[INDOLOGY] Soma and Amanita muscaria

[Michael Slouber]

Just a note that is it certainly untrue that South Asia lacks living traditions involving consumption of psychedelic plants; shamans in Nepal, for example, have a rich and diverse tradition of using dozens of such plants.  On this, see the following excellent and heavily photo-documented book:  *Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas* by Claudia Müller-Ebeling; Christian Rätsch, 2002.

Michael Slouber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, South Asian Studies
Dept. of Liberal Studies
Western Washington University