Chinese Potted Landscapes – Chinese Bonsai. About Chinese Penjing Penjing is nominally split into three types ‘Tree Penjing’, ‘Landscape Penjing’ and ‘Water and Land Penjing’. All these categories overlap in practice. Chinese Penjing does not have clearly defined styles (Formal Upright, Informal Upright, Slanting, etc.) like Japanese Bonsai, although they do use these categories as…
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Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World
Paul Stamets Plot55 Says This really is the best book on psilocybin containing mushrooms I have ever seen. It not only contains listings of all the common species, but also many lesser known species too. For safety and accuracy of identification it also contains information about non-active and poisonous varieties. It gives very detailed information…
RHS Propagating Plants
Alan Toogood From the Publisher This superb practical guide shows you how to increase your plant stock in easy-to-follow steps giving guidance on the propagation of more than 1,000 plants. With over 1,800 photographs and illustrations.
The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug Laboratories
Jack B. Nimble From the Publisher This book describes in step-by-step detail how to set up and run a clandestine drug laboratory — without getting caught. Motivated by a heart-felt desire to dispel the abysmal ignorance of the American people regarding “drugs,” the author reveals every aspect of running an illegal drug manufacturing lab. Jack…
Ayahuasca Visions
Luis Eduardo Luna & Pablo Amaringo Review by R.E. Shultes Publication of these outstanding paintings of ayahuasca visions experienced by a native medicine man, Pablo Amaringo, and interpreted by the distinguished anthropologist, Luis Eduardo Luna, permits us to understand the unworldly psychic effects of the ‘vine of the soul.’ It is no wonder that this…
Ayahuasca
Ralph Metzner ed. From the Back Cover Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic Amazonian plant concoction that has been used, often as a sacrament in religious ceremony, by native Indian and mestizo shamans in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador for healing and divination for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. The name is from the Quechua language: huasca means…
The Salvia Divinorum Grower’s Guide
Richard G. Goire (Trans.) Plot55 Says I think this book is an indispensable guide for anyone planning on cultivating Salvia divinorum. I regularly read my copy of this book whenever I am planning on doing anything to my plants. It starts with the process of taking and rooting cuttings, goes on to discuss various soils…
Divining Ecstasy
Sean Shayan From the Publisher For millennia, the secrets of this rare plant have been closely guarded by shamans, sorcerers, and healers high in the mountains of Mexico. Rumored to have magical healing properties, this plant and its extracts have recently been introduced to the West and are legal and readily available. Salvia divinorum is…
Peyote: And Other Psychoactive Cacti
Adam Gottlieb From the Publisher Classic on peyote and psychoactive cacti growing. Describes obtaining seeds, growing, cloning and grafting, and extracting maximum output of mescaline and other alkaloids. Includes Peyote, San Pedro, Donana and other cacti. Discusses legal aspects with appendix from attorney Richard Glen Boire. List of Suppliers. From the Back Cover Peyote has…
People of the Peyote
Peter Furst & Stacy Schaefer From the Publisher Now available in paperback, People of the Peyote explores the Huichol Indians of Mexico, who are best known for their worship of the peyote cactus. Ritually harvested each year, the peyote flower plays a central role in most Huichol observances of the annual ceremonial round. The Huichols…