Description
This book offers a sensible approach to the poppy that recognizes the plant as a living, sentient ally that can offer healing or harm and must be approached with respect. Profiles 11 famous users including William S. Burroughs and Lou Reed. Kenaz Filan is the author of The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Vodou Love Magic, and Vodou Money Magic and the coauthor of Drawing Down the Spirits. A frequent contributor to PanGaia, Planet Magazine, and Widdershins, Filan is the former managing editor of newWitch magazine and lives in Short Hills, New Jersey. Introduction Part one History 1 In the Beginning 2 The Bronze Age World 3 Rome 4 The Islamic World 5 The Return to Europe 6 The Colonial Era: 1500-1900 7 The War on Drugs Part two Alchemy 8 Morphine 9 Codeine 10 Heroin 11 Kompot 12 Oxycodone 13 Methadone 14 Fentanyl Part three Acolytes 15 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 16 Thomas de Quincey 17 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 18 Eugene ONeill 19 Nelson Algren 20 Charlie Parker 21 William S. Burroughs 22 Lou Reed 23 Gia Carangi 24 Layne Staley 25 Robert Earl DJ Screw Davis Part four Techniques and Conundrums 26 Cultivation 27 Poppy Tea 28 Pills, Tablets, and Capsules 29 Smoking 30 Insuff lation 31 Injection 32 Dependence, Addiction, and Tolerance 33 Getting Clean and Staying Clean Afterword Notes Index
