Magic Medicine: A Trip Through the Intoxicating History and Modern-Day Use of Psychedelic Plants and Substances

This is a comprehensive guide to all psychedelic substances, providing readers with an understanding of their properties, use, lore, place in history, and current research and applications in medicine. It explores the history of psychedelic substances, including classical psychedelics like 2C-B, ayahuasca, LSD, and peyote, empathogenic psychedelics like MDA and MDMA, dissociative psychedelics like DXM, ketamine, and salvia, and unique psychedelics like cannabis, DiPT, and fish and sea sponges. This also explores questions about the use of psychedelics in various healing traditions, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, and their transformative healing properties.