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Pros

If the reader can tolerate the scattered nature of the content, it’s an enlightening ride. I have so many book darts w/ interesting statistics or thoughts that i can't possibly share them all.

Mescaline induces a state of “immanence,” “bare presence,’ and “sufficiency” that overwhelms our “cozy symbols” of the world. A beautiful story, pollan is a great story teller. Like pollan a lot; have all his books.

There is a consistent thread throughout about the ravages and insanity of the us * war, and how our collective and governmental decisions about regulating or permitting these drugs (in the case of caffeine) have been about power.

In the u. S. On the other hand, it grows wildly (and domestically) all over north america, and most people have no idea what it harbors. Is an omniscient spirit, capable of seeing through people and somehow “knowing” them better than they know themsel...  Read More



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This one seems like a rush to publish. It is generally boring with some history that is generally irrelevant. His excessive narratives about personal experience with the plants mentioned gets in the way and is self glorifying.

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So grab your backpack pack some snacks and get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure with the power of plants


These plants almost always are ones that alter our consciousness or with the power to change consciousness in ways that run cou...  Read More


” and by society of course our author means those with the power to shape it

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Pollan is a fantastic narrator of his own work and an excellent journalist of earned renown

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    most, three and great.
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  • This product had a total of 2,951 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 5 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was interested in learning more about psychedelics and other consciencealtering substances but i ended up learning a lot of history about other cultures on top of the substances they use to seek oneness with their environment


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    Thats a bit trite but so is my brain on drugs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Read it when you have a few minutes and send me a synopsis of what you learn


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There are two types of ‘drugs’ that exist those that are natural and come from plants and those that are unnatural and are made in a laboratory


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Somehow in what seems like an inverse of how things should be modern society has outlawed the natural ones while accepting and distributing the unnatural ones


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Opium comes from the opium poppy plant scientifically labeled papaver somniferum


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    On the one hand this plant is illegal to grow


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    On the other hand it grows wildly and domestically all over north america and most people have no idea what it harbors

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