Book ID: 101529
Doyle, Richard M.
Darwin's pharmacy. 2011. 358 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
It certainly is a rare book about plants that opens with quotes from the Chandogya Upanishad and John C. Lilly, neuroscientist and philosopher. The author explains in this work a complicated relationship between humans and plants with psychotropic effects. The relationship he asserts is gained through the personal use of psychedelic drugs and the study of language. The author invents a different sphere where this relationship evolves and communication occurs between plants and man. While some readers may admire the authors mastery of the English language, it is likely that others will find the work pedantic and even farfetched.