Winter Solstice 2003

With writings from:

  • Mark McCloud
  • Jon Hanna
  • Daniel J. Siebert
  • Connie Littlefield
  • Tyler D. Flyer
  • Lazyvegan
  • Jay Yasgur, R.Ph., M.Sc.
  • and others...

  

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • "The King of Blotter Art: Mark McCloud Speaks" interviews the world's foremost collector of LSD blotter art.
     
  • "The History of the First Salvia divinorum Plants Cultivated Outside of Mexico" explodes the well-worn mischaracterization of the "Wasson and Hofmann" strain, correctly identifying this as the "Bunnell" strain, first collected in 1962 by Sterling Bunnell.
     
  • "Ann & Sasha: A Chemical Love Story" presents a plea for donations for this Canadian documentary on our favorite infamous psychonautical duo.
     
  • "Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation: Means and Benefits" provides do-it-yourself instructions for cultivation of the wood-loving species, including directions for the construction of a unique and useful "Mushroom Motel." This inspiring article is, in our opinion, one of the all-time best that has appeared in our publication.
     
  • "Network Feedback" provides information on the first-ever trip report of recreational use of memantine hydrochloride (with appropriate cautionary advice), describes a commercial chemical extract that affects enzyme metabolism and increases bioavailability of some drugs, and compares the dissociative effects of opioid drug butorphanol to those of salvinorin A.
     
  • "Events Calendar" tells of the latest happenings, including the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness meeting in California, Toward a Science of Consciousness in Arizona, the International Conference on Science and Consciousness in New Mexico, Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening in California, and the Clinical Conference on Cannabis in Virginia.
     
  • "Sources" provides a travel report for the drug scene in Vancouver, British Columbia, while reviewing the Entheogenesis Conference, the Urban Shaman ethnobotanical store, the web-based video site Pot-TV, and the addiction treatment center Iboga Therapy House.
     
  • "Book Review" describes Huston Smith's new edition of Cleansing the Doors of Perception.

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