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Daimon and Pharmakon contains thirteen cutting-edge essays on the contribution of psychoactive substances to occult and esoteric spiritual traditions.Featuring prominent authors in the fields of entheogens and new religious movements, it will be of interest to students of the Occult, Comparative Religion, Psychedelia, Noetic Sciences, Altered States of Consciousness. The articles examine the role of chemically-altered consciousness in spirituality, particularly in traditions of magic and occult philosophy such as witchcraft, ceremonial magic, and syncretic religion. Sections on history, theory, practice, and specific entheogenic agents are examined.

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Daniel A. Schulke is an author writing on the subjects of herbalism, magical philosophy and witchcraft.His work has appeared in various occulture journals such as The Cauldron, Abraxas, Starfire and Fiddler's Green. His most recent book is The Green Mysteries, an exhaustive compendium of the occult and spiritual properties of plants. Erik Davis is a San-Francisco based writer, culture critic and independent scholar.He is the author of Tech-Gnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information, as well as Visionary States and Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica. Davis contributes to scores of magazines, and his essays have been included in over a dozen books. Hew won a Maggie Award for his San Francisco Magazine profile of the Internet entrepeneur and UFO contactee Joe Firmage, while The New Yorker has recognized his expertise in the works of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. John Kleckner is an American artist living in Berlin, Germany.His artwork is featured in several prominent public and private collections including the Judith Rothschild Foundation Drawings collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Magasin 3 Konsthalle in Stockholm, the Deste Foundation / Joannou Collection in Athens, and the Charles Saatchi Collection in London. Kleckner's drawings and collages have been exhibited internationally at museums and institutions such as the Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco, Centre d'Artes Plastiques Contemporains (CAPC) in Bordeaux, and the 1st Athens Biennial in Athens, Greece.

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