Plant Medicines, Healing and Psychedelic Science: Cultural Perspectives

Author:   Beatriz Caiuby Labate ,  Clancy Cavnar
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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Pages:   227
Publication Date:   19 December 2018
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Author:   Beatriz Caiuby Labate ,  Clancy Cavnar
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030095642


ISBN 10:   3030095649
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   19 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1. Who is Keeping Tabs? LSD Lessons From the Past for the Future.- 2. Peyote’s Race Problem.- 3. Undiscovering the Pueblo Mágico: Lessons from Huautla for the Psychedelic Renaissance.- 4. The Use of Salvia divinorum from a Mazatec Perspective.- 5. Examining the Therapeutic Potential of Kratom within the American Drug Regulatory System.- 6. Bubbling with Controversy: Legal Challenges for Ceremonial Ayahuasca Circles in the U.S.- 7. Integrating Psychedelic Medicines and Psychiatry: Theory and Methods of a Model Clinic.- 8. Whole Organisms or Pure Compounds? Entourage Effect Versus Drug Specificity.- 9. Placebo Problems: Boundary Work in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance.- 10. Psychedelic Naturalism and Interspecies Alliance: Views From the Emerging Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Mycology Movement.- 11. Plant Knowledges: Indigenous Approaches and Interspecies Listening Toward Decolonizing Ayahuasca Research.- 12. Gnosis Potency: DMT Breakthroughs and Paragnosis.

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Readers ranging from medical doctors, anthropologists, ethnobotanists, patients and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine to those who work in law, drug policy, and human rights will find utility in this work. ... Plant Medicines is a fascinating and timely work on the topic of current cultural research associated with psychedelic plants and fungi. It's engaging, accessible to a broad audience, and appropriate for both enthusiasts and professionals who are looking for new information about these intriguing and engaging organisms. (Esther Jackson, Economic Botany, Vol. 73 (1), 2019)


“Readers ranging from medical doctors, anthropologists, ethnobotanists, patients and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine to those who work in law, drug policy, and human rights will find utility in this work. … Plant Medicines is a fascinating and timely work on the topic of current cultural research associated with psychedelic plants and fungi. It’s engaging, accessible to a broad audience, and appropriate for both enthusiasts and professionals who are looking for new information about these intriguing and engaging organisms.” (Esther Jackson, Economic Botany, Vol. 73 (1), 2019)


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Beatriz Caiuby Labate has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of psychoactive substances, drug policy, shamanism, ritual, and religion. She is Adjunct Faculty at the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco and Visiting Professor at the Center for Research and Post Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Guadalajara. She is co-founder of the Drugs, Politics, and Culture Collective, in Mexico (http://drogaspoliticacultura.net), and co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil, as well as editor of NEIP’s website (http://www.neip.info). She is also Chief Editor at Chacruna (http://chacruna.net). She is author, co-author, and co-editor of seventeen books, one special-edition journal, and several peer-reviewed articles (http://bialabate.net). Clancy Cavnar has a doctorate inclinical psychology (Psy.D.) from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA. She currently works in private practice in San Francisco, and is an associate editor at Chacruna (http://chacruna.net), a venue for publication of high-quality academic short texts on plant medicines. She is also a research associate of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP). She combines an eclectic array of interests and activities as clinical psychologist, artist, and researcher. She has a master of fine arts in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, a master’s in counseling from San Francisco State University, and she completed the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is author and co-author of articles in several peer-reviewed journals and co-editor, with Beatriz Caiuby Labate, of eight books. For more information see: http://neip.info/pesquisadore/clancy-cavnar

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