The thorn-apple. On the ethnobotany of a medical, visionary and sacral plant
This ethnobotanical book, a cultural history of the use of thorn-apple, includes an introduction (the cultural use of hallucinogenic drugs, the ethnobotanical utilization of the plant) and its application in the ´Old and New World´ in general, and specifically among the following Indians of North America: Zuni, Navaho, Yuma, Chumash, Yokuts, Mono, Kawaiisu, Cahuilla, Gabrieliño, Juaneño, Luiseño.
Keywords: thorn-apple use, Jimsonweed, Toloache, Zuni, Navaho, Yuma, Chumash, Yokuts, Mono, Kawaiisu, Cahuilla, Gabrieliño, Juaneño, Luiseño, ethnobotany, hallucinogenic drugs, Datura, altered states of consciousness, healing and hallucinogens, magic, initiation
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