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Modern humans must learn how to relate to psychoactives
responsibly, treating them with respect and awareness,
working to minimize harms and maximize benefits, and
integrating use into a healthy, enjoyable, and productive life.
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Sacred Cacti
Botany, Chemistry, Cultivation & Utilization
Rating :
rating
Author(s) :
K. Trout & Friends
Pages :
424
Pub Date :
2001
Edition(s) at Erowid :
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Publisher :
Mydriatic Productions
ISBN :
n/a
BACK COVER #
Sacred Cacti Second Edition covers the cactus species reported to contain mescaline and their sacramental histories. Now in its second printing including corrections, updates and over 100 additional illustrations!

Beginning with a look at the realities behind the so-called "war on drugs" and its true nature as an ongoing continuation of a long-standing religiously based cultural purge now disguised as a legal and "public health" issue, Sacred Cacti then moves forward to thoroughly cover what is known to date concerning the cactus speceis reported to contain mescaline, their sacramental histories, published chemistry, growth requirements and pharmaconautical applications.

It is intended to help both researchers and the reader who is already employing these sacred beings as sacraments and spiritual teachers to better recognize, cultivate, and utilize them.

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-- Sasha Shulgin, author of Pihkal and Tihkal

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