Comments on: A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 2crudedudes http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1316527 2crudedudes Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1316527 thatwasthejoke.jpg thatwasthejoke.jpg

]]> By: 2crudedudes http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1316526 2crudedudes Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1316526 You're right. Your idea of sharing urine is better. You’re right. Your idea of sharing urine is better.

]]> By: @man http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1316305 @man Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1316305 In one of Terence McKenna's talks regarding books about hallucinogenic plants, he felt that the Golden book was an excellent condensed version of Schultes book "Plants of the Gods". In one of Terence McKenna’s talks regarding books about hallucinogenic plants, he felt that the Golden book was an excellent condensed version of Schultes book “Plants of the Gods”.

]]> By: kbryan44 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315808 kbryan44 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315808 Actually, not necessary. Viewing the cover as a single page and then the following pages as two page spreads is a setting in the PDF reader. In Acrobat it's  View->Page Display->Show Cover Page in Two-Page View Actually, not necessary. Viewing the cover as a single page and then the following pages as two page spreads is a setting in the PDF reader. In Acrobat it’s 

View->Page Display->Show Cover Page in Two-Page View

]]> By: Hans Henrik Lichtenberg http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315656 Hans Henrik Lichtenberg Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315656 Reminds me of these Public Domain ebooks on the subject:  http://www.holybooks.com/mushrooms-russia-and-history/ http://www.holybooks.com/psychedelic-shamanism-jim-dekorne/  http://www.holybooks.com/food-gods-terence-mckenna/  http://www.holybooks.com/techniques-of-modern-shamanism-vol-1-3-by-phil-hine/  Reminds me of these Public Domain ebooks on the subject: 
http://www.holybooks.com/mushrooms-russia-and-history/
http://www.holybooks.com/psychedelic-shamanism-jim-dekorne/ 
http://www.holybooks.com/food-gods-terence-mckenna/ 
http://www.holybooks.com/techniques-of-modern-shamanism-vol-1-3-by-phil-hine/ 

]]> By: Rick Berry http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315605 Rick Berry Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315605 I made a slight revision to the PDF, marking the first page as "Cover" to correct the Two-Page view so that the two-page illustrations work correctly. http://www.scribd.com/doc/77804899/Hallucinogenic-Plants-a-Golden-Guide I made a slight revision to the PDF, marking the first page as “Cover” to correct the Two-Page view so that the two-page illustrations work correctly.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/77804899/Hallucinogenic-Plants-a-Golden-Guide

]]> By: Mr Belm http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315438 Mr Belm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315438 Am I the first person to notice that the author of this guide is Richard Evans Schultes, the father of modern ethnobotany?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evans_Schultes Am I the first person to notice that the author of this guide is Richard Evans Schultes, the father of modern ethnobotany? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evans_Schultes

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315315 dragonfrog Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315315 Re morning glory - if by "fuck you up and you won't even remember what happened" you mean "you'll have a mild, pleasant trip accompanied by a stomach ache", that's about right in my experience.  Unless you go way overboard with dosage, presumably. I understand there are ways of preparing the seeds so as to eliminate or at least reduce the stomach ache. Re morning glory – if by “fuck you up and you won’t even remember what happened” you mean “you’ll have a mild, pleasant trip accompanied by a stomach ache”, that’s about right in my experience.  Unless you go way overboard with dosage, presumably.

I understand there are ways of preparing the seeds so as to eliminate or at least reduce the stomach ache.

]]> By: kbryan44 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315308 kbryan44 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315308 Actually, they're posted on Scribd, not Facebook. Scribd asks for a FB login, but it's not necessary. You can view without logging in, but you create a Scribd login to download. Just click the "I Don't have a Facebook Account" link right below the massive Facebook button.  If anyone has suggestions for a better place than Scribd to post these, please let me know. Scribd isn't ideal, but it seemed like the best option. Actually, they’re posted on Scribd, not Facebook. Scribd asks for a FB login, but it’s not necessary. You can view without logging in, but you create a Scribd login to download. Just click the “I Don’t have a Facebook Account” link right below the massive Facebook button. 
If anyone has suggestions for a better place than Scribd to post these, please let me know. Scribd isn’t ideal, but it seemed like the best option.

]]> By: puzzlingevidence http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315244 puzzlingevidence Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315244 My experience with morning glory was very pleasant, fun, and relatively clear-headed, after the initial nausea. Lots of wonderful visual effects! My experience with morning glory was very pleasant, fun, and relatively clear-headed, after the initial nausea. Lots of wonderful visual effects!

]]> By: TranslatedWebEn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315215 TranslatedWebEn Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315215 It's Peyote It’s Peyote

]]> By: speleothem http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315191 speleothem Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315191 I've still got this book too along with a fairly full collection of other Golden Guides.  I think I bought my copy back in 1979 at a B Daltons in San Bernardino along with the "Herbs and Spices" guide which I think is still in print.  I wonder what year all the copies were pulled from the shelves? I’ve still got this book too along with a fairly full collection of other Golden Guides.  I think I bought my copy back in 1979 at a B Daltons in San Bernardino along with the “Herbs and Spices” guide which I think is still in print.  I wonder what year all the copies were pulled from the shelves?

]]> By: E T http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315189 E T Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315189 Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World may have more accurate information than a Golden Guide.Xeni:  it's Amanita muscaria, not Muscaria Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World may have more accurate information than a Golden Guide.Xeni:  it’s Amanita muscaria, not Muscaria

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315188 Beanolini Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315188 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimia_salicifolia" rel="nofollow">Heimia salicifolia</a>. Heimia salicifolia.

]]> By: bnschlz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315169 bnschlz Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315169 Thanks! I didn't get that far through the book... It sounds like an interesting one, but it's a bit curious that it made the front cover. Thanks! I didn’t get that far through the book…

It sounds like an interesting one, but it’s a bit curious that it made the front cover.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315155 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315155 Tsk tsk, not a very good ranger now was he? Tsk tsk, not a very good ranger now was he?

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315154 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315154 OMG, I still have this book.  My mom would buy me these little books regularly.  I guess she didn't check this one out too carefully. I always thought the scene of the Amazonian tribesmen blowing hallucinogenic tree bark snuff up each others nose was especially bizarre. Some of these plants are hallucinogenic like a sledgehammer will make you see stars.  They work in a pretty blunt fashion and probably cause some damage. OMG, I still have this book.  My mom would buy me these little books regularly.  I guess she didn’t check this one out too carefully.

I always thought the scene of the Amazonian tribesmen blowing hallucinogenic tree bark snuff up each others nose was especially bizarre.

Some of these plants are hallucinogenic like a sledgehammer will make you see stars.  They work in a pretty blunt fashion and probably cause some damage.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315152 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315152 If you didn't see the spirits of your dead relatives or think you had turned into an eagle then it was just vodka. If you didn’t see the spirits of your dead relatives or think you had turned into an eagle then it was just vodka.

]]> By: @man http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315145 @man Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315145 The plant at the top left is Sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia) according to the book. The illustrations inside the book have more accurate coloring (the flower is actually yellow). I can even verify this as I have the plant growing in my yard. It is listed as an auditory hallucinogen, but I've never tried it ("Either deafness or auditory hallucinations may result, with voices or sounds distorted and seeming to come from a distance.") It grows surprisingly well with little water on the central California coast. The plant at the top left is Sinicuichi (Heimia salicifolia) according to the book. The illustrations inside the book have more accurate coloring (the flower is actually yellow). I can even verify this as I have the plant growing in my yard. It is listed as an auditory hallucinogen, but I’ve never tried it (“Either deafness or auditory hallucinations may result, with voices or sounds distorted and seeming to come from a distance.”) It grows surprisingly well with little water on the central California coast.

]]> By: Michael W. http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315132 Michael W. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315132 It's been available on Erowid for years.  Here is the link: http://www.erowid.org/library/books/hallucinogenic_plants.shtml Edit: I thought they had the PDF there but it is an online read with the added option of downloading a rather clunky version which is a mix of jpgs and html links. It’s been available on Erowid for years.  Here is the link: http://www.erowid.org/library/books/hallucinogenic_plants.shtml

Edit: I thought they had the PDF there but it is an online read with the added option of downloading a rather clunky version which is a mix of jpgs and html links.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315124 elix Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315124 If you shotgun back and forth between the same two people (in a group) more than twice, it's making out, not toking. If you shotgun back and forth between the same two people (in a group) more than twice, it’s making out, not toking.

]]> By: zuludaddy http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315115 zuludaddy Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315115 or perhaps: We'd sing and dance Forever and a day. or perhaps:

We’d sing and dance
Forever and a day.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315106 Incipient Madness Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315106  I used to have a ton of these little books when I was a kid. I remember seeing this one in the title list in the back of the books when I was a kid and asking my mom about it. I asked my mom said I wouldn't be interested in that. So I looked up "hallucinogenic" in the Britannica index and found out more than I needed to know. Bus really, what is the orange flower in the upper left. Looks like lantana, but the leaves are wrong. I recognize the morning glory and datura flowers, but what is that orange thing? Word of warning: Do NOT mess with morning glory, bindweed, moon flower. or datura. That shit will fuck you up and you won't even remember what happened. I got enough wild morning glory to incapacitate a platoon growing on my patio wall. OTOH, datura is not so strong that it can be used as a date rape drug simply by handing someone a datura soaked business card, as is rumored in Columbia. Whoever believes this must not know what datura does. Yes, it causes memory loss, but you have to ingest quite a bit. But it in no way incapacitates. It's kinda like PCP in that it makes people unpredictable.  I used to have a ton of these little books when I was a kid. I remember seeing this one in the title list in the back of the books when I was a kid and asking my mom about it. I asked my mom said I wouldn’t be interested in that. So I looked up “hallucinogenic” in the Britannica index and found out more than I needed to know.

Bus really, what is the orange flower in the upper left. Looks like lantana, but the leaves are wrong. I recognize the morning glory and datura flowers, but what is that orange thing?

Word of warning: Do NOT mess with morning glory, bindweed, moon flower. or datura. That shit will fuck you up and you won’t even remember what happened. I got enough wild morning glory to incapacitate a platoon growing on my patio wall.

OTOH, datura is not so strong that it can be used as a date rape drug simply by handing someone a datura soaked business card, as is rumored in Columbia. Whoever believes this must not know what datura does. Yes, it causes memory loss, but you have to ingest quite a bit. But it in no way incapacitates. It’s kinda like PCP in that it makes people unpredictable.

]]> By: vermontrav http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315102 vermontrav Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315102 aha! I have this book. I will certainly keep much better care of it knowing how rare it is. It really is a gem. aha! I have this book. I will certainly keep much better care of it knowing how rare it is. It really is a gem.

]]> By: geech http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315099 geech Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315099 So bummed that someone stole my copy many years ago. So psyched the scanning is underway! So bummed that someone stole my copy many years ago. So psyched the scanning is underway!

]]> By: lost feliz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315055 lost feliz Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315055 I used to have this book. I must've lost it during one the mad purges. I used to have this book. I must’ve lost it during one the mad purges.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315042 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315042 For anyone at all remotely interested in this topic, I highly recommend "Supernatural" by Graham Hancock. Just finished it and it is an incredible book. For anyone at all remotely interested in this topic, I highly recommend “Supernatural” by Graham Hancock. Just finished it and it is an incredible book.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315040 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315040 It only works until the 5th person, then the magic wears off.......or so I'm told. It only works until the 5th person, then the magic wears off…….or so I’m told.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315018 tristan eldritch Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315018 I'm not really sure of the context of Miss Grey doing that, and am rather reluctant to type "Sasha Grey drinks own urine" into google, for fear the internet might think ill of me. I’m not really sure of the context of Miss Grey doing that, and am rather reluctant to type “Sasha Grey drinks own urine” into google, for fear the internet might think ill of me.

]]> By: Patrick McGorrill http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/a-golden-guide-to-hallucinogen.html#comment-1315009 Patrick McGorrill Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138025#comment-1315009 I know this book. A wise and noble bookstore clerk pulled it out from behind the counter to give it to a friend of mine, a really smiley, teenage, long-hair boy. Fascinating stuff for sure. I know this book. A wise and noble bookstore clerk pulled it out from behind the counter to give it to a friend of mine, a really smiley, teenage, long-hair boy. Fascinating stuff for sure.

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