PHARMAKO/POEIA(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　This paperback edition has a new introduction by the author
and updated content.
　　This is the first 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. 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. All
three books are beautifully designed and illustrated, and are
written with unparalleled authority, erudition, playfulness, and
range.
　　Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft includes a
new introduction by the author and as in previous editions focuses
on familiar psychoactive plant-derived substances and related
synthetics, ranging from the licit (tobacco, alcohol) to the
illicit (cannabis, opium) and the exotic (absinthe, salvia
divinorum, nitrous oxide). 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. The whole concoction is sprinkled with
abundant quotations from famous writers, creating a literary brew
as intoxicating as its subject.
　　The Pharmako series is continued in Pharmako/Dynamis (focusing on
stimulants and empathogens) and Pharmako/Gnosis (which addresses
psychedelics and shamanic plants).