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

One of the few good work on this complex and not known subject. I like it and hope that this author will issue further and more specific research about these matters. As a researcher about shamanisms i think that it is necessary to go beyond the taboo related to shamanism(s) and oneirogens as well. It is a matter of fact that most of the human cultures used them for most of our history. This does not means that we must take them as well or that our society must become a free shop for them. On the contrary: modern tendency to use these sunstances is not often related to their own complex cultural history, but only an (n) reflection of the Consumer Age, which include in a consumistic way everything it meets. Then, this is in any case my personal point of view.

This book is a total waste of time. The botanical information is extremely limited in scope, and those wanting to read Ott will find that his contribution consists only of a very small forward. Instead, get the excellent, revised and expanded "Plants of the Gods" by the highly respected Richard Evans Schultes, the Harvard ethnobotanist who mentored Wade Davis. I had to keep referring to Schultes while reading this book, for the proper plant names. "Plants of the Gods" is well worth the price of a few more dollars; it contains vastly superior research on shamanism, and a wide range of botanical information. You might also enjoy the numerous books by Wade Davis, Christian Ratsch, or Paul Stamets, also readily available via Amazon (appropriate source-name). Good luck! Here's to aquiring wisdom and dreams. These books by anthropologists, ethnologists & informed botanists may help: Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers Shamans Through Time

Useful for those looking to learn generalities of these substances, but a bad text for those looking for something more medical and definite. Consider this an introductory jump off, but not an authoritative work.

To understand one's own self you would need to read this book. great read

wonderful book

completely worthless. No useable information. Probably written by AI app. Returned for refund.

Most uninteresting and uninformative book ever....I am sad that the wonderful author J. Ott decided to put his name on this book by writing the forward. The book tries to cover way too much information and in the end, ends up covering absolutely nothing. I learned nothing about drugs/plants that enhance dreams...nothing.