Psychoactive substances in different cultures and religious practices
| dc.contributor.author | Radenkova, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saeva, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saev, V. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-25T13:23:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-25T13:23:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04 | |
| dc.description | Address for correspondence: Julia Radenkova – Saeva, MD, PhD, Toxicology Clinic, Emergency Hospital “N. I. Pirogov” Sofia е-mail: jrsaeva2@yahoo.co.uk | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Many drugs are used for their mood and perception change effects, including those with accepted uses in medicine and psychiatry. There is archaeological evidence for the use of psychoactive substances dating back at least 10 000 years, as well as historical data for cultural purposes in the last 5000 years. Some psychoactives, particularly hallucinogens, have been used for religious purposes since prehistoric times. Examples of traditional entheogens include: kykeon, ambrosia, iboga, soma, peyote, ayahuasca. Other traditional entheogens include cannabis, ethanol, ergine, psilocybe mushrooms, opium. Although entheogens are taboo and most of them are offi cially banned in Christian and Islamic societies, their ubiquity and importance in terms of different spiritual traditions of other cultures is unquestioned. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | J. Radenkova, E. Saeva and V. Saev. Psychoactive substances in different cultures and religious practices - Acta medica bulgarica , 38, 2011, No 1, 122-130. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0324-1750 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10861/337 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Централна медицинска библиотека, МУ София / Central Medical Library - MU Sofia | en_US |
| dc.subject | psychoactive substances, drugs, entheogens, hallucinogens | en_US |
| dc.title | Psychoactive substances in different cultures and religious practices | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |