Is Priyanka Chopra The Wedding Planner Of Joe Jonas And Sophie Turner?
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' wedding was not only a union of two people who love each other, but it was also a union of families, beliefs, and traditions. It is expected already that these two personalities will have the grandest wedding but the beauty is seen not only to the decorations or their gowns and outfits, but it was how they looked at each other and the sincerity of their feelings that makes it all magical. Their wedding was indeed full of colors and ceremonial indeed, not to mention the extravagance of doing weddings in different locations.
And because Priyanka Chopra has already proven that her wedding coordination on her own wedding was near perfect, with all her assistants and errands who can contact all her connections, there might be a touch of truth to the rumors circulating recently that the Quantico star will be in charge of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's wedding. It was reported that Priyanka Chopra cannot stop planning for the event that she has already ideas on her mind, from doves everywhere in the venue, a touch of Asian faunas like orchids, a whole band of gospel singers and an orchestra to put the mood on the celebration. With all these details and more, the former beauty queen is surely not going for the simple and cheap commodities, and like her wedding, it will all ask for a large sum of the budget for the upcoming newlyweds, an estimated cost of $1 million which will really shock the groom.
However, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have not yet officially announced their wedding date, they have been engaged for more or less 2 years, the source failed to mention this, just to prove his report. Nevertheless, the spokesperson of Priyanka Chopra has already denied the news and therefore, she may have no participation in the preparation unless it is officially announced by the Bollywood star herself. The news of an upcoming wedding for Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner is actually legit when the Camp Rock star talked about this in an interview on The Late Late Show earlier this month.
In that entire interview, Jonas did not mention or even gave a hint that his sister-in-law will be involved in the preparation; the singer even made fun of his brother, Nick Jonas of having "18" weddings, because of the numerous ceremonies he and Chopra held to celebrate their nuptials. But Kevin and Denise Jonas were not only proud parents to the groom, but they were fascinated at how impressive the wedding was that the pictures "did not do justice" to the events that happened. In a video on social media, Nick Jonas' parents were describing some of the details that transpired in the wedding and the different ceremonies that occurred. It was clear that Priyanka Chopra wanted a two-day celebration in a traditional ceremony in accordance with her family's values, but it will be shown as two families representing each of their different cultures.


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Anti-Karen law? Berkeley ordinance would outlaw racially biased 911 calls
Berkeley could make discriminatory and racially biased 911 calls illegal in a new ordinance being considered by the City Council.
The ordinance, which is on the agenda for the City Council meeting next Tuesday, was authored by Councilmember Kate Harrison and it would expand the current municipal code outlawing false reports to the police to specifically ban reports based solely on discriminatory reasons. The ordinance would also allow people to pursue civil action, such as seeking damages.
Discriminatory calls are defined as those based on one's ethnicity, race, nationality, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, place of birth or creed, according to the proposal.
The Karen meme sends up a laughable, often feckless symbol of racism in America. But it's cold comfort against the violent truth of white nationalism.
"Such incidents cause serious harm to the person falsely accused of a crime, contribute to defamation, cause anxiety and distrust among people of color and other people, and put an unnecessary strain on law enforcement officers responding to frivolous and false calls," according to the ordinance.
In her proposal, Harrison cited discriminatory calls outlined in Berkeley Police Review Commission's 2017 "To Achieve Fairness and Impartiality: Report and Recommendations" report.
In one example, a mixed-race family was having pizza at Bobby G's Pizzeria on University Avenue when another diner reported that the couple was "abusing their children by drinking beer and wine in front of their child." Police arrived, and after the owner of the restaurant told them that the family were "minding their own business watching a football game," officers questioned the Black father for an hour.
Christian Cooper, the birder who was falsely accused of threatening a woman in Central Park, will host 'Extraordinary Birder' for National Geographic.
Harrison referred to another example in which a Black security guard in uniform was carrying a licensed gun and speaking with a white woman at the corner of Allston Way and Bonar after a Berkeley Youth Assn. ceremony. A white man started videotaping them and after the security guard told him to stop, the man said it was his right and told him: "Don't bring a gun into my neighborhood." The white man then called the police, who arrived and verified the credentials of the security guard. One of the officers stayed and continued to ask the security guard questions. The Black man said he felt he was being "badgered" and "unduly questioned."
In May 2020, Amy Cooper, a white woman, called the police in New York City's Central Park to report that she was being threatened by "an African American man," Christian Cooper, who was bird watching in the park. The video was posted on Twitter. Months later, Amy Cooper has been charged with filing a false police report. The charges were dropped after she finished an educational course.

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Papaver pygmaeum es una especie de amapola de la familia Papaveraceae. Es nativa de América del Norte, y puede ser encontrada en Columbia Británica, Alberta, y Montana. Tiene una distribución estrecha alrededor de la intersección de las tres fronteras. Hay alrededor de 23 ocurrencias conocidas, principalmente en Montana, algunas en Alberta y una en Columbia Británica. Está presente en varias ubicaciones dentro del Parque nacional de los Glaciares.

Esta planta perenne produce un tallo de hasta 12 centímetros de alto a partir de una raíz primaria. Las hojas miden hasta 5 centímetros de largo. La flor mide unos 2 centímetros de ancho. Los pétalos son de color amarillo, naranja-rosa, o naranja con manchas amarillas. La fruta es una cápsula de pelo áspero de aproximadamente 1,5 centímetros de largo. Su floración ocurre entre julio y agosto.

Esta planta crece en hábitats de alta montaña en climas alpinos. Crece en terrenos pedregosos como taludes y campos de páramos.

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Google Fiber looks to bring gigabit internet to 34 new cities, Comcast quakes in its boots	February 19, 2014 at 4:47 pm
At long last, Google has announced that it intends to roll out Google Fiber to 34 new cities in nine metropolitan areas, including San Antonio, San Jose, Portland, Phoenix, and Atlanta. Google Fiber has been a big success so far, offering true gigabit (1000 megabits per second) speeds to the populace of Kansas City and Provo, and soon Austin. Hopefully this expansion to 34 new cities is a sign that Google eventually intends to bring Google Fiber to larger/denser metropolitan areas, like New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago.


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Marcelo Bueno, mais conhecido como Bueno (Rio de Janeiro, 30 de julho de 1972), é um futebolista de areia brasileiro. Atualmente, joga no Vasco da Gama.

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Vasco da Gama
 Campeão da Copa Brasil (2014)
 Campeão do Campeonato Carioca (2014)

Seleção Brasileira
 Tricampeão da Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia (2006, 2008, 2009)
 Tetracampeão do Mundialito de Futebol de Praia (2006, 2007, 2010)
 Campeão da Copa América (2013)
 Tetracampeão da Copa Latina (2006, 20007, 2009)
 Campeão do Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol de Areia (2008)
 Campeão da Copa das Nações (2013)
 Campeão do Pro Beach Soccer Tour Durban (2006)
 Ouro nos Jogos Sul-Americanos de Praia (2009, 2014)
 Campeão da Copa Riviera Maya (2014)

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Seleção Brasileira
 Melhor jogador da Copa América (2013)

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Vasco da Gama
 Terceiro lugar no Mundialito de Clubes de Futebol de Areia (2013)

Seleção Brasileira
 Terceiro lugar na Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia (2013)
 Terceiro lugar nas Eliminatórias para a Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia (2013)

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Depressing Thoughts About Groupon's Model
Posted on December 20, 2010 by Jeff Bussgang
A great deal has been written about Groupon's rejection of a supposed $6 billion offer from Google. Most of the reports breathlessly describe the explosive revenue and customer growth the company has achieved in two short years and what a breakthrough the model represents (an example can be found in John Battelle's hagiographic blog post). With over 40 million email subscribers, Groupon's success is based on consumers responding to their daily deal emails, and sourcing high-quality offers that compel readers to respond. The story CEO and founder Andrew Mason told in his interview with Charlie Rose last week was that when they offered helicopter flying lessons in one of their daily email blasts, they sold 2,500 in one day. This compares to a business that had acquired only 5,000 customers in its 25 year history.
But haven't we seen this movie before in the world of direct marketing? History has shown nearly every major new direct marketing paradigm sees impressive initial response rates, but depressing response rates over time. For example, when display advertising was innovative in the late-1990s (imagine websites without ads?), publishers saw click through rates in the 1-2% range, allowing advertisers to be charged a high cost per thousand impression (CPM) in the range of $35-40. Today, iMarketer and MediaMind report that display advertising click-through rates are 0.10 – 0.20% and CPMs of $2-3 – less than one tenth what they were ten years ago. Email has shown a similar sharp decline over time. Average click through rates for the early years of email campaigns in the 1990s were as high as 30-40 percent. Today, they range from three to five percent, again, a 10x drop.
Groupon conversion rates, supposedly, are now in the three to four percent range. What will those same response rates to the same consumers look like in five years? Will daily deals follow a fundamentally different model than every other new direct marketing medium? The benefit of being only two years old is that you don't have a lot of vintage data to analyze.
What has impressed me about e-commerce stalwarts like Amazon.com and Netflix is that they have stood the test of time and have grown ARPU (average revenue per user) over time. Consumers continue to have an appetite for books and movies, year-in and year-out, and the volume of new content changes rapidly. In contrast, the merchants in my community and the ones I regularly do business with do not change all that rapidly.
That said, Groupon is building a huge consumer database, a massive set of merchant relationships and a super-talented management team. Just as Amazon and Netflix have innovated beyond their initial model, Groupon has the capacity to replicate these results. But if it the company is going to step into the multi-billion dollar winner's circle, it will need to find a model that stands the test of time, and the reality of depressing response rates over time.
Frankly, I hope they figure it out. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to sneak in a trip to the local indoor skydiving place before the holidays…
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Stop Avoiding Conflict
One of my favorite business books of all time is Patrick Lencioni's "Five Dysfunctions of a Team". Like all books by Lencioni, it begins with a short fable in a corporate setting of a management team that is operating totally dysfunctionally. Then, he provides a framework that analyzes the situation and draws out the general lessons as to why teams operate poorly together, and how to systematically combat it. The pyramid below summarizes his advice.
Each of the layers of the pyramid resonate with me (which is probably why I have this pyramid printed and hung up in my office), but the one that I always come back to and reread is "Fear of Conflict". Again and again, I see management teams and boards of directors shy away from conflict.
It is quite natural for humans to avoid conflict. In fact, our deeply programmed "fight or flight" instincts are designed to protect ourselves and run away when we sense danger. Interpersonal conflict is a danger we all prefer to avoid as it makes us uncomfortable. Your stomach gets a little queasy, your heart beats a little faster, and you think, "How do I get out of this situation?". So, you tell a joke. You change the topic. And you feel a sense of relief.
When I see this happening in management teams and in board rooms, it makes me uncomfortable because I know where it leads. It leads to mistrust, simmering issues, politics and dysfunctional behavior. Here are a few techniques I've found help address this issue, particularly in start-ups.
Building Trust. The foundation for handling conflict productively begins with building trust amongst the management team. It's easy to say, but particularly hard to do in a start-up when people have been slammed together quickly and are so crazy busy, that it's hard to stop and take the time to understand each other more deeply. One technique I have found very helpful here is to conduct a facilitated, day-long offsite where each management team member takes the Myers-Briggs test to help surface how each party thinks, processes information and makes decisions. I did this with my management team at Upromise and again when we were starting of at Flybridge and in each case found it helped us understand each other at a far deeper level.
Annual Reviews. It's easy to be running so hard and so fast that CEOs and boards forget to conduct systematic reviews where a broad range of feedback is collected and tough development issues are addressed head on. I try to do this at each of my boards and at Flybridge, the general partners conduct 360 degree reviews of each other. Done correctly, these can be emotionally draining, difficult but very productive exercises where a safe forum for brutal honesty and constructive dialog can be developed.
Systematic Post Mortems. In my early product management days, I learned the value of the post-mortem – the process of gathering all the relevant team members into the room to talk about what happened after a product ships and why errors or schedule issues occurred. Extending the post-mortem process into all business activities can be very valuable. It allows a clinical, unemotional examination of what has happened, how everyone operated under pressure, and what process improvements can be made for next time. Whether it is done post product release, when an executive team member departs because things didn't work out, after a board meeting in an executive session, or after an investment goes bad, an analytical examination of what just happened is a useful exercise that forces all parties to address difficult issues.
Go Direct. At Flybridge, we have developed a mantra for addressing issues amongst the partnership: "Go Direct". When one of us has a concern about how another partner is handling a portfolio company situation or evaluating a deal opportunity, we don't allow indirect conversations. If two partners find themselves talking about a third partner, we stop the conversation and bring in the third partner so that the issue can be addressed directly, out in the open rather than it festering behind closed doors. I learned this lesson as an executive team member at a start-up that was not good at going direct. The VP of sales would come into my office and complain that he wasn't getting good support from the VP of marketing. Ten minutes later, the VP of marketing would storm in and complain that the salesforce wasn't properly executing on our strategy. The entire executive team avoided going direct because it was uncomfortable, so we had false harmony in our Monday staff meetings and deep divisions the rest of the week.
Conflict can be stressful, draining and uncomfortable. Yet, it is incredibly natural, healthy part of life, particularly in a start-up. And creating a culture that can handle conflict effectively clearly has a positive impact on performance, as recent research has shown (see i4cp study: "Leaders With Low Emotional Intelligence May Be Depressing Bottom Line").
If you want to avoid your start-up feeling like a Soap Opera, try out some of these techniques, and let me know if there are others you've employed as well.
Time For "A Millionare's Pledge"?
There has been a great deal of attention paid to the efforts led by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to their pledge to give awway at least half of their fotunres to philanthropy. This so-called "Giving Pledge" has garnered the support of 58 billionares, each of whom has signed up publicly to the pledge.
I am no billionare and will never be one, but today's news that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy will be approved by the Senate has got me thinking that perhaps it's time for a "Millionare's Pledge". The form of this pledge might go as follows:
I promise to give away to charity the incremental tax break I will receive from the extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Philanthropy is a central part of our family's life. We try to be very supportive to a range of non-profits, including our synagogue, Facing History and Ourselves (teacher-training organization), Progressive Business Leaders Network (progressive policy), Endeavor (promoting global entrepreneurship) and many others. I know of many other families like me who are philanthropically oriented and have very mixed feelings about the tax cut exension.
The simple calculus, as I understand it, is to take 5% of your annual income (upper income tax rates would have gone back to 39.6%, up from 35%). So if you make $200,000, that's $10,000 in incremental savings that you would direct to charity in 2011 and 2012 (and perhaps beyond!). I know it's not nearly that simple with capital gains changes, estate changes, deductions, etc. But let's keep it simple to make it easy for everyone.
At this point, it doesn't matter whether you are for or against the extension of the tax cuts, the reality is that they will become law, so what should progressive, philanthropically-minded individuals do now that they have an unexpected windfall?
There are 371 billionares in the US, but 3 million millionares and 6 million taxpayers with income greater than $200,000. Now that would be a movement.
Who's in?
A Tribute to Courage, Entrepreneurship, Grace
My father-in-law, Michael Doctoroff, passed away last week of ALS. It's been a sad series of days in the Bussgang household and we are just beginning to recover and transition back into the real world. I am finding that when you lose a loved one, it's hard to make the switch back into our frenetic, exciting, optimistic start-up world. But, we are doing our best and I thought a memorial blog post would be somewhat cathartic.
My father-in-law was a remarkable man. He was the middle child in a household with three boys, surrounded on both sides by over-achieving Harvard graduates (one became a judge, the other a successful doctor – the dream of every Jewish mother!). Yet, he charted his own path. Although on paper he had a marvelous career (corporate executive, professor, author of a management book – pictured above), in truth he never found his true professional calling until 16 years ago, at the age of 60, when he founded Trainers Warehouse out of his basement.
Don't let anyone ever tell you that you are too old to be an entrepreneur, too old to take the risk of starting your own venture. My father-in-law worked alone and didn't take salary for years and years, eventually building the company into a multi-million dollar leader in the corporate training supplies market. He raised no outside money, located the office 5 minutes from his house and employed his daughter – now president of the company – and wife as well as tens of others. Even while battling ALS, he came to work every day to design creative products for trainers to bring fun and fulfillment into the workplace.
Despite his entrepreneurial success, his career did not define him. His relationships with his family and friends are what made him most remarkable. He had an amazing relationship over the course of a 50-year marriage with his wife. Their love for each other through his battle with the disease has been inspiring to observe. He had three lovely daughters (my wife being one of them!) who have happy marriages and functional families as well (coincidentally, each of the three daughters married a college classmate). And he was able to foster great relationships with each of his three son-in-laws – finding special ways to connect with each of us, despite our diverse interests (an entrepreneur-turned-VC, a scientist and an author). I think it is the mark of a great man (in this case, in partnership with a great woman) who can create such a functional set of relationships across their entire family. Fostering close friendships was also paramount to his existence. No less than five people came up to me at the funeral to tell me he was their best friend in the world.
In his final months, my father-in-law taught me a lot about grace and courage. ALS is a horrible disease, slowly weakening your body while your mind remains sharp. He was funny, irreverent and attentive to those around him to the end. I don't think I'll ever forget the night he came over our house for dinner, a week before his death, when he drew a bone on his handheld white board (he could no longer speak) and motioned to my dog to see if he could get him to chase after it. At Thanksgiving, he had his three year old grand-nephew chasing his wheelchair around trying to beat him in tic-tac-toe.
I feel blessed to have had him in my life.
Posted on December 5, 2010 by Jeff Bussgang
An entrepreneur turned VC…
I'm a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm in Boston I helped start in 2003. I converted to being a VC, having served as an executive team member of three start-ups over 10 years, including Upromise (co-founder, president & COO, acquired by Sallie Mae in 2006) and Open Market (VP marketing and business development, IPO'96). Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, I was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. That's where I learned PowerPoint.
I received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in computer science from Harvard College – not very creative, I admit. I also co-authored a Harvard Business Review article in the mid-90s on turning the Internet into a business medium. Oracle of the obvious. I can't seem to stay away from the campus and am helping out as a part-time Entrepreneur in Residence at HBS' Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
I live in the Boston suburbs with my wife and our 3 kids
Baseball (Red Sox diehard), politics (free-market Democrat, progressive policy wonk), education reform (Facing History and Ourselves)
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IPO Anxiety – East Coast Version (part 2: NY)
Yesterday, I analyzed the Massachusetts IPO ecosystem. Today, I look at NY.
Unlike MA's robust public company ecosystem, where I counted 33 companies with greater than $1 billion in market capitalization, I was shocked to discover how very few public companies in the Innovation Economy that exist in the Big Apple. If you restrict the geography to 30-45 minutes driving distance and part of the "scene" (which encourages mingling and productive talent and idea sharing), you have to eliminate CA, IBM and Priceline. I think that only leaves you with the following companies that have greater than $1 billion in market capitalization:
AOL ($2B)
Intralinks ($1B)
TakeTwo Interactive ($1B)
I'm sure I must be missing a few, but my informal survey of NY VCs, bankers and entrepreneurs didn't yield any others. There are a few smaller public companies, like Travelzoo ($660M) and Medidata ($470M), but even the sub-$1 billion market cap list is uninspiring. Given the digital transformation of media and advertising, some may argue that the big media companies and advertising agencies should be included here and certainly they play a very important part of the NY ecosystem, but in terms of pure technology companies with entrepreneurial DNA and technology roots, it's disappointing to see how few are in NY.
That said, when you analyze the pipeline of IPO candidates, you begin to see a very different picture. Not only is it quite robust – there are roughly 30 companies with estimated market values of greater than $100 million – but arguably full of companies that feel more promising and explosive than the MA companies. The chart below is lifted from the Business Insider list, but I also cross-checked with AlwaysOn, Inc's various lists and input from local members of the entrepreneurial community.
Estimated Market Value (mn)
Estimated 2010 Revenue
TheLadders.com
Vibrant Media
Thumbplay
Yodle
SecondMarket
Tremor Media
NextJump
Betaworks
$0-5
Recycle Bank
Media6Degrees
As far as I know, none of these companies has yet registered to go public. Everyday Health almost did, but then pulled out and raised a private round of financing instead. Behind this list, there are tens of other strong NY-based start-ups with real revenue momentum (> $30m) and belong in the > $100 million market capitalization category. Folks cite:
33Across
Antenna Software
BuddyMedia
Clickable
LiquidNet
Vostu
The conclusion is that NY is missing, that robust public company ecosystem does not exist. Unlike in MA, one doesn't see public company CEOs regularly mingling with their pre-IPO brethren at cocktail parties and industry gatherings. If you fast forward two or three years, however, the NY-based IPO company pipeline appears quite promising – arguably more promising than MA's – and bodes well if the investors and management teams have the courage to go all the way. Then, the CEOs of these companies will need to heed the warning of many wise men and women before them who know that an IPO is not an exit, it's a financing event. The best is yet to come.


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Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present, by June Teufel Dreyer
Jonathan Mirsky considers an exploration of the dynamics between two ancient rival nations
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This book makes admirably plain the resentful, troublesome and sometimes dangerous relations between China and Japan from as early as the 7th century AD. June Teufel Dreyer, professor of political science at the University of Miami, historian and US government policy adviser, surveys centuries of Sino-Japanese relations and underlines one big thing: how each culture and later nation took turns dominating and scorning, and occasionally learning from, the other.
Each frequently regarded the other as inferior. There are moments of absurdity, as when Japanese archaeologists discovered 12,000-year-old fragments of an ancient culture that "proved" that Japan was once as great a civilisation as China. There have been Sino-Japanese wars, with atrocities real and exaggerated on both sides, and even today collisions occur between China and Japan in neighbouring and distant seas. Nowadays, such conflicts between countries are usually smoothed over; between China and Japan, however, they risk becoming flashpoints for regional war. Fortunately, at many times, on both sides, reasonable statesmen and scholars have striven to keep relations if not calm, at least capable of cautious discussion.
Dignity and hurt feelings occasionally give way to honesty. Although for centuries, and even to this day, many Chinese have referred to Japan as "the country of dwarfs", from the middle of the 19th century, as Manchu China slid into disorder and economic chaos, there were Chinese reformers, "tinged with envy", who conceded that there was much to learn from their modernising neighbour.
Some went there to study. In 1895, during the proceedings leading to the Treaty of Shimonoseki – which concluded a humiliating defeat for China that rankles to this day, and in the process rearranged significant parts of East Asia in terms favourable to Japan – a "brilliant" Chinese translator of Japanese, who years before had been a fellow student of the man who had since become Japanese premier, explained to his old friend what had happened: "You see, in our younger days we knew each other as fellow students, and now you are prime minister in your country, and I am an interpreter in mine."
But as Dreyer, ever adroit at finding the perfect quote, shows, even at that moment of defeat, a Chinese scholar-official remarked: "The island barbarian Japanese have inscrutable temperaments and petty dispositions. Their hearts are like those of jackals and wolves, and they possess poisons like the bees and the scorpions."
This view remains widely held. Japanese atrocities during the course of the Second World War are toxic memories, which, if denied or inadequately conceded as atrocities by Tokyo, are still likely to cause hundreds of Chinese students to pour into the streets, even in Japan. There is a similar reaction whenever Japanese officials visit a shrine to soldiers who died in battle, some of whom can be called "war criminals", even though the Japanese argue, with some justification, that at the time there was no concept of war crimes.
Similarly, if Japanese officials or ordinary citizens, as Dreyer writes, carefully criticise Chinese actions in Tibet, or even the Tiananmen massacre – which is oddly described in this book as an "incident", in accordance with the official terminology of the Chinese Communist Party – there is immediate official Chinese displeasure, and the usual official Japanese reaction is a withdrawal, as Dreyer shows in this indispensable study of some of the world's longest-lived scenes of rivalry, resentment, grumpiness and occasional violence.
Jonathan Mirsky was formerly associate professor of Chinese, history and comparative literature at Dartmouth College in the US, and former Far East editor of The Times.
Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present
By June Teufel Dreyer
Oxford University Press, 472pp, £22.99
Published 1 August 2016
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#1 Submitted by bigben_usa on August 25, 2016 - 10:09am
I did graduate studies in Chinese/East Asian history and international relations. Sino-Japan diplomatic relations has certainly been around since arguably China's Three Kingdoms period. However, I'm not sure if "rival" is the right word in describing their historical relationship. Prior to the 19th century, Japan was mostly either a reluctant tributary (such as during the Tang and early Ming) or a peripheral kingdom to China's massive universal empire. China was a substantially more powerful entity by pretty much any effective measures. The balance of power only changed in favor of Japan from the late 19th century. After the Meji restoration, China was too weak to pose any challenge until the recent years. A rivalry can only exists if both powers are pretty equal for a sustainable period and that has never been the case in their relationship. A more appropriate "historical rival" relationship would probably be between Japan and Korea (analogy would be like between Britain and France).
#2 Submitted by bigben_usa on August 26, 2016 - 11:45pm
Another important point is that for China, relationships with Korea, Japan and Ryukyu were only a regional part of its broader known world order. It was also active in what is now Central Asia, SE Asia, etc. Whereas for Japan and Korea, relationship with their Northeast Asian neighbors were basically all of their known world.
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Since superhero movies have become so commonplace, it's fascinating to watch filmmakers attempt to do something unique and original with the iconic source material. Fox took a huge risk with Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool, as many assumed the film's R-rating would exclude younger moviegoers, and therefore negatively affect the box office. But quite the opposite happened, with Fox repeating the same level of success with the recent sequel Deadpool 2.
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Recommended Visionary Drug/Plant Reference Books Options
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What books do you find to be your most indispensable references on entheogenic and other psychoactive plants? What books do you wish you had?
I'm always looking for more books to add to my collection (if I can find them for a reasonable price) or to my wishlist (if they're too expensive). I imagine many of you are as well. I know there's the stickied "Book Bin" thread for general reading, but I thought we could use a thread for books specifically on psychoactive plants. Some of the titles overlap with my thread on old psychoactive-related literature in the public domain, but most of the titles below are still under copyright.
Here's my dream reference library (books in each section are organized chronologically):
General References (books covering many plants)
The Chemistry of Common Life by James F.W. Johnston (1855; many revised editions were published in the following years)
While Johnston's work was not explicitly a treatment of drug chemistry, it contained several chapters on "The Beverages We Infuse" (Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate), as well as on "The Narcotics We Indulge In" (datura, fly agaric, coca, betel, cannabis, opium, hops, and tobacco) which make it worth consideration as a historic book of drug lore. [Available online]
Die narkotischen Genußittel und der Mensch by Baron Ernst von Bibra (1855)
I own the English translation, Plant Intoxicants (1994) which is nicely annotated with Technical Notes by Jonathan Ott. Bibra covers: coffee, tea, mate, huarana, chocolate, khat, the fly agaric, datura, coca, opium, hashish, tobacco, and betel... not a bad spread for over 150 years ago. [Original German edition available online]
The Seven Sisters of Sleep by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1860)
Excellent early review of the seven best-known psychoactive plants in the Victorian era: tobacco, opium, cannabis, betel nut, coca, datura, and fly agaric. Cooke's attitude towards altered states is refreshingly positive considering the social mores of his era. [Available online]
Phantastica by Louis Lewin (1924)
Translated to English in 1931 from the 2nd German Edition (1927), can be readily found in used book stores thanks to a 1998 by Park Street Press/Healing Arts Press (who reprinted Seven Sisters of Sleep and translated Die narkotischen Genußittel und der Mensch around the same time). This is basically Lewin's magnum opus on psychoactives (having previously published monographs on several of the plants discussed in the book). In this book, the well-known German pharmacologist covers opium and morphine (and some related opiates), coca and cocaine, peyotl, cannabis, the fly agaric, Solanaceous deleriants, ayahuasca, alcohol, kava, betel, khat, coffee, mate, tea, kola nut, guarana, cacao, tobacco, and a few other various and sundry plants and chemicals.
The Hallucinogens by Abram Hoffer and Humphrey Osmond (1967)
Hoffer and Osmond were major players in early psychedelic psychotherapy (Osmond being the one who coined the term psychedelic. This volume explores the psychiatric potential of quite a cornucopia of substances: mescaline and its analogs, amphetamines, methylenedioxyamphetamines, asarone (from Acorus calamus), kava, LSD, ololiuhqui and some other ergot compounds, adrenochrome and related compounds, DMT and a variety of related tryptamines, psilocybin, harmine, ibogaine, and yohimbine. In short, an informative slice of history.
Narcotic Plants by William Emboden, Jr. (1972)
I own the revised 2nd Edition (1979). It's a near-exclusively botanical treatment of the psychoactive plants, interspersed with the occasional graphic plate depicting the plant's context in indigenous use (generally either paraphernalia or ancient artwork). An excellent source for botanical information, but not a whole lot beyond that.
Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann (1973)
Revised 2nd Edition published 1980. This one's definitely on my wish list; for now I just have a photocopy of chapter 4 (the main meat of the book, pp. 32-316) and the bibliography (pp. 369-409). Until Ott's Pharmacotheon, this was the definitive volume on the visionary plant drugs. Unfortunately the work lacks a Table of Contents. The "Plants of Hallucinogenic Use" whose chemistry and ethnobotanical backgrounds are discussed include: ergot, fly agarics, psilocybian mushrooms, cannabis, nutmeg, Virola spp., Anadenanthera spp., jurema, mescal beans, ayahuasca, the psychoactive phenethylamine-containing cacti, iboga, the bindweeds (Ipomoea, Turbina, and Argyria), Salvia divinorum, the Solanaceous deleriants, Justicia pectoralis, Psychotria viridis, and a few miscellaneous others.
Hallucinogens and Culture by Peter T. Furst (1976)
I haven't finished reading this one yet, so I can't give it a proper review... but so far I like it. Has a particular emphasis on cultural roles that the plants fulfill. Covers: Tobacco, cannabis, nutmeg, eboka and ibogaine, morning glories and LSD, psilocybian mushrooms, the fly agaric, peyotl, datura, and hallucinogenic snuffs.
Psychedelics Encyclopedia by Peter Stafford (with technical editor Jeremy Bigwood) (1978)
(2nd Edition 1983; 3rd Edition 1992)
I was hesitant to include this one, since it's generally inferior to the other contemporary references. This volume is primarily noteworthy for its inclusion of preparation methods for the substances discussed, though the dosage advice is somewhat spurious. It is otherwise fairly unremarkable; informative, well-organized, but lacking in adequate citations or bibliography and containing little information that couldn't be found in Schultes & Hofmann's Botany and Chemistry for example. Primary subjects covered are: LSD, the lysergic acid amides, ergot, and bindweeds; peyotl, mescaline, and san pedro; cannabis; psilocybian mushrooms; nutmeg, MDA, and MDMA; DMT, DET, and DPT; ayahuasca and harmaline; iboga and ibogaine; fly agarics and panther caps. Subjects given cursory treatment include: Solanaceous deleriants, yohimbe, kava, and ketamine.
Plants of the Gods by Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann (1979)
(Revised and expanded edition coauthored by Christian Rätsch printed in 2001)
Much less informationally dense than Botany and Chemistry, but full of color photographs and other graphics. Sort of the 'coffee-table book' guide to the sacred psychoactive plants.
PiHKAL (1991) and TiHKAL (1997) by Sasha and Ann Shulgin
While the books aren't focused on psychoactive plants, some of the chemicals covered in Part II of each book occur in some of our favorite plants, and Sasha is quick to refer to these plants whenever and wherever they're relevant.
Pharmacotheon by Jonathan Ott (1993)
(2nd Edition, 1996)
Truly a masterwork. This is one book I would never like to be without; unfortunately it's out of print but you might be able to track down a pdf if you can't find a hard copy of it. It's very thoroughly cited, treating the material in a lucidly direct and engaging fashion, informed by personal experience with the substances. Primary subjects are: mescaline and the cacti of which it's a constituent; lysergic acid amides and the morning glories (Convolvulaceae) and Ergot fungus in which it occurs; South American snuffs, particularly cohoba and epéna; β-carbolines, ayahuasca, and rue; the psilocybian mushrooms, psilocybin, psilocin, and baeocystine; and ibotenic acid, muscimol, and the fly agarics. Compounds given only a very cursory treatment include: calamus root and the asarones; atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and the Solanaceous deleriants; ibogaine and voacangine; nicotine, Tobacco spp., and pituri; kava and the kavapyrones; Salvia divinorum and salvinorin A; and Cannabis spp. and tetrahydrocannabinols. Very thorough bibliography. Defined scope of the work is the "entheogens".
Pharmako/Poeia (1995), Pharmako/Dynamis (2002), and Pharmako/Gnosis (2005) by Dale Pendell
A very poetic trilogy covering the "poison path", with one volume on the inebriants (/Poeia), one volume on the stimulants (/Dynamis), and one volume on the visionary compounds (/Gnosis). Not a great source for thorough histories, dates, facts, etc... but I absolutely love Pendell's visceral approach. It beautifully captures the essence of the experience in the poetry of his monographs (and engaging interludes that evolve the poetic narrative). Pharmako/Poeia covers: tobacco, pituri, alcohol, absinthe, opium, kava, Salvia divinorum, cannabis, and a few sundry others. Pharmako/Dynamis covers: coffee, tea, chocolate, mate & guayusa, guarana, kola, betel, Ephedra spp., khat, amphetamine, coca, nutmeg, MDMA, and GHB. Pharmako/Gnosis covers: morning glories, psilocybian mushrooms, LSD, mescal beans, peyotl, Trichocereus spp., ayahuasca, jurema, syrian rue, Bufo alvarius, DMT, tropanes and the Solanaceous deleriants, ketamine, the fly agaric, and iboga.
Enzyklopädie der psychoaktiven Pflanzen by Christian Rätsch (1998)
(Translated to English as Enclyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants (2005)
Definitely encyclopedic in range of subjects (it covers 414 psychoactive plants) but the depth and accuracy of information leave a lot to be desired. Since Snu's Garden of Eden has come out covering a much wider range of plants in much more depth, I think it's safe take this volume off the top shelf.
Garden of Eden by Snu Voogelbreinder (2009)
An amazing work of scholarship. It blows Rätsch's Encyclcopedia clear out of the water. The species it covers are far too numerous to give even a brief overview, and every single entry is thoroughly documented with citations. I am truly in awe of this volume. The price tag may seem a bit high, but it's worth every penny (and then some).
Trout's Notes Series by Keeper Trout
Trout is a great aggregator of information. If you're interested in any subject that Trout has written about (ayahuasca/analogues, tryptamines, Acacia, visionary cacti, etc.) then you'll want to check out Trout's Notes on the subject. They contain huge amounts of information, and the citations can point you to other sources that you'll want to check out as well. They aren't light reading, but they're great if you want to be really thoroughly informed. For a list of known Trout's Notes books/pamphlets/etc., see post #27
These books don't really belong in the general reference section, but they aren't specific to a particular plant either. Each one covers a range of plants with contributions from several writers in the related fields.
Flesh of the Gods edited by Peter T. Furst (1972)
Particularly covers tobacco, ayahuasca, san pedro, peyotl, fly agaric mushrooms (through the lens of Wasson's soma hypothesis), cannabis, and eboka (iboga). Authors include Emboden, Furst, La Barre, Reichel-Dolmatoff, Schultes, and Wasson.
The Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs edited by Daniel Efron, Bo Holmstedt, and Nathan S. Kline (1967)
This volume is a collection of papers from a symposium on psychoactive plants from January 1967 (sponsored by NIMH). It particularly covered kava, nutmeg, South American snuffs, ayahuasca, and the fly agaric. It includes contributions from Richard Evans Schultes, Sasha Shulgin, Gordon Wasson, and a number of other good names in ethno/psychopharmacology. [Available online]
Books covering particular plants
Entheogenic Snuffs
Ritual enemas and snuffs in the Americas by Peter A.G.M. de Smet (1985)
This was on my wish list until about an hour ago, when I discovered the publisher is allowing it to be downloaded for free since it's been out of print so long. So far it looks like everything I'd hoped for and more. Rich in information with thorough citations (I'm a sucker for a nice thorough bibliography employed to good effect). The section on enemas covers includes Anadenanthera seeds, ayahuasca, brugmansia, datura, guayusa, peyotl, and tobacco. The section on snuffs covers calamus, Anadenanthera seeds, ayahuasca, cannabis, datura, coca, guayusa, Justicia pectoralis, tobacco, and Virola. [Available online]
Shamanic Snuffs and Entheogenic Errhines by Jonathan Ott (2001)
A rare book indeed, and stylistically not my favorite of Ott's offerings; at times he lets himself diverge into wordplay almost enough to lose the thread of his points. Still, very dense on information (thoroughly cited as always), and a good reference to check no matter what plant you're researching... it's surprising how many plants have been used in relation to snuffing practices. Unfortunately only 1026 copies were ever printed, so even when you find a used one it costs several hundred dollars (it retailed for $120, already a hefty price for a 160 page volume).
Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America Constantino Manuel Torres and David B. Repke (2006)
An outstanding book covering the history (and archaeology), chemistry, and ethnography of traditional use for Anadenanthera colubrina and A. peregrina seeds (both smoked and as a snuff). I've got a soft spot for the seeds, and this is an excellent treatment of them.
Methylxanthine Plants (Cacao, coffee, guarana, mate, tea, etc.)
All About Coffee by William Ukers (1922)
A very good source on the history of coffee. The writing isn't terribly engaging, but the depth of information is great. [Available online]
The Cacahuatl Eater: Ruminations of an Unabashed Chocolate Addict by Jonathan Ott (1985)
Highly entertaining book about chocolate. A divergence from Ott's typical academic approach, you can tell that chocolate is something Ott really enjoys. Apparently some people thought that Ott's central thesis (that cacao is psychoactive) was controversial... guess they haven't had good cacao .
Caffeine Blues: Wake up the the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug Stephen A. Cherninske (1998)
Not exactly up to the caliber of the other literature here, but it's a great guide to the literature on the health effects of caffeine. I don't exactly agree with the book's thesis (that caffeine is a dangerous drug and everyone should stop using it), but I do think it's worth noticing the studies, particularly on the actual efficacy of coffee at enhancing work output (used daily, it's really next to nothing), and that people should be mindful of how it effects them so that they can alter their pattern of use to suit the effects they want to obtain from it.
The World of Caffeine Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie K. Bealer (2001)
Again, I'm hesitant to include this one. I decided to include it because its account of the social history of tea, coffee, and cacao is excellent, particularly during the era when they were first introduced to Europe and began to spread between countries and each gained particular following in different countries. Its endnotes and bibliography are also fairly decent, though as I checked into their sources I began to notice occasional errors (mostly sloppy ones, like dates being incorrectly transcribed).
Frankly I haven't found any comprehensive references on cannabis that really impress me. Nothing with much wow-factor... it seems bizarre, considering I can find that sort of thing for plants like kava and cebil that are comparatively so much more obscure than cannabis. Surely I must be missing something. Anyone got any good cannabis references?
The Hasheesh Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1857)
Historically, Ludlow's book helped to spark some public interest in cannabis, and his descriptions of its effects are interesting... been years since I've read this one though. [Available online]
History of Coca, "the Divine Plant of the Incas" by W. Golden Mortimer (1901)
A charming book on the coca leaf and its history. While its emphasis is a little too heavy on Peru (largely ignoring the other nations in which it has traditionally been used), it's a great historical source on the period of the conquest of Peru and the decades that followed, quoting extensively from early Spanish writers. It also is an excellent source in tracing coca's re-emergence into European consciousness in the 19th century, albeit with a sometimes naïve eye. Mortimer was friendly with Mariani, and was dismissive of the notion that pure cocaine could have any significant addictive tendencies; whether neglecting the late-19th century sources that had already begun to indicate otherwise was his own editorial hand or Mariani's influence, I do not know. And although he tends to diverge into tangents that bear only minimally on coca (such as the then-current medical understanding of nutrition, or plant biochemistry, etc.), and more is know known on the precise chemical composition and pharmacology of cocaine, I've yet to find a modern source that's as engaging as this one. [Available online]
Ayahuasca Analogues by Jonathan Ott (1994)
Just the sort of crunchy informative book that you can expect from Ott. And less exorbitantly priced than his rarer books, used copies generally running less than $100 despite being out of print in English (I think it's still in print in Spanish though). This is the single most exhaustive reference on ayahuasca that I've found. Invaluable reading material.
Trout's Notes on Ayahuasca & Ayahuasca Alkaloids by Keeper of the Trout (1998)
(2nd Edition 2004 as Ayahuasca: Alkaloids, Plants & Analogs)
Not quite as dense and exhaustive as Ott's book, but a valuable source nevertheless. [Available online]
Singing to the Plants by Stephan Beyer (2009)
A very thorough guide to mestizo shamanism in South America, particularly modes of healing learned or applied through the use of ayahuasca (though it touches on other plants as well). It should appeal to the casually-interested reader, but contains extensive footnotes and a comprehensive bibliography that should satisfy the more scholarly reader. The book gives good attention to pharmacology, botany, and other practical considerations, but is especially unique in its in-depth treatment of the syncretic use of the plants for healing in the parts of the Amazon that are becoming more urban.
Mushrooms, Russia and History by R. Gordon Wasson and Valentina Pavlovna Wasson (1957)
A classic text, elucidating the various lines of reasoning that led them to postulate a period in the past where there was a pervasive religion or worship centered around mushrooms. Includes a summary of the literature of the fly agaric eating cultural groups in Siberia. It culminates with their expedition to Mexico where they are the first Europeans ever known to consume the psilocybin-containing mushrooms employed by indigenous people there. Only 500 copies were ever printed, so little hope of acquiring a hard copy. [Available online]
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality by R. Gordon Wasson (1968)
Another classic, wherein Wasson lays out in detail his arguments for the identification of the Aryan Soma as a psychedelic drug, specifically the fly agaric mushroom. While I don't personally tend to agree with this identification (for one thing, while the literature certainly casts soma as psychoactive, it's not unambiguously psychedelic... for another, psychedelic is hardly the word I'd use to describe the experience of the fly agaric), the book is still a great source of information, and it restructured the academic discourse on soma and opened the floodgates on speculation about its identity.
Syrian Rue
Haoma and Harmaline: The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen "Soma" and its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern Folklore by David Stophlet Flattery and Martin Schwartz (1989)
Another book on the soma mystery, in this case examining haoma (linguistically identical to the Vedic soma from the Iranian branch of the Aryans. Again, I don't agree with the main thesis (I don't believe Syrian rue was the original soma), but the book is still a useful resource. In addition to providing information on the cultural place of Peganum harmala in contemporary Iran, it also provides useful information in considering alternative candidates for soma (particularly Ephedra spp.). The low point of the book is when Flattery decides to treat the experience of Syrian rue as identical to that of an ayahuasca brew (complete with chacruna and several other psychoactive admixtures). [Available online]
Psilocybian Mushrooms
[Yes, I know I put this under Fly Agaric literature too] A classic text, elucidating the various lines of reasoning that led them to postulate a period in the past where there was a pervasive religion or worship centered around mushrooms. It culminates with their expedition to Mexico where they are the first Europeans ever known to consume the psilocybin-containing mushrooms employed by indigenous people there. Only 500 copies were ever printed, so little hope of acquiring a hard copy. [Available online]
Teonanácatl: Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of North America edited by Jonathan Ott and Jeremy Bigwood (1978)
This book was put together from papers presented at the Second International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in 1977. Contributors include Ott, Schultes, Hofmann, Wasson, and Bigwood. Covers history, chemistry, description of the psilocybian mushrooms known to occur in North America at the time, and developments in cultivation. In addition to being a fine reference, its also a nice slice of history, a peek into a time when the four of the most eminent minds on psychoactive drugs had all turned their attention on the same substance. This also marked the time when mushrooms began to become widely available in western cultures through developments in cultivation of Psilocybe cubensis. Considering the relative rarity of this volume, I thought I'd got a great deal a few years ago when I got it for $30, but it looks like Amazon has several used copies in decent condition for only $10 or so right now!
The Wondrous Mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica by R. Gordon. Wasson (1980)
This one's on my wish list. I had started reading a borrowed copy at one point, and it seemed like a good retrospective on Wasson's researches on the psilocybian mushrooms over the previous couple of decades. Unfortunately things came up and I wasn't able to finish the book. Sooner or later I need to pick up a copy and finish reading the book.
Kava - The Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to its Ethnobotany, History, and Chemistry by Vincent Lebot, Mark David Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom (1992)
Republished 1997. It's everything it says in the title. If you're interested in kava, you'll want to read this book. Aside from the history (which I always find interesting), their use genetic and chemical analysis to identify classes of kava (chemotypes) and track its spread through the Pacific is very informative. Their thesis that Piper methysticum is actually a set of closely-related sterile cultivars of Piper wichmannii is pretty well bulletproof. And it's affordable; I picked up my copy for $5.
Substances that I haven't found any excellent books on, but would like to know about if they exist:
Psychoactive bindweeds (morning glory, ololiuqui, HBWR)
So that's my list as it stands now.
But I want to hear from the rest of you: What are your favorite books on entheogens? Ones that turned you onto entheogens (either in general, or maybe one you hadn't heard of before)? Which ones could you simply not do without?
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Recommended Entheogen Reference Books
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The Cacahuatl Eater: Ruminations of an Unabashed Chocolate Addict by Ott.
Awesome exegesis of, of course, chocolate! Engaging, opinionated, and tightly written, as is most of Ott's work.
And very tough to find for an affordable sum.
Oh yeah, and chocolate's cousin, coffee:
The Devil's Cup by Allen. Not a reference book, but dense with information and the best place to start if you're curious about coffee. A riotously enjoyable gonzo romp, half travelogue, half history, all good!
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard P. Feynman
I do not have the vocabulary to articulate this particular musing at the current time...
Location: The Carina Nebula.
CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference by Timothy Johnson (1998.)
A fantastic source of information on over 30,000 plants, their attributes and historical uses. Definitely on my wish list. Can be quite expensive, but the price is well worth the 1211 pages of information.
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Ljosalfar wrote:
I love that book! Actually, I don't think Ott's written anything I don't like. If I ever come across a copy at a decent price I'll definitely snag it.
I just finished putting together my list in the first post... and in the process discovered that one of the books on my "wish list" is available free online from the publisher! Ritual Enemas and Snuffs in the Americas looks like everything I'd hoped it would be; definitely check it out if you're interested in traditional snuffing practices (along with section 4 [pp. 233-274] of Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs, also available free online).
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thanks for these
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Some ideas.
http://psypressuk.com/
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For Salvia:
PEOPLED DARKNESS: perceptual transformation through salvia divinorum by J.D. Arthur is quite good, but mostly anecdotal trip report musings (I think it has been re-issued under the title "Salvia Divinorum: Doorway to Thought-Free Awareness" .
Martin Ball's book sage spirit was OK, much better than mushroom wisdom (which reads like its written for and by a 15 year old), but I am not a big fan of his anyway.
Daniel Siebert's long awaited tome is due out this year, but I believe last year it was due out last year, so who knows...
Not a lot of literature about salvia out there... there are a few more books on Amazon, but they don't look very good, IMHO:
There are a few listed on THIS PAGE.
Anyone know of any others?
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Posted : 2/2/2011 1:39:29 AM
Another great psilo ref:
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Stamets
Oh yeah, that's a good one. I haven't read it, but I've skimmed it and was impressed with what I saw.
jbark wrote:
Not a lot of literature about salvia out there... there are a few more books on Amazon, but they don't look very good, IMHO
Yeah, there really isn't much out there for books on salvia. Martin Ball's book was definately better than mushroom wisdom, but still leaves a lot to be desired... I don't think I'm a fan of Martin Ball. Siebert's book will probably be a good one... if it ever comes out. As I recall, it was originally due out two years ago, so I've kind of given up hope on that happening anytime soon. [Edit: Actually it was originally due out in winter of 1998, and has been due out every single year since then...]
I've collected enough resources over the years that I could write a crunchy 120 page book on salvia (about the size of Ayahuasca Analogues) without too much effort just so there's something decent available on the subject... I wonder if any publishers would bite at such a book? The market for these things probably isn't great, but a place like Healing Arts Press or Dioscorides Press might go for it.
Posted : 2/2/2011 11:27:11 AM
Entropymancer wrote:
[quote=Ljosalfar]
Do it!! It is much needed and you seem like a thorough fellow, so I'd love to see an Entropymancer salvia reference book for my coffee table!
Long term, I am thinking myself of compiling my trip reports and a few essays and random writings I have into a kind of 1st person psychonaut's "pilgrim's progress"... one among many projects.
I have a few more books in my library I will add later, when I have some free time.
Another one, IMHO indispensable, although not quite "reference":
Shadows in the Sun by Wade Davis - the essay "Smoking Toad" wherein he relates the eponymous act in the company of none other than... Dr. Andrew Weil! The essay is impeccably researched and deep alongside the personal story, as are the other essays.
Davis is brilliant. One River, his biography of his mentor Richard Evans Schultes is on my list to read.
endlessness
Location: Jungle
Great collection so far!
All books by Bia Labate are very good quality material:
http://www.bialabate.net/books
I have two of them in portuguese, "O uso ritual da ayahuasca" (very good essays divided in 4 sections, indigenous use, santo daime, UDV and scientific research) and "O uso ritual das plantas do poder" (also good essays about different entheogens including mimosa, snuffs, coca leaf, etc). I bet whatever she wrote/edited/coordinated in english is also good.
Another book I really like is from Giorgio Samorini but I dont know if its available in english, its called Los alucinógenos en el mito : relatos sobre el origen de las plantas psicoactivas (about the indigenous mythology regarding different entheogens such as iboga, aya, peyote, etc)
oh and for hash, the book Hashish by Robert Clarke is awesome . And then Marijuana Horticulture by Jorge Cervantes is awesome top class book. And still for THC, written from the perspective of a big time smuggler, the book Mr Nice is excellent
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oh and for hash, the book Hashish by Robert Clarke is awesome . And still for THC, written from the perspective of a big time smuggler, the book Mr Nice is excellent
"Hashish" is impossible to find online. Been searching since 08. When you'll be in some creative essay mode, a few words of review ? Also if anyone is buying, "new updated 2nd edition, April 2010" is available.
"Mr. Nice" was movied/movizied in October 2010 (if you're more of a LCD than Kindle fan).
I have a few of the tomes listed above, but let me add a few that haven't been listed yet:
--- Magic Mushrooms in religion and Alchemy by Clark Heinrich
--- Psilocybin Mushroom Handbook by Nichols and Ogame
--- Tryptamine Palace by James Oroc
--- Ayahuasca: Sacred vine of the spirits edited by Ralph Metzner
--- Sacred Mushroom visions - Teonancatl edited by Ralph Metzner
--- A psychonaut's quide to the invisible landscape by Dan Carpenter
With the exception of perhaps the last one, nothing really unusual or difficult to find, but interesting reads nevertheless. Be warned the Metzner edited books have no real new information, just a good simple resource in one volume, along with some interesting (and not so...) trip reports.
Just wanted to add one more to the list: Singing to the Plants by Stephan Beyer (he's a contributing editor over at the ayahuasca forums, posting under the name steve beyer).
I just got my copy today (for under $20 including shipping) after skimming through an overpriced copy I found at a local bookstore. It's a thorough guide to mestizo shamanism in South America, particularly modes of healing learned or applied through the use of ayahuasca (though it touches on other plants as well). It's well-written and should appeal to the casually-interested reader, but contains extensive footnotes and a comprehensive bibliography that is satisfying to the more scholarly reader. The book gives good attention to pharmacology, botany, and other practical considerations, but is especially unique in its in-depth treatment of the syncretic use of the plants for healing in the parts of the Amazon that are becoming more urbanized.
I haven't finished reading it (and may not have the chance for awhile, I'm busy with a little project at the moment), but I've been impressed with the book from what I've read so far.
One more book to add to the list: Garden of Eden by Snu Voogelbreinder.
Just received my copy today, and I am seriously impressed. Big book, very small margins, very small text. The amount of information packed into this book is simply astounding. Especially remarkable for the thoroughly referenced information about a very large number of lesser-known plants. Rätsch's Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants may have the advantage of color photos, but Snu's Garden of Eden blows it right out of the water in virtually every other respect. If you're looking for information on a major entheogen complex (ayahuasca, fly agaric mushrooms, etc.) you're probably better off consulting Ott. But if you're prone to getting curious about more obscure plants, this is a book you will want to have.
The price tag may seem hefty... $100 AUD for the book, plus shipping from Australia is another $60 AUD or so... but holding the book in my hands, that seems to be a bargain price. Only 500 copies were printed (only a few dozen were left when I inquired), no second print run is currently anticipated, no libraries have picked up the title, and considering the quality of the book I don't think any used copies are likely to crop up anytime soon.
Just snagged up a copy of Vine of the Soul by Schultes and Raffauf. Overall, I'm somewhat disappointed. It's well enough for a casual read, but as a reference it leaves a lot to be desired.
It's written in the form of sort of photo-journal... I'd call it a coffeetable book, but all the photos are black-and-white. Each picture is accompanied by a paragraph or so of anthropological or ethnobotanical anecdotes relating to visionary plants and the cultures and people around them. Each picture is also accompanied by a very brief excerpt (just a sentence or two) from the travelogues of early explorers and ethnobotanists. These excerpts are actually one of the best parts of the book: they can be a good launching-off point, pointing the reader toward interesting primary literature.
The biggest shortcoming of the book is that it lacks an index, and the table of contents is nowhere near detailed enough to make up for that omission. If you want to know whether the book has any comments on a particular plant or ritual practice, there is no way to check short of reading the thing cover-to-cover. This one won't be added to the list in the first post.
I'm hoping Schultes and Reichel-Dolmatoff's Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline will be more satisfying. Also, Metzner's books Ayahuasca: Sacred vine of the spirits and Teonanácatl: Sacred Mushroom visions are on my list of books to acquire per jbark's recommendation... I know I leafed through them in a bookstore a few years ago, and seem to recall being favorably impressed.
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I posted a thread awhile back were I gave a link to download this rare and sought after text; I titled it as the same as the text.
For anyone who is interested in downloading this wonderful bulk of knowledge.
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I like the Trouts Notes series.
there are a number of them, some out of print and a few unpublished
just amazing works!
I would throw out anything by Ott or Rätsch, or at least know that they publish a lot of hearsay and questionable claims as fact. Also the Plants of the Gods was written largely by Rätsch and had very little to do with Hoffman and Schultes, this includes the older version lacking Rätschs name on the book. Good coffee table book, bad as a reference work.
Does anyone know where I can get Trout's notes on 'Some Simple Tryptamines' as well as his notes on Peyote?
I have heard that I can buy them directly from him but I'm still not sure where to go and my searching turns up empty.
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All this with no luck. My MacBook still drops wifi every couple of minutes. I have been using the same router for months now, and I never had a single problem with it. This only started recently. I wonder if it's something in the latest version of Yosemite? I have been regularly updating to the latest version of it since the first developer beta came out this summer.
So what else can I do? It's very frustrating. This is the only network that my MacBook can't handle, and this is also the only device on the network that does this. Every other network is fine on my MacBook, and every other device on this network is fine as well.
The WiFi on my iMac kept disconnecting each time the computer went to sleep, about 15 min when computer was not used. I solved it by going to energy saver in system preferences to extend the computer sleep time and unselected the "put the hard disk/s to sleep when possible" The display sleep time doesn't matter, it's the hard drives that should stay awake much longer. It worked for me.
Just save the app, start it and let it run. This will prevent your mac from dropping the connection.
The problem is that OS X tries to put the WiFi antenna into a power saving mode if there's no data being sent or received, but with some WiFi APs, this leads to disconnecting. That ping command will ping your router every 0.2 seconds, preventing OS X from turning off the WiFi.
This is not a brilliant solution, but it will work until Apple does something about this.


Below is a list of current World Cup records in swimming claimed at the annual series of swimming meets run by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The events are always held in a short course (25 m) pool, with the last series of events completed on November 16, 2008 in Berlin , Germany . Records are updated to the end of the third leg of the 2009 World Cup series held in Stockholm , Sweden on 10–11 November.


The IoCore is an expansion module in the CueCore product family of solid-state lighting controllers. It offers interfacing to digital and analogue inputs and digital outputs and supports various protocols like DMX, RS-232, OSC, UDP and Art-Net.
The IoCore features 8 inputs that can be individually configured as digital or analogue input. Set as digital input, it allows for an easy connection with for example physical switches and sensors. When set to analogue, it supports 0-10V and 1-10V inputs; ideal for connecting to household dimmers.
The 8 outputs on the IoCore are relay-switched and can handle 1 Amp. The digital outputs can be used to switched various other devices like A/V equipment, blinds or heavy-duty relays.
Additionally, the IoCore is fitted with a DMX-512 port that can be configured as input or output, and a bi-directional RS-232 port. Through its network port, the IoCore also supports OSC, UDP and Art-Net protocols that can be used for triggering and conversion.
The compact and versatile IoCore is the ideal expansion for the CueCore in projects that demand more IO. Furthermore, IoCore is equally well suited for standalone IO interfacing or working together with any third-party show control system.


For three quarters on Saturday night, the Maine Black Bears played better football than William and Mary. They held a 14-3 lead at the of the third quarter, were playing solid defense and special teams, and looked like they were going to even their record at 2-2. Then, out of nowhere, it happened.
The fourth quarter showed up.
William and Mary scored 21 points in the final session, including a Chase Hill 21 yard touchdown reception with just under 21 seconds left ion the game to beat UMaine 24-21.
The touchdown capped off a 70 yard, 2 minute 26 second scoring drive led by William and Mary QB Michael Paulus, who took over for an ineffective Mike Callahan with 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter. Paulus led two touchdown drives in the 4th, which sandwiched the Tribe's Dante Cook picking off a Warren Smith pass for 50 yards and a touchdown, which briefly gave the Tribe a 17-14 lead with 6:46 left.
The Bears stalled on the ensuing drive and had to punt, but Tribe return man BW Webb was run into by his own player, and Maine recovered the ball at the Tribe 20 yard-line. 4 plays later, Smith found Desmond Randall for a 3 yard touchdown pass that gave the Bears a 21-17 lead with 2:46 remaining, but it wasn't enough.
Maine was done in by penalties, getting called for 11 penalties that totaled 134 yards lost. It put the offense in a lot of 3rd and longs in the second half, and they could not get untracked until that 4th quarter touchdown.
Star running back Jared Turcotte was not available for the Black Bears, as his wife was giving birth to their first child in Lewiston. Pushaun Brown ran for 104 yards in his absence.
Maine hosts New Hampshire next week.