- Paperback: 109 pages
- Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited (April 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1559502118
- ISBN-13: 978-1559502115
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.6 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 381 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,053,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The asafetida is a very tall herb from the parsley family that comes from Afghanistan and Persia, where it grows in the mountains. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Dissapointing reference material,
By A Customer
This review is from: Herbs of the Northern Shaman: A Guide to Mind-Altering Plants of the Northern Hemisphere (Paperback)
I ordered this book based on the glowing reviews, here is a more honest review. As a reference material the book is sorley lacking and is nearly unusable. Most of the plants do not have so much as a sketch let alone a picture. The ones that do have drawings are poorly done and not very helpful. The very few that have photos are in black and white! There are so few plants described in this book it would have only taken a few short pages to include color plates of all the described plants. At the very least drawings should have accompanied EACH description, and included various parts, stages of growth etc. Coupled with the fact that the suggested uses are very vauge makes this book nearly useless. Other than the very obvious well known plants (that recieve multiple pages), the more obscure plants get a very brief description with a short "guess" as to their properties and uses. The authors obviously intentional vaugeness leads one to be suspect of his sources not to mention his actual knowledge of what he is describing. At best this book could be used to learn the scientific names of said plant so that one could do further research using better, more complete resources. While I certainly wasn't expecting a "how to" manual, I did at least hope for a more complete reference material in the spirit of other field guides. This book falls way short of being useful as anything much more than a cofee table curiosity.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A "user friendly" and highly recommended reference.,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Herbs of the Northern Shaman: A Guide to Mind-Altering Plants of the Northern Hemisphere (Paperback)
In Herbs Of The Northern Shaman, Steve Andres draws upon a lifelong student of plant culture to produce a comprehensive and unique guide to the mind-altering plants which grow in the Northern Hemisphere. From standard relatively well known hallucinogens as Cannabis, Datura, and Peyote, to such garden commonplace and unsuspected plants as the Buttercup, Sassafras, and the Water Lily, Andres provides a detailed and authoritative description of effects and consciousness expanding qualities that have historically been found useful in aboriginal ceremonial and medicinal ministries. Herbs Of The Northern Shaman is very strongly recommended reading for students of botany and natural hallucinogens, as well as personal and academic psychoactive plants reference collections.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Shamen in Ely,
By Peter Finch (Cardiff United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Herbs of the Northern Shaman: A Guide to Mind-Altering Plants of the Northern Hemisphere (Paperback)
If anyone can locate mind altering northern hemisphere plants then it's the bard of Ely (Cardiff) Steve Andrews. This easy to read, well illustrated and informative directory is about as comprehensive as you can get - how do you want your mind altered? How much do you want to pay? What risks do you run? is it illegal? Where do the plants grow? Can you nurture them yourself out the back? Steve does, shows how, explains and entertains. A must.
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