Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon by Schultes, Richard Evans (9780907791133)

Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon

by Schultes, Richard Evans , Plotkin, Mark J.

Paperback - English

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Where the Gods Reign is a scientific and creative anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem-featuring writings and excerpts on rivers, ethnic groups, cultural customs, rubber and cocoa plants, drugs and medicines, and more.

Beautiful photographs taken by Dr. Schultes during his 14 years residing in the Colombian Amazon are accompanied by short poetic reflections, precise summaries which showcase Schultes's immense knowledge of the area, and carefully selected quotes from other great ethnographers of the Amazon.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0907791131

EAN

9780907791133

Publisher

SYNERGETIC PR

Publication Date

02 Jan 2018

Pages

307

Weight (kg)

0.64

Dimensions (cm)

25.1 x 25.7 x 1.8

About Author

A specialist in the cultural use of psychoactive plants, Christian Ratsch is the author of numerous books, including "Gateway to Inner Space", "The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants", and the forthcoming "Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants". A resident of Germany, he is currently serving as the president of the German Society for Ethnomedicine. Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001) was a Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum at Harvard University, considered by many to be the father of modern ethnobotany. Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), discoverer of LSD, was a worl