Hello,
Imi pare rau ca a trecut ceva timp fara sa postez nimic dar am fost privat de accesul la internet.
Am inceput sa citesc de curand "psychedelics encyclopedia"(Peter Stafford), carte in care am gasit multe lucruri interesante. Spuneam in postarea "mici sirene" cum ca oamenii au folosit din cele mai vechi timpuri substante care sa le altereze starea de constiinta, insa eschimosii si cateva triburi din polinezia fac exceptie.
In aceasta carte se pot gasi si o serie de exemple de substante folosite in ritualuri religioase, precum diferite specii de ciuperci.
Intr-o scurta istorie a consumului de psychedelice se mentioneaza ca peyote(o specie de cactus halucinogen ce contine mescalina) a fost adus pe batranul continent in a doua calatorie a lui Columb. (ceea ce, din punctul meu de vedere, inseamna ca a fost considerat o descoperire importanta)
Desi europenii au facut cunostinta cu mescalina din 1560, mescalina a fost izolata spre sfarsitul secolului 19. Arthur Heffter a recurs la fractionarea alcaloizilor si a substantelor ce contin azot in molecula lor si a identificat mescalina incercandu-le pe toate. (Stiinta cere sacrificii)Astfel mescalina a devenit primul drog in stare crisalina.
Dupa 1900, curiozitatea legata de mescalina a crescut si au fost scrise o multime de carti ce contineau "viziuni" ale subiectilor.
Notiunea de psychedelic a luat o cu totul alta forma in 1943 atunci cand Albert Hofmann absoarbe accidental, prin pielea de la nivelul mainilor LSD-25. Atunci Hofmann invata ceea ce animalele de test nu au putut sa arate si anume ca LSD-ul este de 4000 de ori mai potent decat mescalina.
Excluzand partea de introducere, din care tocmai am ales cateva pasaje, cartea mai contine inca noua capitole.
Majorittea psychedelicelor se impart in noua main compound cluster-e, fiecare fiind unic. De-a lungul cartii va fi prezentat fiecare cluster in parte si se vor prezenta si cateva substante pentru fiecare:
1) The LSD Family, the major catalyst opening "the psychedelic age" and the archetype
2)Peyote, Mescaline and San Pedro, a cluster once considered the most powerful, the "door opener" for psychedelics in the 1950s
3)Marijuana and Hashish, the earliest recorded psychedelics, which exhibit synergistic action with all of the others
4)Psylocybian Mushrooms, the easily identified, gently persuasive and yet powerfully mind-changing fungi containing psilocybin and/or psilocin that re-introduced an appreciation of psychedelic-effect in the late 1970s
5) Nutmeg and MDA, the empathic compound that create few "visuals", stimulating research into discrete psychedelic effect
6)DMT,DET,DPT and Odier short-acting Tryptamines, a family of varying intensities but including the psychedelic that's the most impressive veisually
7) Ayahuasca, Yage and Harmaline, the "visionary vine" complex from the Amazon that is a "telephatic" healer
8)Iboga and Ibogaine, the bushfrom Africa used in initiatory rites and by hunters to produce extended stillness, and its principal alkaloid that produces vivid imagery and stimulation
9)Fly agaric, Panther Caps and "Soma", the colorful, fascinating sometimes, legendary mushrooms that have been used shamanically and may, as "Soma" have provoked "the religious idea in homo sapiens" (R. Gordon Wasson)
Andrew Weil caracteriza psychedelicele ca fiind ca "an especially active placebo", in sensul ca utilizatorul raspunde in functie de asteptarile pe care le are. So...tu ce asteptari ai?
"It started off in chemestry, and went into art and mysticism."
A. Hofmann