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Soma Hymns in the Rigveda
Soma Hymns in the Rigveda
RV 8.48 and 9.113 on soma, immortality, and light
Chavin de Huantar
Chavin de Huantar
Ritual architecture, psychoactive plants, sound, and authority in the Early Horizon Andes
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
Hymn to Demeter
Exhortation to the Greeks (Chapter II, on the Eleusinian and Related Mysteries)
Exhortation to the Greeks, ch. II
Cueva del Chileno
Cueva del Chileno
A high-Andean ritual bundle with direct chemical evidence for multiple psychoactive plants
On Teonanácatl, the "Flesh of God"
Teonanácatl, "carne de Dios"
Eighth Colloquy: Bangue
Eighth Colloquy: Bangue
Ololiuhqui, Peyotl, and Teonanácatl in the Florentine Codex
Ololiuhqui, Peyotl, and Teonanácatl in the Florentine Codex
Sahagún’s Book 11 on herbs that intoxicate
Hongos monteses in Durán's Historia de las Indias de Nueva España
Hongos monteses in Durán's Historia de las Indias de Nueva España
Mushrooms, coronations, and the feast of revelations
De la yerva que llaman Ololiuhqui
On the Herb Called Ololiuhqui
Edict of the Mexican Inquisition Prohibiting the Use of Peyote (1620)
Inquisition Edict against Peyote
Ololiuhqui and Peyote in Idolatrías y supersticiones de los indios
Ololiuhqui and Peyote in Idolatrías y supersticiones de los indios
Colonial anti-idolatry texts on divination, healing, and visionary plants
An Histori-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Part of Europe and Asia: "Koræiki"
Strahlenberg on the Koryaks and Fly-Agaric
The History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent
The History of Kamtschatka
Franz Xaver Veigl on Ayahuasca in Maynas
Franz Xaver Veigl on Ayahuasca in Maynas