SDoB Front Cover

DMT World is getting a few early copies of Secret Drugs of Buddhism 2nd Edition: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana to give away in the next month. Here is some information about it: Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore thehistorical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants withinthe Buddhist tradition. Drawing on scriptural sources,botany, pharmacology, and religious iconography, thisbook calls attention to the central role which psychedelicsplayed in Indian religions.It traces their history from the mysterious soma potion,celebrated in the most ancient Hindu scriptures, to amrita,the sacramental drink of Vajrayana Buddhism. Althoughamrita used in modern Vajrayana ceremonies lacks anypsychoactivity, there is copious evidence that the amritaused by the earliest Vajrayana practitioners was a potententheogen. It is the nature of this psychedelic form of thesacrament which is the central topic of this book.In particular, Secret Drugs of Buddhism attempts to identifythe specific ingredients employed in amrita’s earliestformulations. To this end, the book presents evidence frommany countries in which the Vajrayana movementflourished. These include Bhutan, Japan, Mongolia, andTibet but special attention is given to India, the land of itsorigin.