The WELL: inkwell.vue.40: Don Dulchinos and The Life of Fitz Hugh Ludlow

#97: Don Dulchinos (dpd) Sun 11 Mar 01 18:34

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:34:00 PST

and a mention there of the new book on themes discussed here, Forbidden Sacraments, in production at Autonomedia. (and they finally added an online purchase feature at www.autonomedia.org [Read entire topic]

#96: Infradibulated Gratility (ssol) Sun 11 Mar 01 18:25

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:25:00 PST

This just in from well.com...

>WELL members' page highlights:

What are the connections between the use of mind-altering substances by natives of the Americas and the religious roots of Western civilization? Author Don Dulcinos offers a scholarly examination of the issues.<

You'll find the article @ http://www.well.com/user/dpd/shaman.html. [Read entire topic]

#95: (my|pi)thical (satyr) Mon 19 Jul 99 18:16

Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:16:00 PDT

Hee! I thought it was a more-than-slightly unusual arrangement. [Read entire topic]

#94: Steven Solomon (ssol) Mon 19 Jul 99 16:31

Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:31:00 PDT

Fine. So now i'm supposed to actually read the instructions ;-) [Read entire topic]

#93: (my|pi)thical (satyr) Sun 18 Jul 99 19:19

Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:19:00 PDT

...or just http://lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Ludlow/

The server error page that comes up from the original URL states "USER SITES MUST be accessed without the "www" in the address." [Read entire topic]

#92: Steven Solomon (ssol) Thu 15 Jul 99 07:03

Thu, 15 Jul 1999 07:03:00 PDT

A little more poking around came up with the following working url, <http://shaman.lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Ludlow/THE/index.html> ! [Read entire topic]

#91: Steven Solomon (ssol) Thu 15 Jul 99 06:59

Thu, 15 Jul 1999 06:59:00 PDT

A generous reader sent along the following url for the transcribed text of "The Hashish Eater". <http://www.lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Ludlow/> Unfortunately, when I followed the link, it came up with an error page stating that the site was recently restructured and the page was not found.

I assume that they'll get it straightened out shortly, so give it a try. At the very least, anybody tempted to do so will find <http://yage.lycaeum.org/> of interest! [Read entire topic]

#90: Don Dulchinos (dpd) Tue 13 Jul 99 17:19

Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:19:00 PDT

>inducing pregancy - duh. Sharon is correct. [Read entire topic]

#89: Sharon Lynne Fisher (slf) Mon 12 Jul 99 08:23

Mon, 12 Jul 1999 08:23:00 PDT

I think you mean inducing labor, no? Ergot can cause abortion if it's used early. [Read entire topic]

#88: Don Dulchinos (dpd) Sun 11 Jul 99 10:52

Sun, 11 Jul 1999 10:52:00 PDT

oh, and I always thought the ergot connection was interesting - the synthesis of LSD by Hofmann came out of research he was doing on ergot based on its well known folk use by midwives for inducing pregnancy. the conflation of fertility and drugs, and death and rebirth in the eleusinian mysteries and the transmissoin of these themes over time is very dense material. I'm pretty proud of my book, but as in the case of he Ludlow biography, I wonder what a real scholar in the field could have done had he or she the courage or integrity to pursue these unpopular subjects. [Read entire topic]