This month we thought we’d let you know about a rather good UK-based source of ethnobotanical seeds and plants, Arkham’s Botanical. Billing themselves as a specialist “one-stop” source for ornamental, exotic and ethnobotanical plant species, the site offers over a hundred different species of rare and desirable genera such as Acacia, Desmanthus, Ipomoea, Lophophora, Phalaris, Salvia and Trichocereus…
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A Visit to Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera, Barcelona
Barcelona’s Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera is one of Europe’s oldest & largest publicly-accessible collections of cacti & succulent plants. Recently renovated, the gardens are situated in the Montjuic area of the city & offer a breath-taking panoramic view of Barcelona’s coastline…
‘Eduardo the Healer’ (1978)
‘Eduardo the Healer’ (originally ‘Eduardo el Curandero’) is a nice little find – a fly-on-the-wall ethnobotanical documentary following sympathetic Peruvian sculptor, folk healer/ shaman, former trainee priest & fisherman Eduardo Calderón over the course of a typical day…
‘Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia’ (2011-present)
We’ve been enjoying Vice’s excellent TV documentary series ‘Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia’ since its inception in 2011 & – with the recent premiering of the second season of the show – we figured it was about time we highlighted it on Dissident Reality…
Giorgio Samorini – ‘Animals and Psychedelics’
‘Animals and Psychedelics…’ is a slim yet hugely exciting volume from ethnobotanist and ethnomycologist Giorgio Samorini…
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the UK – 2: Panaeolus and Pluteus
The second of our three part series on the UK’s resident psilocybin mushroom species, concentrating on the Panaeolus and Pluteus genera.
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the UK – 1: Conocybe, Gymnopilus and Inocybe
As the UK mushroom picking season is nearly upon us, we thought it would be a good time to start our three part series on the various psilocybin-containing species, including those hitherto unnoticed by many budding psychonauts…