Pharmako/Poeia

Autori

• Dale Pendell

Parametri

• 304 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Narrativa
• Natura, animali
• Poesia
• Saggistica
• Storia

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"Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft 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." (éditeur)

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2010

(In brossura)