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SCHULTES, Richard was born on January 12, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Otto Richard Schultes and Maude Beatrice (Bagley) Schultes.
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1976 Paperback book with color illustrations making identification of plants easy. Native history of hallucinogenic plants included. This edition has some spine wear, bottom corner of front cover bent, a small stain on front pages, some ink marks on back cover. Minimal foxing of top pages. No ink or pencil marks in book. Satisfaction guaranteed. Same or next day delivery.
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(What are Hallucinogenic plants? How do they affect mind a...)
What are Hallucinogenic plants? How do they affect mind and body? Who uses them and why? This unique Golden Guide surveys the role of psychoactive plants in primitive and civilized societies form early times to the present. The first nontechnical guide to bothe the cultural significance and physiological effects of hallucinogens, Hallucinogenic Plants will fascinate general readers and students of anthropology and history as well as botanists and other specialists. All of the wild and cultivated species considered are illustrated in brilliant full color.
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By Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Albert Hofmann, Basel, Switzerland. With Forewords by I. Newton Kugelmass and Henrich Kluver. The Second Edition of this book encompasses all of the advances that have been made in this field since publication of the original text. Newly discovered hallucinogenic plants have been incorporated into the discussions along with new information on some well-known drugs. The authors continue to focus on the botany and chemistry of hallucinogens, although they also consider ethnobotanical, historical, pharmacological and psychological aspects. Initial chapters delineate definition, botanical distribution, and structural types of hallucinogenic plants. Plants of known, possible and dubious hallucinogenic potential are then covered in separate sections. The bibliography for this new edition has been enlarged to accommodate all of the recent activity in botanical and chemical investigation of psychoactive plants. Readers will also appreciate the excellent illustrations that accompany the text.
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Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them.
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While the core of VINE OF THE SOUL (the companion book to WHERE THE GODS REIGN), is the Amazonian plant life and the indigenous people s uses for it, WHERE THE GODS REIGN focuses primarily on the people themselves though of course, Schultz (who was dubbed the father of ethnobotany by Prince Philip himself) is first and foremost a botanist and plants do figure into the mix: Schultes describes devil s gardens empty patches in the otherwise thick forests where, for no apparent (or scientific) reason, nothing will grow with the same precision and wonderment with which he discusses the many plants that grow upon other plants in their effort to get their share of the sun...and much more. But in this fine volume he begins with information about the histories of the various tribes and the lay of the lands on which they live; savannahs, dense forests, quartzite cliffs, sandstone mountains and caves and thunderous waterfalls are all accounted for; and all of his lyrical essays are accompanied by stunning black and white photographs. (There are over 140 photos in the book.) Schultes is often poetic here as well, describing not only the geography but, often, the exquisite emotions one experiences observing it in different seasons or different times of the day. Likewise, Schultes describes the people lovingly. He delights in their ability to be happy in spite of poverty, sickness, and, particularly in the case of the women, very hard work. He marvels at their relationships with animals, many of which they tame, so that their homes are surrounded by birds, monkeys, deer, and even boa constrictors (which live in the rafters and keep the mice and rat populations at bay). He marvels that while the children are almost never punished and enjoy a high degree of freedom (especially the boys), they show great respect for their elders as well as a great curiosity and appreciation for their surroundings. Schultes pleasure in the land and its people is our pleasure. He is a remarkable scientist and a most eloquent guide. Reading WHERE THE GODS REIGN is probably as close as most of us will ever get to the kind of experience Schultes had staying in Amazon basin and learning about the many very different alternatives to living a life. But one can t help but long for that experience too. The book threatens to make explorers out of all of us and a reader can t help but be disheartened upon remembering that there is not much left to explore. WHERE THE GODS REIGN is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the extraordinary history of the people of the Amazon rainforests.
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This definitive book represents the life's work of the late Richard Evans Schultes, one of the fathers of modern ethnobotany and the greatest plant explorer of our age, including nearly 50 years of field research in the Northwest Amazon.
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(From the introduction (in Spanish) Al formar este libro c...)
From the introduction (in Spanish) Al formar este libro con base en fotografias de la Amazonia colombiana mi unico deseo es el de compartir los anos felices que vivi en aquella selva tropical. No se pretende dar un cubrimiento total en ningun campo ni se trata de un informe tecnico. Por el contrario, espero que los lectores disfruten de un asomo a las maravillas de la region apoyado con unos textos sencillos, directos y breves. No es facil para un cientifico escribir un libro popular, en parte por nuestra tendencia a dar enfasis a los detalles. La preparacion de esta obra ha sido, por lo tanto, una buena disciplina para hacerme concentrar en los aspectos mas salientes sin la preocupacion de tener que presentar toda la informacion pertinente.
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World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. • Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the completely revised and updated text. • Explores the uses of hallucinogenic plants in shamanic rituals throughout the world. • Cross-referenced by plant, illness, preparation, season of collection, and chemical constituents. Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them. The text is lavishly illustrated with 400 rare photographs of plants, people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive flora.
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Botanist director explorer professor
SCHULTES, Richard was born on January 12, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Otto Richard Schultes and Maude Beatrice (Bagley) Schultes.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1937. AM, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1941.
Microbiology and Botany (honorary), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 1953. Doctor of Science (honorary), Massachusetts College Pharmacy, 1987.
Plant explorer, National Research Council research fellow, Harvard Botanical Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1941-1942;
research associate, Harvard Botanical Museum, 1942-1953;
curator, Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, 1953-1958;
curator economics botany, Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, 1958-1985;
executive director, Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, 1967-1970;
director, Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames, 1970-1985;
Guggenheim Foundation fellow, collaborator, United States Department of Agriculture, Amazon of Colombia, 1942-1943;
plant explorer in South America,, Bureau Plant Industry, 1944-1954;
professor biology, Harvard University, 1970-1972;
Paul C. Mangelsdorf professor natural science, Harvard University, 1973-1981;
Edward C. Jeffrey professor biology, Harvard University, 1981-1985;
emeritus professor, Harvard University, since 1985. Adjunct Professor pharmacognosy University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1975. Hubert Humphrey visiting professor Macalaster College, 1979.
Field agent Rubber Development Corporation of the United States Government, in South America, 1943-1944. Collaborator Instituto Argronômico Norte, Belém, Brazil, 1948-1950. Honorary professor Universidad Nacional de Colombia, since 1953, professor economics botany, 1963.
Botanical consultant Smith, Kline & French Company, Philadelphia, 1957-1967. Member National Institutes of Health Advisory Panel, 1964. Member selection committee for Latin American Guggenheim Foundation, 1964-1985.
Member science advisory board Palm Oil Research Institute, Malaysia, 1980-1989. Member science advisory board Shaman Pharmaceuticals, since 1988. Chairman Ethnobotany Specialist Group, International Union Nature, Switzerland.
Chairman on-site visit U. Hawaii Natural ProductsGrant National Institutes of Health, 1966, Deutche Gesellschaft für Arzneiphanzenforchung, Berlin, 1967, III International Pharmaceutical Congress, São Paulo, I Amazonian Biological Symposium, Belém, Brazil, Symposium Ethnpharmacologic Search for Psychoactive drugs, San Francisco. Laura L. Barnes Annual lecturer Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, 1969. Koch lecturer Rho Chi Society, Pittsburgh, 33d International Congress Pharmaceutical Science, Stockholm, 1971.
Visiting professor economics.botany, plants in relation to man's progress Jardín Botánico, Medellín, Colombia, 1973. Cecil and Ida H. Green visiting lecturer U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1974. Co-organizer International Symposium Erythdroxylon, Equador, 1979, co-director phase VII Alpha Helix Research plant medicines Witoto, Bora Indianas, Peru, 1977, 2d Philip Morris Symposium, Richmond, Virginia, 1975, I Solanacese Conference, U. Birmingham, England, 1977, Society of Americanists, Manchester, England, 1982, Salah Workshop for Conservation of Wildlands, Sultanate of Oman, 1983, Symposium of Environmental Protection, 1992, Etnobotanica-92, Córdoba, Spain, 1992, Spruce Memorial Symposium, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England, 1993, INDERENA Bogotá, 1988, others.
Organizer International Symposium Erythroxylon, Equador, 1979. Visiting scholar Rockefeller Study Conference Centre, Bellagio, Italy, 1980, 88. Consultant Rubber Research Institute, Malaysia, since 1988.
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(From the introduction (in Spanish) Al formar este libro c...)
(World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Chr...)
(Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise ...)
(By Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard University, Cambridge,...)
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Member governing board Amazonas 2000, Bogotá. Associate in ethnobotany Museo del Oro, Bogotá, since 1974. Chairman National Research Council panels, 1974, 75.
Member National Research Council Workshops on Natural Products, Sri Lanka, 1975, participant numerous seminars, congresses, meetings. Member advisory board Fitzhugh Ludlow Library., Native Land Foundation, 1980, Morgan Memorial Archives Chadron State College, since 1987, Albert Hofmann Foundation. Vice president Margeret Mee Amazon Trust, Royal Botanical Gardens.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American College Neuropsychopharmacology (science speaker San Juan, Puerto Rico 1984), Third World Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences India, International Society Naturalists. Member National Academy of Sciences, Linnean Society (London), Academia Colombiana Ciéncias Exactas, Fisico-Quimicas y Naturales, Institute Ecuatoriano Ciéncias Naturales, Science Society Antonio Alzate (Mexico), Argentine Academy of Sciences, American Orchid Society (life honorary), Pan American Society New England, Society Mexicana Micologie (honorary), Association Amigos Jardines Botánicos (life), Society Economic Botany (organizer annual meeting 1961, Distinguished Botanist of Year 1979), New England Botanical Club (president 1954-1960), International Association Plant Taxonomy, American Academy Achievement, American Society Pharmacognosy, Phytochem. Society North America, Society Colombiana Orquideologia, Society Ethnobot.
India, Association Tropical Biology, International Society Ethnobiology, Society Cubana Botánica, Sigam Xi (president Harvard chapter 1971-1972, medal 1985), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Nu chapter Phi Sigma (first honorary).
Married Dorothy Crawford McNeil, March 26, 1959. Children: Richard Evans II, Neil Parker and Alexandra Ames (twins).