psychoactive cacti

[Rinsewind]

Hi,

Can anyone post any comprehensive lists of what species are psychoactive? - And are Trichocerus and Echinopsis names interchangeable? and if so, are all Echinopsis psychoactive?

[-YT-]

Hi there Rinsewind, Check out the Ethno Wikki for a comprehensive list of active Trichocereus and their alkaloid profiles all those funky Phenethylamines http://www.ethnobotanica.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Hope that helps you out mate

[Rev]

Thats only a starting point

many of those will be inactive

and some others not listed are already known to be active

even more confusing is that the same cactus isnt always active

hahaha

welcome to the conundrum

[Dodie]

Trichs have already been placed into Echinopsis...that happend awhile ago...

But most ppl dont recognise this, Trichocereus sounds much better.. and well we all love them..

Not all Echinopsis are active nor are all Trichs...

But i'd still love to have a whole collection of Trichs

One can dream

[zee_werp]

Do take note though that the majority of the cacti in that list are impractical for useage, and many are also reported to contain some very unpleasant / potentially neurotoxic alkaloids.

Edited February 9, 2006 by zee_werp

[AndyAmine.]

Try this site, I think its the kind of thing your looking for.

http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~boogaar1/englishindex.htm

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...ic=5911&hl=site

[twenny47]

newb post

out of the way;p

these do

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[Gunter]

I think a list of cacti frequently employed as entheogens, as well as of cacti ideal for such employment, would be much shorter.

[Rev]

Lets hope Rinsewind isnt on assignment from the TGA.

loose lips sink ships felllas

ok so we talk about it all the time - but at least make them work for it by having to search all the posts and forums

[Benzito]

EDIT: post this related to has changed. No longer relevant.

[zee_werp]

I'm not trying to continue the 'parinoid' spin on this thread, but whats up with when it has 'Google.com' in the list of users online at the bottom of the main forum page? Weird stuff.

[wandjina]

i was wondering the same thing when i first noticed it....this was posted awhile ago

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...?showtopic=9087

[Guest Mexicali]

Ok...here you go:

This book is my cactus bible...

VERY expensive, weighs around 4 kilos (1) and is over 900 pages long.

It contains over 400 images of sacred cacti, tells you EVERYTHING about them (cultivation etc) as well as chemical analyses AND methods of use (!!!!!)

Once again, IMPORT ONLY...$250 + postage.

It truly makes ALL the other books on sacreds OBSOLETE.....after all, its not a book, it's an encyclopedia

[Dodie]

On amazon.com it is a fair bit cheaper than that. It may be in $US but with postage it comes to about $95US...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089281978...glance&n=283155

[zee_werp]

Glad to see that this book finally came out. Still waiting till I can afford it. Can anyone tell me what it ended up saying about euphorbia obesa? (the round geometrical cactus in the top right pic). I remember there was some speculation about this back when the cover image was released but long before it was actually published.

[prier]

Once again, IMPORT ONLY...$250 + postage.

That book isn't import only, you can get it from Polyester books on Brunswick st for $225

[prier]

Can anyone tell me what it ended up saying about euphorbia obesa?

As far as can gather there's no really good info on euphorbia in this book. It's mentioned on a few occasions mainly just as additives to other preperations.