Sacred & Ceremonial Flora
Cross-cultural botanical histories of plants revered in ritual, religious ceremonies, and traditional divinatory practices worldwide.
Inside this collection
Banisteriopsis caapi
The spirit liana of the northwest Amazon, woody stem morphology, harmala alkaloids, and traditional indigenous vine processing.
Lophophora williamsii
Peyote cactus of the Chihuahuan desert, spineless ribbed buttons, mescaline occurrence, and historical indigenous assembly rites.
Tabernanthe iboga
West African rainforest shrub, orange berries, ibogaine content, and customary ceremonial use in Bwiti spiritual initiations.
Entheogenic Morning Glories
Ipomoea tricolor and Turbina corymbosa, Aztec ololiuqui seeds, ergoline compounds, and Spanish colonial inquisitorial reports.
Piper methysticum
Oceanic kava roots, heart-shaped leaves, kavalactone chemistry, and Pacific protocol surrounding formal kava bowls.
Cannabis in Early Pharmacopoeias
Archaeological cannabis caches in Central Asia, medieval Arabic medical treatises, and early European herbal listings.
Peganum harmala
Syrian rue, capsule structure, fluorescent harmine content, and ancient Middle Eastern fumigation and red dye traditions.
Salvia divinorum
Sierra Mazateca sage, square hollow stems, salvinorin diterpenes, and documentation in mid-twentieth-century botanical expeditions.
A darker leaf.
A closer look.
We trace the line between botanical evidence, historical remedies and plant lore. A beautiful specimen deserves a careful reading.
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