Entheobotany: Shamanic Plant Science Entheobotany: Shamanic Plant Science

Entheobotany: Shamanic Plant Science
A Multidisciplinary Conference on Plants, Shamanism and Ecstatic States
October 18-20, 1996
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
San Francisco, California

Entheobotany is an independent, multidisciplinary, international scientific conference featuring 21 of the world's leading authorities on the science of shamanic vision-plants, also known as entheogens and plant-teachers; incorrectly called hallucinogens or psychedelics. The faculty is headed by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, famed discoverer of LSD and psilocybin, and includes also five other members of the 'Entheogenic Old Guard': Richard Evans Schultes, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and retired Director of the Harvard Botanical Museum, Johannes Wilbert, Professor Emeritus at UCLA, Peter T. Furst, Professor Emeritus at SUNY Albany, Alexander T. Shulgin, Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, and Bo Holmstedt, Professor Emeritus at Karolinska Institutet of Stockholm. Their 15 younger colleagues participating in the symposium include controversial 1993 Nobel Laureate (Chemistry) Kary B. Mullis, as famous for his acknowledgement of his use of LSD and other visionary drugs, as for his discovery of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), key development in the area of DNA chemistry, for which he was also awarded the coveted Japan Prize in 1993. Also among the scientists presenting their latest research is Jonathan Ott, well-known writer and co-organizer of the meeting; Antonio Escohotado, famous writer and Professor at the National University in Madrid, Spain; Christian Ratsch, best-selling German writer, anthropologist and lecturer; and Italian researcher Giorgio Samorini of the Civic Museum in Rovereto, Italy. Top scientists from a dozen countries are represented in the all-star cast. Topics to be discussed include ayahuasca, famous visionary potion of the Amazonian rain forest, iboga and ibogaine, the African sacramental drug currently being tested at University of Miami as a possible cure for drug addiction, the peyote cactus recently legalized as a religious sacrament in the United States, psilocybin-containing mushrooms, entheogenic South American snuffs and their contained alkaloid bufotenine, along with the well-known visionary drugs LSD, mescaline, DMT and psilocybin. Entheobotany is directed both at specialists and at interested laypersons, and registration for the 8-session event costs $225. Food and hotel not included. Space limited, so register early. For further information contact:

Entheobotany
PO Box 311
Sierra Madre, CA 91025-0311
USA
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