by LER)
Pharmacy
in the Forest: How Medicines Are Found in the Natural World
by Fred Powledge.
From Kirkus Reviews , May 15, 1998: A rare, informative resource,
Powledge's book apprises readers of the origins of products they probably know
only from store shelves, and of the world politics involved in the commerce of
medicine. Most people who take Sudafed to relieve a stuffy nose have no idea
their medicine originated as a Chinese plant; through such examples, Powledge
tackles an intriguing subject: The correlation of plants and medicines. He
cites some important statistics that powerfully support the need to protect the
earth's forests: More than half of all drugs currently in use are from nature,
and one in four prescriptions written were originally based on plants. He
explores several major plant-based medicines, e.g., aspirin, ginseng, neem, and
Echinacea, and makes clear that when it comes to knowledge of plant medicine,
modern cultures are deeply indebted to so-called primitive cultures and their
experiences with indigenous plants. He's not shy about pointing a finger at and
naming drug companies who have been reluctant to credit or pay for information
from developing countries. Due to the nature of the book, there are provisos
here of the don't-try-this-at-home kind, while a list of related web sites
expands this volume beyond its covers. (glossary) (Nonfiction. 9-13) --
Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
CRC
Ethnobotany Desk Reference
Ethnomedical
Systems in Africa :Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban
Kenya Samoan
Herbal Medicine: 'O La'Au Ma Vai Fofo O Samoa
Visions of Empire: Voyages, Botany, and Representations of Nature Economic
Botany: Plants in Our World Vine
of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian
Amazonia The
Healing Forest: Medicinal And Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia
(Historical, Ethno- & Economic Botany Series, Vol 2)
Tales
of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the
Amazon Rain Forest
The
Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
One
River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Sastun
: My Apprenticeship With a Maya Healer Food
of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History
of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise
Entheogens
and the Future of Religion Peyote
: The Divine Cactus by The
Peyote Cult People
of the Peyote: Huichol Indian History, Religion, & Survival Peyote
Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief (Folk Art and Artists Series)
by Daniel C. Swan. Peyote
Religion: A History (Civilization of the American Indian, Vol 181) The
Attraction of Peyote: An Inquiry into the Basic Conditions for the
Diffusion of the Peyote Religion in North America. (reviewed by LER) The
Peyote Religion Among the Navaho Pipe,
Bible & Peyote Among the Oglala Lakota: A Study in Religious Identity Peyote
Songs of the Native Americans. Peyote
Healing Peyote
Songs From Navajoland The
Peyote Road: Ancient Religion In Contemporary Crisis (1993). American
Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to Plants Indigenous to
and Naturalized in the United States Which Are Used in Medicine A
Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson
Field Guide Series) Identifying
and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild Places) Hortica,
Color Cyclopedia of Garden Flora in all Climates, TROPICA:
COLOR CYCLOPEDIA OF EXOTIC PLANT & TREES. 101
Medicinal Herbs: An Illustrated Guide by Steven Foster, Cornucopia
II: A Source Book of Edible Plants Heinerman's
New Encyclopedia of Fruits and Vegetables Uncommon
Fruits & Vegetables: A Commonsense Guide Uncommon
Fruits Worthy of Attention; A Gardener's Guide The
Great Exotic Fruit Book: A Handbook of Tropical and Subropical Fruits, With
Recipes Honey,
Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and
Old Wives' Tales Herbal
Folk Medicine: An A to Z Guide Folk
Medicine: The Art and the Science Amish
Folk Medicine Home
Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (McGill-Queen'S/Hannah Institute Studies
in the History of Medicine, Health and Society;) Chicano
Folk Medicine from Los Angeles, California (University of California
Publications: Folklore and Mythology Studies) Botany
and Healing: Medicinal Plants of New Jersey and the Region Texas
Folk Medicine Black
Folk Medicine: The Therapeutic Significance of Faith and Trust Chicken
Soup and Other Folk Remedies
More
Chicken Soup and Other Folk Remedies Cracklin
Bread and Asfidity: Folk Recipes and Remedies Gypsy
Folk Medicine Health
Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West
by Tim Johnson, Timothy Johnson.
The new standard in ethnobotanical research The CRC Ethnobotany
Desk Reference contains almost 30,000 concise ethnobotanical monographs of
plant species characteristics and an inventory of claimed attributes and
historical uses by cultures throughout the worldthe most ambitious attempt to
date to inventory plants on a global scale and match botanical information with
historical and current uses.To obtain the same information about any species
listed, you would have to thumb through hundreds of herbal guides,
ethnobotanical manuals, and regional field guides. Sources for this index
include the three largest U.S. Government ethnobotany databases, the U.S.
National Park Service NPFlora plant inventory lists, and 18 leading works on
the subject.The arrangement of this material will be of interest to those all
over the world who study plants and their usesbotanists, ethnobotanists,
entheobotanists, pharmacists, forensic investigators, and the traditional
healers of thousands of diverse cultures. (reviewed by LER)
by W. Arthur Whistler.
by David Philip Miller (Editor), Peter Hanns Reill (Editor).
These scholarly but accessible essays examine the discovery of Pacific lands by
eighteenth-century European travellers. The investigation focuses on how
resources were mobilised and how plants and peoples were depicted and
understood. The findings of botany, natural history and anthropology are
revealed as profoundly shaped by the economic, political, imperial and cultural
frameworks within which they were pursued. Visions of Empire maps out by its
interdisciplinary approach a more sophisticated understanding of
representations of nature and society. (reviewed by LER)
by Beryl Brintnall Simpson, mol Conner-Ogorzaly, Molly C. Ogorzaly (Contributor)
by Richard Evans Schultes, Robert F. Raffauf.
This classic book has it's focus on ayahuasca brews and shaman. (reviewed by LER)
by Richard Evans
Schultes, Robert F. Raffauf.
The destruction of the Amazon forests continues, and with them an unknown
number of plant species and the traditional knowledge of their medicinal uses.
Schultes (biology, Harvard U.) and Raffauf (pharmacognosy and medicinal
chemistry, Northeastern U.) combine nearly half a century of field research in
this least studied part of the Amazonian drainage area to document and describe
1,479 species and variants, representing 596 genera in 145 plant families. Of
these, half have had little or no prior investigation of their chemical and
pharmacological properties. (Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
by Nicole Maxwell
by Mark J. Plotkin.
A century ago, malaria was killing Washingtonians, Londoners, Parisians. Today HIV, along with various cancers, has taken its place among worldwide epidemics. Quinine, extracted from the cinchona tree of the Amazonian rainforest, quelled malaria; alkaloids taken from trees in the West African rainforest may well yield a cure for AIDS. Yet those woods, Mark Plotkin tells us, are fast disappearing, along with the native peoples who know the powers of the plants that dwell there. His account of wandering through the Amazonian jungles focuses on local knowledge about plants, whose uses range from the mundane to the magical. The rainforests of the world, Plotkin notes, are our greatest natural resource, an intercultural pharmacy that can cure woes both known and yet unvisited.
by Lynne Cherry, Mark J. Plotkin.
Ages 5-9. The author of The Great Kapok Tree (1990) takes us back to the Amazon rain forest, this time teaming up with ethnobotanist Plotkin. Together, they present a story in which a lesson about medicinal herbs is brought to life through young Kamanya, who dreams of becoming his tribe's next shaman. Kamanya spends his time following the current shaman into the forest and learning the secrets of the plants. But local plants can't cure the new diseases brought to the area by strangers, and the pills the strangers bring with them cause the indigenous people to lose faith in the ability of their shaman. Eventually a woman named Gabriella, who comes to study the properties of the rain forest plants, restores the tribe's faith. The lush illustrations make the story a visual pleasure. Even the endpapers are rich in detail, picturing some of the rain forest plants and noting their uses. Like other books Cherry has worked on, this one, which is based on a true story, is a unusual addition to rain forest literature. It will be useful not only for story hours but also as a springboard for classroom discussion for older children as well as younger ones. (review by Helen Rosenberg Copyright© 1998, American Library Association. All rights reserved).
by Wade Davis.
by Rosita Arvigo, Nadine Epstein (Contributor), Marilyn Yaquinto, Michael Balick.
by Terence McKenna.
by Terence McKenna. Foreword by Tom Robbins.
A student of Tibetan shamanism, virtual reality, and the botany of the Amazon, McKenna is a legendary raconteur, adventurer, and proponent of the use of the psilocybin mushroom who claims that hallucinogenic plants are a key to our evolution as a language-using species.
by Terence McKenna.
Here, this consummate storyteller tells of his first life-changing encounter with magic mushrooms, in 1971 in the Colombian Amazon. Veteran of the Berkeley riots of the 1960's and of a self- imposed exile in India and Indonesia--during which he smoked pot, studied alternative religions, collected butterflies, and steered clear of the FBI--McKenna was inspired in 1971 to journey to La Chorrera, Colombia, in search of the psychedelic brew ayahuasca and any plants containing the hallucinogenic drug DMT. Joined by his devoted 18-year-old brother, Dennis, and by several other Americans, McKenna reached the Putumayo River only to be sidetracked by a chance ingestion of some magic mushrooms growing in a field. One mushroom led to another, and soon the wildly philosophizing Dennis had devised an experiment to determine whether the production of a cicada-like noise could bind the wisdom of the mushroom with his own DNA. The local Indians may have laughed as the Americans stumbled through the rain forest chasing flying saucers and talking to themselves, but McKenna's newfound conviction that the mushroom showed the way to higher consciousness determined the very uneven course of his future life and career.
by Robert Forte, Albert Hofmann, R. Gordon
Wasson, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Jack Kornfield, Terence McKenna, Ann and
Alexander Shulgin, Robert Jesse, Dale Pendell, Thomas Riedlinger, Thomas
Roberts, Rick Strassman, Eric Sterling.
Peyote
Edward F. Anderson.
The most complete authority on the peyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii. E.
Anderson includes every aspects of peyote- history and religious uses to
ethnobotanical, phytochemistry and pharmacology. For anyone interested in
learning all aspects of this mystifying plant, Peyote: The Divine Cactus, will
allow just that. (reviewed by LER)
by Weston LA Barre.
This is the paper edition of the expanded, updated classic study first
published in 1938, revised for the fifth time in 1989. (reviewed by LER)
by Stacy B. Schaefer (Editor), Peter T. Furst (Editor)
by Omer
Call Stewart.
by David Friend Aberle.
by Paul B. Steinmetz.
(AUDIO CD) Mike Primeaux.
(AUDIO CD) Blackfox.
A recording of a peyote healing ritual
in Mexico. (reviewed by LER)
(AUDIO CD) Billie Nez.
(VIDEO VHS)
THE PEYOTE ROAD addresses the United States Supreme Court “Smith”
decision, which denied protection of 1st Amendment religious liberty to the
sacramental use of Peyote for Indigenous people, one of the oldest tribal
religions in the Western Hemisphere. Examining the European tradition of
religious intolerance & documenting the centuries old sacramental use of
the cactus Peyote, THE PEYOTE ROAD explains how the “Smith” decision
put religious freedom in jepordy for all Americans. This program contributed to
the successful efforts of The American Indian Religious Freedom Coalition,
resulting in passage of the historic 1994 amendment to The American Indian
Religious Freedom Act. (reviewed by LER)
by Charles Frederick Millspaugh.
by Steven Foster, Roger T. Peterson, James A. Duke
by Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean (Contributor)
by Dr Alfred Byrd Graf.
Hortica is appended by a concise descriptive text, giving
family, origin, synonyms if any, vernacular or common names, character with
measurements, and usefullness of each species. All plants have been assigned
their zone of Cold-hardiness, or range of optimum climatic tolerence. Hortica
differs from "tropica" and "exotica" by showing more plants
of colder climates. A Great book!!!! (reviewed by LER)
by Dr Alfred Byrd Graf.
Perhaps
one of the best books ever published on exotic plant species, gives full color
photos and botanic descriptions of over 7,000 plant species. This book is an
absolute must for any avid collector of plants or plant books. (reviewed by LER)
by Stephen Foster.
101 Medicinal Herbs, by Steven Foster, is chuck-full of useful
information never made public before. New and Old World, as well as Asian
species are covered in detail. Even the lowly chickweed, used by British folks
to soothe cuts and sores, is described in detail. Herbs are alphabetically
arranged by common names (scientific names are included), and illustrated with
exquisite photographs, making it easy for the novice or professional botanist
to key out species. (reviewed by LER)
by Stephen Facciola.
713 pages , Really the most comprehensive book on sources and names of
cultivars of about every species of edible plant know and how to obtain them
worlwide, highly suggested, worth every penny. Even we at LER are listed in
this source, a definate must buy!!! (reviewed by LER)
by John Heinerman.
by Elizabeth Schneider, Soun
Vannithone (Illustrator), Pam Hoenig (Editor).
"Its' a truly invaluable trove of culinary historical, and botanical
knowledge," wrote Gourmet's book reviewer in 1997, lamenting that Uncommon
Fruits and Vegetables was out of print. Now the classic has returned in its
original hard cover. Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables was published in 1986 to a
fanfare of outstanding reviews: "If there were Emmys or Oscars for
cookbooks, Elizabeth Schneider would surely receive one" Boston Globe;
"the book has already become a must-have" Bon Appetite; "the
timeliest and most truly helpful book of the year," proclaimed Time
magazine. More timely than ever, the visionary volume includes produce now
available nationwide -- arugula, mango, kiwi, snow peas, and Swiss chard, as
well as less familiar passion fruit, carambola, tamarillo, and chanterelles.
Backdrops rich in culinary, botanical, and historical information set the stage
for nearly 100 of these produce items. Detailed methods of selection, storage,
and preparation lead to more than 400 easy-to-follow recipes designed to bring
out the best in each fruit and vegetable. (reviewed by LER)
by Lee Reich.
by Norman Van Aken, John Harrisson, John Harrison (Contributor).
Here is a spectacular full-color adaptation of the bestselling posters by chef
Van Aken. The recipes, created especially for this book, demonstrate the
versatility of these sumptuous and sometime strange fruits--everything from the
pineapple to the rambutan or wax jambu. A number of fruits have been added,
along with an expanded text, recipes and information on availability. (reviewed by LER)
Folk Medicine
by Robert Root-Bernstein, Michele Root-Bernstein.
Eating clay, drinking urine, applying honey to deep wounds and mere
plaster to crushed bones: these are all folk remedies for ailments, passed on
through the generations and thoroughly discounted by modern science. It is too
bad, write scientist-historian couple Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein,
who deplore the loss of proven methods developed without the blessing of the
academy, noting that "formal academic systems are only one of many ways in
which knowledge is discovered, accumulated, and transmitted." Many
scientists are now coming to agree with this view, they write in this
fascinating collection of case studies. Researchers have showed that black tea,
for instance, has powerful antibiotic properties and that maggots do an
extraordinary job of cleaning wounds--as traditional healers have known all
along. (reviewed by LER)
by Thomas Squier, Lauren David Peden (Contributor).
by Richard P. Steiner.
by Patrick Quillin.
by John K. Crellin.
by Beatrice A. Roeder.
by Cecil C. Still.
by John Q. Anderson.
by Wilbur Watson (Editor).
by Joan Wilen, Joan Willen, Lydia Wilen.
by Joan Wilen (Contributor), Lydia Wilen.
by Jack Solomon, Olivia Pienezza Solomon (Contributor).
by Wanja Von Hausen, Marlene Ekman (Illustrator), E.
Reinersmann (Translator), Wanja Von Hausen.
by Yeshi Donden, Jeffrey Hopkins (Editor), Yeshi Donden, Lobsang Rabgay (Translator).
by Gregory L. Tilford, Michael Moore.
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