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Pharmako / Dynamis
Stimulating Plants, Potions & Herbcraft
Rating :
rating
Author(s) :
Dale Pendell
Pages :
293
Pub Date :
2002
Edition(s) at Erowid :
2002(pb,s)
Publisher :
Mercury House
ISBN :
1562791257
FROM THE EROWID REVIEW #
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    Review by Gwyllm Llwydd, 2007 Jul 26
    The book is a cornucopia of arcane his/herstories of plants and their effects on human civilization. Information swims through these pages--information untold and unrevealed, except for the most curious amongst the connoisseurs of plant inebriants. Information to get lost in... information to find yourself in... information that reveals secrets... information to set a course for distant shores with. . . (more)
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    Review by Christopher J. Barnaby, 2003 Jan 14
    Dale has dazzled us again with the recent release of Pharmako/Dynamis. For all those enchanted by Dale's first book, 'Pharmako/Poeia', do not read this review. Go and get the book. You will not be disappointed. Others of you who know little about Dale's work... read on.. . . (more)
BACK COVER #
In Pharmako/Dynamis, Dale Pendell continues the exploration of psychoactive plants begun in Pharmako/Poeia. Ancient Greek herbalists used the term pharmakodynamis to refer to the intrinsic powers of plants. Pendell covers this topic and more in his new volume, as he charts a voyage around the world of plant teachers and allies. Applying poetry, chemistry, pharmacology, and a generous sprinkling of arcane lore, Pendell wends a stimulating course through the realms of plant powers, potions, and herbcraft. His is a unique adventure that arrives at last at the Ultima Thule of that "dangerous knowledge," which, in the words of Gary Snyder, is a formidable force against "even more dangerous ignorance."

BLURBS #
"Dale Pendell, most elegant eloquent writer on drugs because both scientist and poet, has exuded a book as charming as The Compleat Angler or Brillat-Savarin's Physiology of Taste. It will be preserved amongst the scriptures of an entheogenic revival that will recognize the scribe Pendell as an inspired prophet and forerunner."
-- Hakim Bey

"Dale Pendell's books are elegant tapestries of accurate chemistry, pharmacology, and botany, interwoven with rich poetical imagery. I use them as textbooksin a large annual undergraduate class which I teach at the University of California in Berkeley. The students love them!"
-- David Presti, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley