Drugs of the Dreaming : Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants

Foreword vii Jonathan Ott Acknowledgments ix Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness 1(15) A History of Dream 16(7) The Oneirocosmos: Sleep and Dream Chemistry 23(5) Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants 28(37) Ayahuasca Brugmansia spp. Calea zacatechichi Casimiroa edulis Clematis virginiana Cymbopogon densiflorus Cypripedium calceolus Desfontainia spinosa Duboisi hopwoodii Elaeagnus sp. Entada rheedii Erythrina americana Galbulimima belgraveana Heimia salicifolia Homalomena sp. Hyoscyamus muticus Kaempferia galanga Lycopodium spp. Mimosa hostilis Myristica fragrans Salvia divinorum Scirpus sp. Silene capensis Turbina corymbosa Ugni candollei Xeromphis sp. Oneiromagicals: Oneirogens in Ancient and Modern Magic 65(13) Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms 78(7) Amanita muscaria Psilocybian mushrooms Lycoperdon spp. Boletus manicus Parasitic Mushrooms Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals 85(6) Giraffa camelopardalis Dream Fish Mullets Bamboo Worm Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods 91(4) Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds 95(9) APPENDIX 1 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Psychoactive Substances 104(4) APPENDIX 2 Oneiropoeia Tables 108(10) Phyto-Oneirogenica: Plants 109(5) Myco-Oneirogenica: Mushrooms 114(1) Zoo-Oneirogenica: Animals 115(1) Bromato-Oneirogenica: Foods 115(1) Oneiro-Chymica: Endogenous and Synthetic Compounds 116(2) Notes 118(3) Bibliography 121(11) Oneiropaedia Index of Cited Species and Compounds 132(12) Index 144