Yagé Varieties and Their Names By Jonathon Miller Weisberger In this essay, I will share some key insights into the notable varieties of Amazonia’s enigmatic visionary vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, specifically related to the Indigenous science of yagé, as known and practiced by the Western Tukanoan speaking Siekopai people of the northern Ecuadorian Amazon. The information…
The Yagé Complex By Neil Logan Dedicated to Miguel Payaguaje and his extended family (including his father Delfín and his grandfather Fernando), as well as all the vine gardeners responsible for stewarding these sacred plants through time. Introduction This essay will present the origins, evolution, and human co-history of the Malpighiaceae family of ethnomedically significant…
Polylepis spp. Microcosms is very pleased to include a contribution in this new section Polylepis by Ben Kamm, founder of Sacred Succulents (https://sacredsucculents.com/), a business that lovingly and knowledgably purveys rare and endangered plants and seeds from the Americas, with a specialty in the Andean countries, which Ben has explored extensively and found much to…
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Michael Winkelman Microcosms is a wealth of information for entheogenic exploration. Much more than “eye candy”. Dr. Michael Winkelman, co-editor Advances in Psychedelic Medicine
Jonathon Miller Weisberger Microcosms, a glimpse into the confounding reality of worlds within worlds within worlds. As the universe extends itself inwards to realms of unknowingness, and simultaneously outwards, beyond the realms of reason. We struggle to reach for an understanding of just where is the unity between the quantum and relative realities? We begin…
Constantino Manuel Torres Browsing Jill and Steven’s spectacular website Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas, we are constantly reminded of two artists: the first is the Mazatec shaman-poet María Sabina (1894-1985), who chants: “I am the woman who looks into the insides of things.” Steven and Jill, through the resources provided by…
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau When we discovered the Microcosms website, we were in awe of the beauty of the microscopic plant images produced by confocal microscopy. The level of fine details and the complexity of the plants´ inner structures reveal a hidden universe that changes one’s perception of plants. Learning that the biological samples…
Scott Slovic Knowing Place Through Plants: A Week-long Series of Observational and Writing Exercises Botanical Writing Exercises English 316: Environmental Writing Semester in the Wild Program, University of Idaho Taylor Wilderness Field Station, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Preparatory Group Activity Spend two hours together in the library at the Taylor Wilderness Field…
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