A
Acorus calamus, 73
Afghanistan, 30, 38, 40, 42
Africa, nativi dell', 9, 21, 29, 38, 44, 54
Agara, 28
Algonquin Indiani (U.S.), 9, 43
Alcaloidi, 16, 17-19, 21, 26-27, 28, 29, 43, 45, 46, 48, 51, 52, 54, 70, 81, 84, 86, 93, 94, 96, 97 103, 104, 106, 108, 112, 122-123, 125, 134, 135 139, 142, 148, 150, 152, 154
   definizione, 16
Allucinazioni, 5. 20, 28, 29, 40-41, 44, 46, 48, 54, 57, 61, 68, 73, 84, 90, 101, 108, 112, 116, 118-119, 122, 129, 137, 138, 142, 148, 152
Allucinogeni
   e le divinità, 5, 7, 24, 59, 102, 118
   e la psichiatria, 68, 154-156
   ed il mondo degli spiriti, 9, 118
   chimica, 16-19
   definizione, 5
   come assumerli, 21
   nel mondo moderno, 10-11
   nel regno vegetale, 14-15
   nelle società primitive, 7-9, 21
   usi medici, 7
   Nuovo mondo, 21, 35, 56-153
   Vecchio mondo, 22-55
   dal potere psichico, 7
   usi religiosi, 7, 31
Amanita muscaria, 4, 23-27
Amazzonia, Indios dell', 9, 65, 72, 76, 81, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106
Anadenanthera sp., 21, 86-91, 92
Ande, Indiani delle, 107, 110, 142, 145, 150
Andromedotossina, 126
Anhalonium lewinii, 115
Arbol de los brujos, 138
Arbutin, 126
Argyreia sp., 136
Ariocarpus sp., 124, 125
Asia, 31, 38, 40, 42, 52
Atropa belladonna, 4, 46-47
Atropine, 46, 142
Avicenna, (Arab. phys.), 52
Ayahuasca, 7, 9, 11, 21, 98-105
Aztechi, 8, 58, 61, 62, 63, 69, 97, 114, 128, 129, 130, 137, 143, 144, 152


B
Banisteriopsis sp., 7, 21, 98-105, 106
Bellladonna, 15, 22, 46-47
Bhang, 30, 38
Borrachera, 138-139
Brugmansia sp., 145
Brunfelsia sp., 21, 104, 140-141
Bwiti culto di, 54


C
Caapi, 7, 9, 21, 98-106
Calea zacatechichi, 152, 153
Canada, Indiani del, 73
Cannabinoli, 16, 36, 40
Cannabis sp,, 14, 21, 22, 30-41, 45, 52, 56
  vedi anche Marihuana
Cawe, 113
Centrale Sistema nervoso, 18, 54, 154, 155
Charas, 30, 38
Chimica degli allucinogeni, 16-19, 26-27, 36, 70-71, 103, 104, 122-123, 134-135
Cina, 34, 52
Chiric-caspi, 140-141
Chiric sanango, 140-141
Cristianesimo, 54, 62, 65, 112, 116, 120, 131
Cimora, 9, 110-112
Cinnamono, 156
Claviceps purpurea, 135
Coca, 56
Cocaina, 56
Coleus sp., 138-139
Colorine, 59, 96
Conocybe sp., 58, 65, 67
Coriaria thymifolia, 107
Culebra borrachero, 148-149
Curare, 82
Citisina, 93, 94
Cytisus canariensis, 93


D
Datura (Nuovo mondo sp.), 4, 9, 21, 104, 111 126, 130, 142-147 148
Datura (Vecchio continente sp.), 52 -53
Datura, 142-144
Delphi, Oracle of, 7, 52
Desfontania hookeri, 150-151
Dhatura, 52-53
Dibenzopireni, 16
"Dottrina della Signatura," 50
Dutra, 52-53


E

Echinocactus williamsii, 115
Elizabeth princeps, 78
Endocannibalismo, 80
Epena, 21, 77, 88
Epilobium, 25
Epithelantha micromeris, 124-125
Ereriba, 28
Ergot, 134
Erythrina sp., 96, 108
Europa, medievale, 22, 46, 48, 50-51


F
False peyotes, 124-125
Fly agaric, 15, 23, 24
Frecce avvelenate, 79, 82, 96, 150

G
Galanga, 29
Galbulimima belgraveana, 28
Galen (Gr. physician), 34
Ganjah, 38-39
Genista canariensis, 93
Ginger, 156
Gomortega keule, 150

Guarigione riti di, 9, 76, 77, 112, 120, 131

H

   audltory, 57, 68, 108, 118-119, 152
   defined and causes, 5
Hasheesh, 21, 30-41
Hawaiian wood rose, 136
Heimia sp., 8, 108-109
Hemp, 30-41
Henbane, 22, 48-49
Hernández (Span. phys.), 116, 129, 144
Hierba loca, 126-127
Hojas de la Pastora, 137
Homalomena sp., 28
Hottentots, 44
Huichol Indians (Mex.), 118, 124, 125
Humboldt, Alexander von, 87-88
Humulus, 31
Hyoscyamine, 46, 48, 51, 139, 142
Hyoscyamus niger, 4, 48-49


I
Iboga, 9, 21, 54-55
Ibogaina, 18, 19, 54
Ibotenico acido, 26, 27
Incas, 92
India, 22, 26, 31, 34, 43, 46, 52
Indiano tabacco, 152 Indie orientali, 52
Indolici, 17-19, 54, 103
Iochroma fuchsiodes, 138-139
Ipomoea sp., 128-136
Isotoma longiflora, 111


J
Jimson weed, 143
Jurema, 9, 21, 84-85
Justicia sp., 78, 79, 83


K
Kaempferia galanga, 29
Kanna, 44-45
Keule, 150-151
Kif, 30
Kiowa Indiani (U. S.), 6, 120
Kwashi, 29


L
Lagochilus inebrians, 42
Latua pubiflora, 138, 139
Lobelia sp., 152-153
Lophophora sp., 114-123
LSD, 18, 134, 135
Luppolo, 31
Lycoperdon sp., 57


M
Mace, 20, 74
Macropsia, 25, 81, 90
Mandragora officinarum, 50-51
Mandrake, 22, 50-51
Mapuche Indiani (S.A.), 138, 145, 150, 152
Maquira sclerophylla, 72
Maraba, 29
Marijuana, 16, 30-41
   chimica, 36
   classificazione, 31
   effetti, 40
   storia, 34-35
   proprietà mediche, 36
   metodi di utilizzo, 38
   uso narcotico, 39
Masha-hari , 83
Maya Indiani (Guat.), 59, 60
Mazatec Indiani (Mex.}, 64-65, 130, 131, 137, 138
Uso medico degli allucinogeni, 36, 46, 48,
 52, 94, 108, 142, 144, 152, 154
Mescal bean, 94-95, 96
Mescal bottoni, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
Mescalina, 18, 111, 112, 122, 123, 125
Mesembryanthemum sp., 44-45
Methysticodendron amesianum, 148-149
Mexico, Indiani del, 9, 21, 56, 57, 58-65, 68, 93, 94, 96, 97, 113, 116, 118, 124, 125, 130, 131, 138, 144, 152
Mimosa hostilis, 84-85
Mixtecs (Mex ), 9, 57
"Model psychoses," 154-156
Morning glories, 8, 9, 15, 21, 97, 128-136, 137, 143
   Aztec use, 128, 129
   chemistry, 134, 135
   identification, 130
   medical uses, 129, 131
   religious uses, 129, 131
   varieties, 136
Moslems, 38, 40
Mushrooms, 8, 9, 15, 58-71, 137
   Aztec use, 58, 61-63
   chemistry, 70, 71
   effects, 68, 69
   identification, 63
   modern Mazatec ceremony, 64-65
   opposition to, 62
   stones, 59, 60
   worship, 59
Myristica fragrans, 20


N
Narcotic, defined, 5
Neoraimondia macrostibas, 111
Nepeta cataria, 20
New Guinea, 29
Nicotiana sp, 8, 150
Nicotine, 17
Nutmeg, 20, 74


O
Oaxaca (Mex ), 57, 64, 130, 131, 137, 138, 152
Olmedioperebea sclerophylla, 72
Ololiuqui, 62, 128, 129, 130, 143
Oracle of Delphi, 7, 52
Orinoco Basin (S. A.), 86, 88, 91, 98, 100


P
Pachycereus pectenoboriginum, 113
Pakistan, 38
Pancratium trianthum, 4, 21, 29
Papua, natives of, 28
Paricá, 77, 86-91
Pedilanthus tithymaloides, 111
Peganum harmala, 4, 43
Pelecyphora aselliformis, 125
Pernettya sp., 126-127
Petunia violacea, 150-151
Peyote 6, 9, 14, 18, 21, 61, 63, 94, 114-123
  Aztec use, 116
  chemistry, 122-123
  effects, 118
  modern use in U.S, 117, 120
  opposition to, 116
  religious importance, 118-119
  ritual, 120
  vision, 116 122
Peyotes, "false," 124-125
Pharmacology, see Alkaloids, Chemistry
Pionieri 29
Piptadenia peregrina, 86-91
Piscidia, 108
Piule, 97
Plains Indians (U. S.), 119, 120
Plant kingdom, 12-15
Popolare medicina, 7, 9, 36, 42, 43, 97 108, 109, 118, 119, 131, 136, 138, 141, 142, 144, 145, 148, 150, 152, 156

Pseudohallucinations, 154
Pseudohallucinogens, 20
Psilocybe sp., 8, 58, 65, 66, 67, 69
Psilocybin, 19, 70
Psychedelics, 5
Psychophormacology, 154-155
Psychotaraxics, 5
Psychotomimetics, 5
Psychotria viridis, 104, 105
Puffballs, 9, 57


Q
Quinine, 17


R
Rapé dos indios, 21, 72
Red Bean Dance, 94
"Reefers," 38, 41
Rhynchosia sp., 97, 108
Rig-Veda, 26
Rio Grande Valley (Tex.), 115
Rivea corymbosa, 4, 8, 128-135


S
St. Anthony's Fire, 134
Salvia divinorum, 21, 137, 138
San Pedro cactus, 21, 110-113
Scopolomine, 46, 48, 51, 52, 139, 142, 148, 154
Scythians, 34, 35
Sébil, 21, 92
Serotonin, 18, 19
Shanin, 150 - 151
Shenshi, 107
Siberian tribes, 24-27
Sibunday Valley (S.A.), 138, 148
Sinicuichi, 108-109
Snuff, 21, 72, 76-81, 86-89, 92, 98
Soma, 26
Sophora sp., 94-95
Sorcerer's tree, 138
South American Indians, 7, 9, 11, 56, 65, 72, 74, 76-82, 83, 84, 86-91, 92, 100, 102, 104, 107, 110, 112, 138, 141, 142, 145, 148, 150, 152
Spruce, Richard, 88, 100
Stictocardia, 136
Stropharia sp., 58, 65, 67
Sweet calomel, 73
Sweet flag, 14, 73
Syrian rue, 43


T
Tabernanthe iboga, 54-55
Taglii, 126-127
Taino Indians (W. Indies), 86
Taique, 150-151
Tajik tribes, 42
Tarahumare Indians (Mex.), 113, 118, 124, 144
Tartar tribes, 42
Teonanacatl, 21, 58, 62, 63
Terpenphenolic compounds, 16 Tetrahydrocannabinols, 16, 36, 40
Tetrapteris methystica, 106
Tlitliltzin, 128, 130
Tobacco, 21, 56
Toloache, 21, 62, 144
Torna-loco, 143
Tree daturas, 145-147
Trichocereus sp., 110-112
Tropanes, 18, 51, 148
Tryptamines, 18, 19, 21, 70, 81, 84, 86, 104
Tupa, 21, 152-153
Turbina corymbosa, 128
Turkestan mint, 42
Turkoman tribes, 42


U
United States Indians, 6, 9, 56, 94, 96, 119, 120, 143
Urine drinking ritual, 25
Uzbek tribes, 42


V
Vaccinium, 25
Vilca, 92
Virola sp., 21, 74-82, 83
Virolas, 21, 74-82, 83
   as poison, 79, 82
   chemistry, 81
   effects, 81
   ritual, 80
   snuff, 74 - 76, 81


W
Waiká Indians (S.A.), 77, 79, 80-81, 83
West Indies, 86
Wisteria sinensis, 20
Witches' brews, 22, 46, 48, 51
Wood rose, 136
Wysoccan, 9, 143


Y
Yajé, 7, 21, 98
Yopo 21, 86 - 91
Yurupari ceremony, 102


Z
Zacatechichi, 152-153