I am interested in rechearches about psychoactive plants (and fungi) along the history of science (botany, chemistry, medicine, psychopharmacology, psychiatry, anthropology, etc). I would really appreciate if you could tell me what are -according to your knowledge- the most relevant scientific works, or the most authoritative scientific researchers of all times in this interdisciplinary field of studies.
Examples of Authors: Richard Schultes; Gordon Wasson, Albert Hoffmann, etc...
Examples of relevant Scientific works: - Schultes, RE. and A. Hofmann 198o. The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens. Revised and enlarged second edition. C. C. Thomas, Springfield, IL. Foreword by H. KluveI, pp. VII-XV. Original in 1973. Monograph, The Bannerstone Division of American Lecrures in Living Chemistry; foreword byeditorLN. Kugelmass,pp. V-VI
- Spruce, R. (A.R. Wallace, Ed.) 1908. Notes of a Botanist on theAmazon and Andes. Two·volumes. Macmillan, London, England. Reprinted in 1970 by Johnson Reprint, NewYork.
-Nicolás Monardes (1508-1588) Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales, que sirven en Medicina (1574, Sevilla:Alonso Escribano).
etc...
Cannabis (Marijuana) with popular strains as hybrids of both Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica, is a popular psychoactive plant that is often used medically and recreationally.Many of the psychedelic plants contain dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which is either snorted (Virola, Yopo snuffs), smoked, or drunk with MAOIs (Ayahuasca). It cannot simply be eaten as it is not orally active without an MAOI and it needs to be extremely concentrated to be smokable.
Top 10 Psychoactive Substances Used In Ceremonies :‘Heavenly Blue’ Morning Glory Ipomoea tricolor(v);Fly Agaric Mushrooms Amanita muscaria(Active Constituents: Ibotenic acid);Jimson Weed, or Hell’s Bells Datura stramonium(Active Constituents: Atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine);Wormwood Artemisia absinthium(Active Constituents: Thujone);Kava Piper methysticum(Active Constituents: Kavalactones);Salvia, or Diviner’s Sage Salvia divinorum(Active Constituents: Diterpenoid known as “Salvinorin A”);Magic Mushrooms Psilocybin mushrooms(Active Constituents: Psilocybin and psilocin);Peyote Lophophora williamsii(v);Ayahuasca, or Yage(Active Constituents: Beta-carboline harmala alkaloids, MAOIs and DMT (dimethyltryptamine));and Cannabis(Active Constituents: THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).PDF enclosed for further reading...
Estimado Pablo,
estoy de acuerdo en que la obra de RICHARD EVANS SCHULTES (no Peter Evan Shultes) constituye, sin duda, una de las contribuciones más importantes sobre el tema en la historia de la ciencia, concretamente en el campo de la etnobotánica, incluyendo además importantes aportaciones históricas. De hecho, si usted hubiera leído completamente mi pregunta, hubiera visto que mencionaba a Schultes y a alguno de los trabajos que realizó en colaboración con Albert Hoffmann como un ejemplo de gran aportación científica en este campo.
No conozco la obra de Wade Davis, aunque a primera vista me parece que ambos autores no son comparables en absoluto (por lo menos desde el punto de vista del rigor científico: cf. Hines, Terrence (May–June 2008). "Zombies and Tetrodotoxin". Skeptical Inquirer. 32 (3): 60–62.). Disponible aqui:
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/zombies_and_tetrodotoxin
Le agradezco mucho su información.
Cordialmente,
Juanma
Talvez interesante
El uso de la ayahuasca
En las reducciones jesuíticas de
moxos
http://www.ceam-ong.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/19.ayahuasca.pdf
Saludos Franz
Estimado Prof. Franz,
le agradezco mucho la indicación de ese texto, interesante análisis histórico de las descripciones del uso de la ayahuasca por los indígenas en la obra del Padre Francisco Éder, (Breve descripción de las reducciones de Mojos (1772 [Cochabamba, 1985]). Muchas gracias por esa valiosa referencia!
Saludos cordiales,
Juanma
Look up Christian Rätsch. He worked especially with traditional use and rituals related to the plants. Some of his work is popular science, I can imagine some might question his scientific approach and sadly I believe almost all of it is in german but still if you have a chance to look into it I recommend you do because I think when it comes to the documentation of traditions and rituals it is highly interesting and incredibly extensive. His encyclopedia of psychoactive plants exists in english I think. His work is rather recent (last 50 years) but apparently he used to be friends with Albert Hoffmann and he will cite other peoples work im sure.
Thank you very much, Mr.Ehrminger. As you presumed, his comprehensive "Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications" was translated into English. No doubt, Rätsch's work constitutes a very important interdisciplinary contribution to this field of studies.
Best regards.
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