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

Paloma Celis Carbajal Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas is an excellent example of how the harmonious and reciprocally respectful confluence of the exact sciences and the humanities opens an infinite number of new perspectives to better understand the secret life of plants.  The marriage between the beautiful images patiently obtained through…

Jill Scott As an artist, I have not really worked with Native American plants but with microscopy, science, art and medical knowledge from Ethnobotany from Europe and Australia. Generally, I am fascinated about how people of a particular culture and region make use of their indigenous native plants. How have these plants provided medicine and how are they harvested? How…

Antonio Orihuela The sacred plants remind us that we are spirit, community and nature; to recover these links, to intertwine these three realities, to realize that this is precisely what we are, in the midst of the social and ecological collapse is the only thing that can save us as a species. Even so, we…

Paco Calvo Enacting the bridge between Plant Science and the Arts takes some courage. For one thing, not everyone appreciates the value of transdisciplinarity. Even worse, to most it’s a single-track road: Artists, best-case scenario, benefit or find inspiration in botanical works. Seldom the opposite direction is travelled. And yet Science, writ large, can be…

Liam Engel People and plants have grown apart. Science, art and psychoactivity can help grow us back together. Microcosms creates beauty through laboratory instruments and reenchants audiences with the magic of nature. Dr Liam Engel, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University  Engel, L. (2022). The Entheogen Combination Matrix. Entheogenesis Australis. Engel, L….