A Note to the Reader on the Use of Salvia divinorum
Introduction
1 First Experiences
2 Intensification
3 Augmentation
4 Taken
5 Subsidiary Occurrences
6 Reality of the Visions
Epilogue
Index
J. D. Arthur began experimenting with hallucinogens during the 1960s. This led to a lifelong interest in spirituality and the enhancement of awareness. He works with disabled adults as well as people with mental illness and lives in northern New England.
“For those interested in experiencing Salvia divinorum, this is an
honest, detailed, and caring account of the territory you will
encounter.”
*Stephen Buhner, author of The Secret Teaching of Plants and Sacred
Plant Medicine*
“We are fortunate to have J. D. Arthur’s thoughtful, reasoned
accounts of ‘thoughtless’ passages. I agree with J. D. Arthur--go
with a sober sitter.”
*Bret Blosser, anthropologist*
“Fascinating. Salvia Divinorum is a clear, inspiring, and
insightful account of meetings with a powerful teacher plant. In
the spirit of the classical psychedelic explorers, J. D. Arthur
kept a meticulous record of his work with Salvia divinorum. In this
easy-to-read book he provides others with a road map for their own
explorations, as well as a detailed guide to the territory. After
reading Arthur’s book I am inspired to look again at salvia.”
*Ross Heaven, author of Plant Spirit Shamanism and The
Hummingbird’s Journey to God*
"This author's thoughtful investigation of the unique, leaf-induced
state merits careful attention. His methodical approach and
detailed documentation is a model of how to meaningfully explore
such vast and elusive topics as time, mind, and language. His
careful forays led him to establish familiar pathways both into and
out of what he suggests may be another reality, or the far side of
death. Mr. Arthur's conclusions beg the very question: What is
thought?"
*Kathleen Harrison, Ethnobotantist and author, March 2010*
"This another of Inner Traditions' serious studies of the use of
shamanic psychogenic drugs. It begins with an overview of the use
of hallucinogenic drugs in the United States. The author is careful
to affirm that he is not promoting the use of such drugs, only
recording his personal experiences over several years. He also
makes clear that he did extensive research into the chemical makeup
of salvia before using it, and that the drug was legal in the
United States when he did his experimentation with it."
*Anna Jedrziewski, reviewer, New Age Retailer, April 2010*
". . . insightful and readable. . . . let it be a guide, a doorway
in itself, to bigger and better things."
*Chard Currie, New Dawn, No. 121, Jul/Aug 2010*
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