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Author here: this is an open-access journal article, mostly about the colonial histories of peyote, psilocybin and ayahuasca. If you aren't able to access it an
by benbreen 5y ago
Author here: this is an open-access journal article, mostly about the colonial histories of peyote, psilocybin and ayahuasca. If you aren't able to access it and want to, just get in touch (contact info in profile) and I'd be happy to email you a PDF. Same goes with the primary sources I cite, although most should be available via Hathi Trust's emergency temporary access feature.
- scyzoryk_xyz 5y agoGreat article - it would make sense to me that these substances were, as you said 'in-ward facing', not something you hand out to foreign visitors but something you guard as a sacred secret. I would imagine these societies would also guard many of these practices locally, regionally. Makes me all the more grateful, thanks.
- Dylovell 5y agoThank you for making this open to the public, and thank you for your work.
- benbreen 5y agoThanks! Though I have to say, credit for the open access is entirely due to librarians of the UC system. I just had to click a button saying I wanted it to be made available. The work was already done via this 2019 agreement with Cambridge: https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relationships/cambridge-transformative-oa-agreement/ https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relation...
- JKCalhoun 5y agoLaymen here, I was surprised that opium didn't get more than a passing mention. It seems to have made some inroads a 150 or years ago.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI believe because opium isn't a psychedelic.
- heavyset_go 5y agoOpium is psychoactive, but not a psychedelic.
- lurquer 5y agoVery interesting and well-written. Thanks.