HSCI 180 Chapter Notes -Psilocybe Cubensis, Psilocybe Semilanceata, Banisteriopsis Caapi
25 Nov 2013
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Animism: the belief that animals/plants derive their special characteristics from spirits. If a plant contains a spirit, then eating the plant transfers this spirit to the person who consumes it, possibly giving that person special powers or insights, plant speak to consumer, make the person feel the plant s joy. Psychoactive plants used for medicines, spiritual, recreational purposes to promote state of detachment from reality and precipitate mystical insight. Naming the family of drugs is a complex issue. Phantastica: drugs that create a world of fantasy in our minds (peyote, lsd, psilocybin) Psychedelic: mind-viewing, allow them to see into their own minds (implies beneficial effect controversial) Psychotomimetic: mimicking psychosis by producing hallucinations and some altered sense of reality, produce a psychotic state (implies dangerous/mental disorder- also controversial) Entheogens: substances that create spiritual or religious experiences (eg mushrooms) Entactogens: substances that enhance feelings of empathy (eg mdma) Hallucinogens: a more descriptive and less prejudiced term.
