Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness

by Giorgio Samorini

Book Overview

An Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances. * Throws out behaviorist theories that claim animals have no consciousness. * Offers a completely new understanding of the role psychedelics play in the development of consciousness in all species. * Reveals drug use to be a natural instinct. From caffeine-dependent goats to nectar addicted ants, the animal kingdom offers amazing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892819863
• ISBN13: 9780892819867
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Park Street Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"