Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within the Buddhist tradition. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines (including pharmacology, iconography, botany, and scriptural sources), this book calls attention to the central role which psychedelics played in Indian religions, tracing their history from the soma of the Vedic period to amrita, the sacramental drink of Vajrayana Buddhism. In particular, Secret Drugs of Buddhism aims to identify the ingredients of the original, psychedelic form of amrita. In doing so, this book presents evidence from many countries in which the Vajrayana movement flourished, including Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal and Japan but special attention is given to India, the land of its origin. In addition to 12 color plates there are 114 black-and-white line illustrations throughout the text.

Secret Drugs of Buddhism

Ann Shulgin

Mike Crowley

Amrita Press

Book I: The Story Continues
 This is the continuation of the love story from PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story with a blend of travel, botanical facts, scientific speculation, psychological and political commentary. 
 Book II: The Chemistry Continues 
 Describes in detail a wealth of tryptamines in the same format as Book II of PIHKAL, plus appendices presenting topics such as cactus alkaloids, natural beta-carbolines, current drug law, and all known tryptamines (from the literature) that might be psychedelic.

TIHKAL: The Continuation

Biographies & Memoirs

Alexander Shulgin

Professionals & Academics

Transform Press

Product Description 
Nachdem PiHKAL von der einen großen Hemisphäre der psychedelischen Moleküle handelte, nämlich von Phenylethylaminen, komplettieren die Shulgins in TiHKAL die Kugel durch die zweite Hemisphäre, namentlich durch die der Tryptamine. Auch in TiHKAL bekommt der Leser einen tiefen Einblick in das Leben, die Forschung, die Arbeit und das Denken der beiden herausragenden Figuren in der New Science of Psychedelics, wie sie Michael Pollan in seinem viel beachteten Buch titelte. 
 About the Author 
Alexander Shulgin (1925 - 1914) lehrte an der University of California in Berkeley Toxikologie, er war Berater der NASA und der DEA und er machte sich in seinen privaten Studien im Bereich der Psychopharmakologie verdient. Neben etlichen Publikationen in einschlägigen Fachzeitschriften schrieb Shulgin zwei autobiographische Romane, PiHKAL und TiHKAL, die von seinem wissenschaftlichen Schaffen durchzogen sind. Nicht nur als Stiefvater des MDMAs ist Alexander Shulgin zu den einflussreichsten Figuren im Bereich der Psychedelika zu zählen.

TiHKAL: Die Fortsetzung (German Edition)

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TiHKAL: Die Fortsetzung

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