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Psychedelic Shamanism presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. Author Jim DeKorne offers authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin.
Opening with vivid descriptions of the author’s personal experiences with psychedelic drugs, the book describes the parallels that exist among shamanic states of consciousness, the use of psychedelic catalysts, and the hidden structure of the human psyche. DeKorne suggests that psychedelic drugs allow us to examine the shamanic dimensions of reality. This worldview, he says, is ubiquitous across space, time, and culture, with individuals separated by race, distance, and culture routinely describing the same core reality that provides powerful evidence of the dimensional nature of consciousness itself. The book guides the reader through the imaginal realm underlying our awareness, a world in which spiritual entities exist to reconnect us with ourselves, humanity, and our planet. Accurate drawings of plants, including peyote, Salvia divinorum, and San Pedro, enhance the book’s usefulness.
About the Cover xi
Preface to 1994 Edition x
Preface to 2011 Edition v
Part 1 The Shamanic Hypothesis 1
Chapter 1 Altered States 3
Chapter 2 Shamanic Dimensions 43
Chapter 3 The Experience of Many Worlds 51
Chapter 4 Living in the One World 63
Chapter 5 The Entities of the Imaginal Realm, Part One 73
Chapter 6 The Entities of the Imaginal Realm, Part Two 89
Part 2 Psychedelic Catalysts 101
Chapter 7 The Belladonna Alkaloids 103
Chapter 8 D-Lysergic Acid Amide: Morning Glory Seeds 119
Chapter 9 Mescaline: Peyote and San Pedro 133
Chapter 10 Ayahuasca and Its Analogues: Harmine and DMT 145
Chapter 11 Smokable Tryptamines from Plants 165
Chapter 12 Psilocybin: "Magic Mushrooms" 173
Chapter 13 Some Other Psychedelic Plants 185
Chapter 14 Extraction Procedures 199
Chapter 15 Some Thoughts on Technique 201
Afterword to 1994 Edition 215
Afterword to 2011 Edition 219
Notes 223
Bibliography 233
Index 239
About the Author 247
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Posted May 4, 2013
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Psychedelic Shamanism presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. Author Jim DeKorne offers authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and ...