PLANTS OF THE GODS

By: WADE DAVIS

This a chapter in the book: SHADOWS IN THE SUN: TRAVELS TO LANDSCAPES *OF SPIRIT AND DESIRE*.   New York: Broadway Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-7679-0402-8

Questions on the text:
Total value: 750 points.

  1. (100 points EACH) How many hallucinogenic plants are known and what portion of them are in the Americas?

  2. Davis is stunned that the mixtures of plants the natives of the Amazon region us are so complex. He rejects the "trial and error" hypothesis of their concoction.

    1. (100 points) What is the trial and error hypothesis?

    2. (150) Why does he reject it? Tell this in your own words but be very clear and detailed as you need to make the reply clear.

    3. (200)What is the SIGNIFICANCE of his claim?

  3. (200)What is the POINT of Davis' introduction of the example of two different groups using mushrooms in the forests of Oregon? Tell this in your own words, but be very clear.
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