A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENTHEOGENIC FUNGI

BY

John W. Allen

and

Jochen Gartz, Ph.D.

With a forward by Jonathan Ott

This informative reference CD-Rom is a must for both the scholar and student of entheogenic mushrooms.  An up-to-date publication listing more than 2800 references on entheogenic fungi.  More than 2500 psilocybian fungi references, 300 Soma references (including many on the chemistry and ethnomycology of Amanita muscaria and Amanita pantherina), and numerous references pertaining to the "hysteria fungus" of the Kuma and other aboriginal tribes of New Guinea are presented).  More than 2100 references are annotated and a cross reference index provides more than 9684 author/date notations and more than 1080 colored photographs relating to the literature presented in this reference guide from the following fields of study: anthropology, archeology, biogeography, chemistry, ethnomycology, mycology, pharmacology, psychology, recreational use, shamanism, and toxicology and other subjects related to the study of entheogenic mushrooms. All photographic images enlarge to 7-8 inches in height. I

The history of the use of entheogenic mushrooms lies hidden in the past like artifacts of some cultures now lay hidden under thick jungles.  Such jungles has sometimes surrendered secrets of the past; and even today they yield a harvest of the divine mushrooms that give visions to the seer, the sage, the infirmed, and the seeker of altered states of consciousness.

The divine mushrooms have been in use by native healers, shamans and/or sorcerers for over 3,000 years.  Many are still hidden from worldview and many references to their existence remain obscure to the botanists and historians who wish to read about them in the literature.

This bibliography has been compiled to aid and enable both the scholar and intrepid student of mycology and especially those interested in entheogenic fungi.  John W. Allen and Jochen Gartz have brought together references appearing in scientific and scholarly journals, relevant books, newspapers, and popular magazines.  This bibliography brings together material that can lead to a fuller understanding of human interaction with the mushrooms.

About the Authors

John W. Allen is an amateur ethnomycologist who has studied entheogenic fungi for almost three decades.  He has also photographed entheogenic fungi from various countries.  He is the author of nine books, one medical poster, and more than two dozen articles on the non-traditional use and field identification of entheogenic fungi from the Southeast and Pacific Northwest of North America, New Zealand, Australia, South and Southeast Asia and Europe. Mr. Allen's current works include "Magic Mushrooms of the Hawaiian Islands," "Mushroom Pioneers,"  "Psilocybin Cultivation: A Brief History," and "Magic Mushrooms in Some Third World Countries," the latter two books are co-authored by Dr. Jochen Gartz.

Jochen Gartz is a biochemist and mycologist at the University of Leipzig in Germany.  Dr. Gartz has authored more than 50 published scientific papers on the chemistry and cultivation of entheogenic mushrooms and has authored both English and German Field Guides (Narrenschwämme and Magic Mushrooms Around the World) on the history and identification of psilocybian mushrooms throughout the known world.