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Pharmacotheon
by Jonathan Ott
Publisher:
The Natural Products Co. 
Year:
1993 
Reviewed by Zapotec Blue
1/11/1995

The first thing Ott does is to explain his use of the neologism ‘entheogenic’ in the title and throughout the book. He says that since we know from experience that shamanic inebriants do not provoke “hallucinations” or “psychosis,” it would be incongruous to refer to traditional shamanic use of “psychedelic” plants. He states that his term “is not meant ... [ read more ]