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Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing From caffeine-dependent goats to nectar addicted ants, wildlife offers amazing examples of seeking out and consuming psychoactive substances in their environments. ** 50% off retail price! Corners are bumped causing some cover buckling but otherwise new. Packed and shipped with care.
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Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness Paperback - 2002
by Giorgio Samorini; Foreword by Rob Montgomery
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ETHNOBOTANY / ANIMALS "Samorini's observations support his controversial hypothesis that human drugtaking derives from a universal, biologically-based drive to alter consciousness. This perspective on drug-taking behavior can only enlarge our own views about the phenomenon which, in many humans, has become so contentious." --Rick Strassman, M.D., author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine "Samorini offers evidence for not only the theory of a biological basis of the pursuit of altered states, but also the possibility that this activity may expand the behavioral repertoire, thus altering evolution. Provocative reading." --Julie Holland, M.D., Editor of Ecstasy: The Complete Guide and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Bellevue Psychiatric Emergency Department From caffeine-dependant goats to nectar addicted ants, wildlife offers amazing examples of animals and insects seeking out and consuming the psychoactive substances in their environments. Ethnobotonist Giorgio Samorini explores this little-known phenomenon and suggests that, far from being confined to humans, the desire to experience altered states of consciousness is a natural drive shared by all living beings and that animals engage in these behaviors deliberately. Rejecting the Western cultural assumption that drug use is unnatural, Samorini opens our eyes to the possibility that beings who consume psychedelics--whether humans or animals--contribute to the evolution of their species by creating entirely new patterns of behavior that eventually will be adopted by other members of that species. The author's fascinating accounts of mushroom-loving reindeer, intoxicated birds, and drunken elephants ensure that readers will never view the animal world in quite the same way again. Ethnobotonist and ethnomycologist GIORGIO SAMORINI has studied the use of psychoactive substances for more than twenty years, conducting research in Africa, Latin America, India, and Europe. He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Eleusis, Plants and Psychoactive Compounds. He lives in Italy.
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- Title Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness
- Author Giorgio Samorini; Foreword by Rob Montgomery
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Park Street Press, Rochester
- Date 2002-08-01
- ISBN 9780892819867 / 0892819863
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.44 x 0.35 in (20.88 x 13.82 x 0.89 cm)
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- Topical: Ecology
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Animals - Drug use
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002000622
- Dewey Decimal Code 591.5
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