Acorus calamus, 73
Afghanistan, 30, 38, 40, 42
Africa, natives of, 9, 21, 29, 38, 44, 54
Agara, 28
Algonquin Indians (U.S.), 9, 43
Alkaloids, 16, 17-19, 21, 26-27, 28, 29, 43, 45, 46, 48, 51, 52, 54, 70, 81, 84, 86, 93, 94, 96, 97 103, 104, 106, 108, 112, 122-123, 125, 134, 135 139, 142, 148, 150, 152, 154
   defined, 16
Amanita muscaria, 4, 23-27
Amazon, Indians of, 9, 65, 72, 76, 81, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106
Anadenanthera sp., 21, 86-91, 92
Andes, Indians of, 107, 110, 142, 145, 150
Andromedotoxin, 126
Anhalonium lewinii, 115
Arbol de los brujos, 138
Arbutin, 126
Argyreia sp., 136
Ariocarpus sp., 124, 125
Arrow poison, 79, 82, 96, 150
Asia, 31, 38, 40, 42, 52
Atropa belladonna, 4, 46-47
Atropine, 46, 142
Avicenna, (Arab. phys.), 52
Ayahuasca, 7, 9, 11, 21, 98-105
Aztecs, 8, 58, 61, 62, 63, 69, 97, 114, 128, 129, 130, 137, 143, 144, 152
Banisteriopsis sp., 7, 21, 98-105, 106
Bellladonna, 15, 22, 46-47
Bhang, 30, 38
Borrachera, 138-139
Brugmansia sp., 145
Brunfelsia sp., 21, 104, 140-141
Bushmen 29
Bwiti cult, 54
Caapi, 7, 9, 21, 98-106
Calea zacatechichi, 152, 153
Canada, Indians of, 73
Cannabinols, 16, 36, 40
Cannabis sp,, 14, 21, 22, 30-41, 45, 52, 56
  See also Marihuana
Catnip, 156
Cawe, 113
Central nervous system, 18, 54, 154, 155
Charas, 30, 38
Chemistry of hallucinogens, 16-19, 26-27, 36, 70-71, 103, 104, 122-123, 134-135
China, 34, 52
Chiric-caspi, 140-141
Chiric sanango, 140-141
Christianity, 54, 62, 65, 112, 116, 120, 131
Cimora, 9, 110-112
Cinnamon, 156
Claviceps purpurea, 135
Coca, 56
Cocaine, 56
Coleus sp., 138-139
Colorines, 59, 96
Conocybe sp., 58, 65, 67
Coriaria thymifolia, 107
Culebra borrachero, 148-149
Curare, 82
Curing rituals, 9, 76, 77, 112, 120, 131
Cytisine, 93, 94
Cytisus canariensis, 93
Datura (New World sp.), 4, 9, 21, 104, 111 126, 130, 142-147 148
Datura (Old Warld sp.), 52 -53
Daturas, 142-144
Daturas, tree, 145-147, 148
Delphi, Oracle of, 7, 52
Desfontania hookeri, 150-151
Dhatura, 52-53
Dibenzopyrans, 16
"Doctrine of Signatures," 50
Dutra, 52-53
East Indies, 52
Echinocactus williamsii, 115
Elizabetha princeps, 78
Endocannibalism, 80
Epena, 21, 77, 88
Epilobium, 25
Epithelantha micromeris, 124-125
Ereriba, 28
Ergot, 134
Erythrina sp., 96, 108
Europe, medieval, 22, 46, 48, 50-51
False peyotes, 124-125
Fly agaric, 15, 23, 24
Folk medicine, 7, 9, 36, 42, 43, 97 108, 109, 118, 119, 131, 136, 138, 141, 142, 144, 145, 148, 150, 152, 156
Galanga, 29
Galbulimima belgraveana, 28
Galen (Gr. physician), 34
Ganjah, 38-39
Genista canariensis, 93
Ginger, 156
Gomortega keule, 150
Hallucinations, 5. 20, 28, 29, 40-41, 44, 46, 48, 54, 57, 61, 68, 73, 84, 90, 101, 108, 112, 116, 118-119, 122, 129, 137, 138, 142, 148, 152
   audltory, 57, 68, 108, 118-119, 152
   defined and causes, 5
Hallucinogens
   and deity, 5, 7, 24, 59, 102, 118
   and psychiatry, 68, 154-156
   and spirit world, 9, 118
   chemistry, 16-19
   defined, 5
   how taken, 21
   in modern world, 10-11
   in plant kingdom, 14-15
   in primitive societies, 7-9, 21
   medical uses, 7
   New World, 21, 35, 56-153
   Old World, 22-55
   psychic powers from, 7
   religious uses, 7, 31
Hasheesh, 21, 30-41
Hawaiian wood rose, 136
Heimia sp., 8, 108-109
Hemp, 30-41
Henbane, 22, 48-49
Hernández (Span. phys.), 116, 129, 144
Hierba loca, 126-127
Hojas de la Pastora, 137
Homalomena sp., 28
Hop, 31
Hottentots, 44
Huichol Indians (Mex.), 118, 124, 125
Humboldt, Alexander von, 87-88
Humulus, 31
Hyoscyamine, 46, 48, 51, 139, 142
Hyoscyamus niger, 4, 48-49
Iboga, 9, 21, 54-55
Ibogaine, 18, 19, 54
Ibotenic acid, 26, 27
Incas, 92
India, 22, 26, 31, 34, 43, 46, 52
Indian tobacco, 152
Indoles, 17-19, 54, 103
Iochroma fuchsiodes, 138-139
Ipomoea sp., 128-136
Isotoma longiflora, 111
Jimson weed, 143
Jurema, 9, 21, 84-85
Justicia sp., 78, 79, 83
Kaempferia galanga, 29
Kanna, 44-45
Keule, 150-151
Kif, 30
Kiowa Indians (U. S.), 6, 120
Kwashi, 29
Lagochilus inebrians, 42
Latua pubiflora, 138, 139
Lobelia sp., 152-153
Lophophora sp., 114-123
LSD, 18, 134, 135
Lycoperdon sp., 57
Mace, 20, 74
Macropsia, 25, 81, 90
Mandragora officinarum, 50-51
Mandrake, 22, 50-51
Mapuche Indians (S.A.), 138, 145, 150, 152
Maquira sclerophylla, 72
Maraba, 29
Marihuana, 16, 30-41
   chemistry, 36
   classification, 31
   effects, 40
   history, 34-35
   medicinal value, 36
   methods of using, 38
   narcotic use, 39
Masha-hari , 83
Maya Indians (Guat.), 59, 60
Mazatec Indians (Mex.}, 64-65, 130, 131, 137, 138
Medical uses af hallucinogens, 36, 46, 48,
 52, 94, 108, 142, 144, 152, 154
Mescal bean, 94-95, 96
Mescal buttons, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
Mescaline, 18, 111, 112, 122, 123, 125
Mesembryanthemum sp., 44-45
Methysticodendron amesianum, 148-149
Mexico, Indians of, 9, 21, 56, 57, 58-65, 68, 93, 94, 96, 97, 113, 116, 118, 124, 125, 130, 131, 138, 144, 152
Mimosa hostilis, 84-85
Mixtecs (Mex ), 9, 57
"Model psychoses," 154-156
Morning glories, 8, 9, 15, 21, 97, 128-136, 137, 143
   Aztec use, 128, 129
   chemistry, 134, 135
   identification, 130
   medical uses, 129, 131
   religious uses, 129, 131
   varieties, 136
Moslems, 38, 40
Mushrooms, 8, 9, 15, 58-71, 137
   Aztec use, 58, 61-63
   chemistry, 70, 71
   effects, 68, 69
   identification, 63
   modern Mazatec ceremony, 64-65
   opposition to, 62
   stones, 59, 60
   worship, 59
Myristica fragrans, 20
Narcotic, defined, 5
Neoraimondia macrostibas, 111
Nepeta cataria, 20
New Guinea, 29
Nicotiana sp, 8, 150
Nicotine, 17
Nutmeg, 20, 74
Oaxaca (Mex ), 57, 64, 130, 131, 137, 138, 152
Olmedioperebea sclerophylla, 72
Ololiuqui, 62, 128, 129, 130, 143
Oracle of Delphi, 7, 52
Orinoco Basin (S. A.), 86, 88, 91, 98, 100
Pachycereus pectenoboriginum, 113
Pakistan, 38
Pancratium trianthum, 4, 21, 29
Papua, natives of, 28
Paricá, 77, 86-91
Pedilanthus tithymaloides, 111
Peganum harmala, 4, 43
Pelecyphora aselliformis, 125
Pernettya sp., 126-127
Petunia violacea, 150-151
Peyote 6, 9, 14, 18, 21, 61, 63, 94, 114-123
  Aztec use, 116
  chemistry, 122-123
  effects, 118
  modern use in U.S, 117, 120
  opposition to, 116
  religious importance, 118-119
  ritual, 120
  vision, 116 122
Peyotes, "false," 124-125
Pharmacology, see Alkaloids, Chemistry
Piptadenia peregrina, 86-91
Piscidia, 108
Piule, 97
Plains Indians (U. S.), 119, 120
Plant kingdom, 12-15
Pseudohallucinations, 154
Pseudohallucinogens, 20
Psilocybe sp., 8, 58, 65, 66, 67, 69
Psilocybin, 19, 70
Psychedelics, 5
Psychophormacology, 154-155
Psychotaraxics, 5
Psychotomimetics, 5
Psychotria viridis, 104, 105
Puffballs, 9, 57
Quinine, 17
Rapé dos indios, 21, 72
Red Bean Dance, 94
"Reefers," 38, 41
Rhynchosia sp., 97, 108
Rig-Veda, 26
Rio Grande Valley (Tex.), 115
Rivea corymbosa, 4, 8, 128-135
St. Anthony's Fire, 134
Salvia divinorum, 21, 137, 138
San Pedro cactus, 21, 110-113
Scopolomine, 46, 48, 51, 52, 139, 142, 148, 154
Scythians, 34, 35
Sébil, 21, 92
Serotonin, 18, 19
Shanin, 150 - 151
Shenshi, 107
Siberian tribes, 24-27
Sibunday Valley (S.A.), 138, 148
Sinicuichi, 108-109
Snuff, 21, 72, 76-81, 86-89, 92, 98
Soma, 26
Sophora sp., 94-95
Sorcerer's tree, 138
South American Indians, 7, 9, 11, 56, 65, 72, 74, 76-82, 83, 84, 86-91, 92, 100, 102, 104, 107, 110, 112, 138, 141, 142, 145, 148, 150, 152
Spruce, Richard, 88, 100
Stictocardia, 136
Stropharia sp., 58, 65, 67
Sweet calomel, 73
Sweet flag, 14, 73
Syrian rue, 43
Tabernanthe iboga, 54-55
Taglii, 126-127
Taino Indians (W. Indies), 86
Taique, 150-151
Tajik tribes, 42
Tarahumare Indians (Mex.), 113, 118, 124, 144
Tartar tribes, 42
Teonanacatl, 21, 58, 62, 63
Terpenphenolic compounds, 16 Tetrahydrocannabinols, 16, 36, 40
Tetrapteris methystica, 106
Tlitliltzin, 128, 130
Tobacco, 21, 56
Toloache, 21, 62, 144
Torna-loco, 143
Tree daturas, 145-147
Trichocereus sp., 110-112
Tropanes, 18, 51, 148
Tryptamines, 18, 19, 21, 70, 81, 84, 86, 104
Tupa, 21, 152-153
Turbina corymbosa, 128
Turkestan mint, 42
Turkoman tribes, 42
United States Indians, 6, 9, 56, 94, 96, 119, 120, 143
Urine drinking ritual, 25
Uzbek tribes, 42
Vaccinium, 25
Vilca, 92
Virola sp., 21, 74-82, 83
Virolas, 21, 74-82, 83
   as poison, 79, 82
   chemistry, 81
   effects, 81
   ritual, 80
   snuff, 74 - 76, 81
Waiká Indians (S.A.), 77, 79, 80-81, 83
West Indies, 86
Wisteria sinensis, 20
Witches' brews, 22, 46, 48, 51
Wood rose, 136
Wysoccan, 9, 143
Yajé, 7, 21, 98
Yopo 21, 86 - 91
Yurupari ceremony, 102
Zacatechichi, 152-153

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