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Garden of Eden: The Shamanic Use of Psychoactive Flora and Fauna, and the Study of Consciousness
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSnu Voogelbreinder
[Melbourne]: Snu Voogelbreinder, 2009.First and only printed edition of the encyclopaedic magnum opus of Australian ethnobotanist Snu Voogelbreinder in which is explored “the vast world of psychoactive plants, animals and other organisms, and their uses in shamanism, spiritual exploration and healing. Encompassing scientific research, personal experience, ancient knowledge and esoteric philosophies, a multidisciplinary approach is taken, giving a wide view of the effects of natural substances on the mind, with an emphasis towards beneficial outcomes. Preliminary information is given regarding neurochemistry, drug-free consciousness alteration, and methods of use, from cultivation or wild-sourcing through to harvesting, processing, consumption, and navigation of the effects. Thousands of species from over 1700 genera are discussed, with over 440 genera covered in greater detail, including botanical and zoological descriptions. Also included are a detailed index of natural chemicals of particular interest, and a huge bibliography containing thousands of reference entries.” (rear cover) Initially published in a limited run of 500 copies, less were distributed due to printing errors. Only 2 copies held in institutions, at Purdue University and the National Library of Australia. This copy signed by Snu on the date of launch at the Australian psychedelic symposium EGA, 2009.
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Underground Lovers: Encounters with Fungi
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlison Pouliot
Sydney: Newsouth, 2023.“What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Underground Lovers brings us to our knees, magnifier in hand, to find out. Fungi offer a way to imagine life differently. In Underground Lovers Alison Pouliot reaches down to earth, and deeper, to dwell with fungal allies and aliens, discover how fungi hold forests together, and why humans are deeply entwined with these unruly renegades of the subterrain.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlison Pouliot; Tom May
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023.“Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on the rise, learning to accurately identify fungi reduces both poisoning risk to humans and harm to the environment. This extensively illustrated guide takes a ‘slow mushrooming’ approach — providing the information to correctly identify a few edible species thoroughly, rather than many superficially. Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers melds scientific and cultural knowledge with stunning photography to present a new way of looking at fungi.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Allure of Fungi
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlison Pouliot
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2022.“Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the various organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet. The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives – those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It explores how a history of entrenched fears and misconceptions about fungi has led to their near absence in Australian ecological consciousness and biodiversity conservation. Through the combination of engaging text and stunning photography, the author reflects on how aesthetic, sensate experience deepened by scientific knowledge offers the best chance for understanding fungi, the forest and human interactions with them.”
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Fungi of China
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartS. C. Teng; Richard R. Korf
Ithaca: Mycotaxon, 1996. -
Australian Rainforest Plants: In the Forest & in the Garden (6 Volumes)
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNan Nicholson; Hugh Nicholson
The Channon: Hugh and Nan Nicholson / Terania Rainforest Publishing, 1991.Volume I: Fourth Edition (1992); Volume II: Second Edition (1991); Volume III: First Edition (1991); Volume IV: First Edition (1994); Volume V: First Edition (2000); Volume VI: First Edition (2004).
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Mushrooms, Russia and History
AU$14,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartValentina Pavolvna Wasson; R. Gordon Wasson
New York: Pantheon Books, 1957.The founding work of ethnomycology. One of 512 numbered copies. The Wassons’ central thesis divided cultures into “mycophilic” and “mycophobic” (those that embraced mushrooms and those that feared them), with Russia and the Anglo-Saxon world as the defining poles. Their investigations led to the study of psychoactive mushroom use in Mesoamerican religious ceremony, culminating in R. Gordon Wasson’s participation in a Mazatec velada with the curandera Maria Sabina in 1955. The resulting work bridges folklore, linguistics, botany, and anthropology, and laid the groundwork for the modern study of psychoactive fungi and later, entheogens. Produced at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona under the direction of Giovanni Mardersteig, the edition is equally significant as a feat of book production, two large quarto volumes with 82 plates including 32 in colour, printed in a limited edition at the authors’ expense.
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Symposium on Monsoons of the World
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; et al.
New Delhi: HIND Union Press, 1960.Held at Meteorological Office, New Delhi, 19-21 February 1958. Under the auspices of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, World Meteorological Organisation, International Association for Meterology and Atmospheric Physics and the Government of India
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The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. A. L. Watson; G. Theischinger; H. M. Abbey
Canberra and Melbourne: CSIRO Publications, 1991. -
One Hundred Islands: The Flora of the Outer Furneaux
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStephen Harris; Alex Buchanan; Amy Connolly
[Hobart]: Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, 2001. -
The Gardeners of Eden
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. D. Graham
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1973. -
Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNeal L. Evenhuis
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press and E. J. Brill, 1989. -
Spondylus: Spiny Oyster Shells of the World
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKevin Lamprell; Thora Whitehead
Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates, 1986. -
The Genera of Fungi: Sporulating in Pure Culture
AU$90.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. A. von Arx
Vaduz: J. Cramer, 1981. -
The Genera of Fungi: Sporulating in Pure Culture
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. A. von Arx
Vaduz: J. Cramer, 1974. -
A Monograph of Harknessia and Mastigosporella with notes on associated teleomorphs
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartT. R. Nag Raj; Frank DiCosmo
Vaduz: J. Cramer, 1981.Bibliotheca Mycologica Band 80.
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The Grevillea Book Volume One
AU$110.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter Olde; Neil Marriott
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1994. -
A New Dictionary of Natural History; or, Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature. With Accurate Representations of the Most Curious and Beautiful Animals, Elegantly Coloured.
AU$5,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Frederic Martyn
London: Harrison and Co., 1785.Popular 18th century reference work by William Fordyce Mavor under his Martyn pseudonym, with 100 hand-coloured plates each depicting 4 to 9 animals, insects, or shells.
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The Naturalised Flora of South Australia
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. M. Black
Adelaide: J. M. Black, 1909. -
A Field Guide to Fungi of South-Eastern Australia
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoss McDonald; John Westerman
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1979.