Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft by Dale Pendell, Gary Snyder

Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft

Dale Pendell, Gary Snyder

304 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective medium-paced

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In Pharmako/Poeia, Dale Pendell offers a mesmerizing guide to psychoactive plants, from their pharmacological roots to the literary offshoots. "This is a book," writes Gary Snyder, "about danger: dangerous knowledge, even more dangerous ignorance....

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