Found this today while doing research on the subject of cactus alkaloids, a fascinating read that goes into the nature and compositions of various cacti alkaloid contents and the methods used to extract them, and a general history of mans attempt to find new analogs of the parent compound- mescaline.
I understand there's info in this about RC's, but its more of a general historical understanding, nothing about synth, and overall i think its a good read just for the first part about peyote. If its against the rules here at the nexus, its cool for trav to delete this.
http://www.scritube.com/...try-and-Ph1741671121.php"let those who have talked to the elves, find each other and band together" -TMK
In a society in which nearly everybody is dominated by somebody else's mind or by a disembodied mind, it becomes increasingly difficult to learn the truth about the activities of governments and corporations, about the quality or value of products, or about the health of one's own place and economy.
In such a society, also, our private economies will depend less upon the private ownership of real, usable property, and more upon property that is institutional and abstract, beyond individual control, such as money, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, stocks, etc. And as our private economies become more abstract, the mutual, free helps and pleasures of family and community life will be supplanted by a kind of displaced citizenship and by commerce with impersonal and self-interested suppliers...
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.” - Wendell Berry