Jonathan Ott

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<p><b>Jonathan Ott</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobotany" title="Ethnobotany">ethnobotanist</a>, writer, translator, publisher, natural products chemist and botanical researcher in the area of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen" title="Entheogen">entheogens</a> and their cultural and historical uses, and helped coin the term "<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen" title="Entheogen">entheogen</a></i>".<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Writings">1 Writings</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Botanical_research">2 Botanical research</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Arson">3 Arson</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Bibliography">4 Bibliography</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Books">4.1 Books</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Articles">4.2 Articles</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#References">6 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#Video_lecture">7 Video lecture</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#External_links">8 External links</a></li>

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<h2>Writings</h2>

<p>Ott has written eight books, co-wrote five, and contributed to four others, and published many articles in the field of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen" title="Entheogen">entheogens</a>. He has collaborated with other researchers like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_R%C3%A4tsch" title="Christian Rätsch">Christian Rätsch</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jochen_Gartz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jochen Gartz (page does not exist)">Jochen Gartz</a>, and the late ethnomycologist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Gordon_Wasson" title="R. Gordon Wasson">R. Gordon Wasson</a>. He translated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann" title="Albert Hofmann">Albert Hofmann</a>'s 1979 book <i>LSD: My Problem Child</i> (<i>LSD: Mein Sorgekind</i>), and <i>On Aztec Botanical Names</i> by Blas Pablo Reko, into English. His articles have appeared in many publications, including <i>The Entheogen Review</i>, <i>The Entheogen Law Reporter</i>, the <i>Journal of Cognitive Liberties</i>, the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Psychoactive_Drugs" title="Journal of Psychoactive Drugs">Journal of Psychoactive Drugs</a></i> (AKA the <i>Journal of Psychedelic Drugs</i>), the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidisciplinary_Association_for_Psychedelic_Studies" title="Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies">MAPS</a> Bulletin</i>, <i>Head</i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Times" title="High Times">High Times</a></i>, <i>Curare</i>, <i>Eleusis</i>, <i>Integration</i>, <i>Lloydia</i>, <i>The Sacred Mushroom Seeker</i>, and several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Botanical_Museum" title="Harvard Botanical Museum" class="mw-redirect">Harvard Botanical Museum</a> pamphlets. He is a co-editor of <i>Eleusis: Journal of Psychoactive Plants & Compounds</i>, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Samorini" title="Giorgio Samorini">Giorgio Samorini</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ott#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

<h2>Botanical research</h2>

<p>Ott has experience of field collecting in Mexico, where he lives and manages a small natural-products laboratory and botanical garden of medicinal herbs. A number of his ethno-botanical products have been studied to determine their possible benefits to individuals suffering various mental aberrations. In his book <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca" title="Ayahuasca">Ayahuasca</a> Analogues</i>, he identifies numerous plants around the globe containing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmala_alkaloid" title="Harmala alkaloid">harmala alkaloids</a> of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banisteriopsis_caapi" title="Banisteriopsis caapi">Banisteriopsis caapi</a></i>, which are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_inhibitor" title="Monoamine oxidase inhibitor">MAOIs</a>, and plants containing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine" title="Dimethyltryptamine">dimethyltryptamine</a>, which together are the chemical base of the South American Ayahuasca brew.</p>

<h2>Arson</h2>

<p>In March 2010, Ott's home in Mexico was destroyed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a>. While most of his books survived the fire, Ott's laboratory and personal effects perished in the blaze. <b>Books given to Ott by Albert Hofmann were reportedly used as fuel. Details on the suspect(s) are scarce, but it is speculated that the arsonist specifically targeted Ott because of his research.</b></p>

<h2>Bibliography</h2>

<h3>Books</h3>

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<li><i>A Conscientious Guide to Hallucinogens: A Comprehensive Guide to Hallucinogens, Natural and Synthetic, Found in North American and the World</i> with Joe E Axton and Jeremy Bigwood (1975) Do It Now Foundation, Institute for Chemical Survival</li>

<li><i>Hallucinogenic Plants of North America</i> (1976), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0914728164" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-914728-16-4</a></li>

<li><i>Teonanacatl: Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of North America</i> (Co-edited by Jeremy Bigwood) (1978), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0914842323" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-914842-32-3</a></li>

<li><i>LSD: My Problem Child</i> (1980) McGraw-Hill Book Company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0070293252" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-07-029325-2</a> (translation only)</li>

<li><i>The Cacahuatl Eater: Ruminations of an Unabashed Chocolate Addict</i> (Natural Products Company) (1985) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0961423412" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-9614234-1-2</a></li>

<li><i>Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion</i> with R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, and Carl A. P. Ruck (1986) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0300052669" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-300-05266-9</a></li>

<li><i>The Sacred Mushroom Seeker: Essays for R. Gordon Wasson‎</i> by Robert Gordon Wasson, Thomas J. Riedlinger (1990) contributor</li>

<li><i>Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History</i> (1993), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0961423420" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-9614234-2-0</a></li>

<li><i>Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens</i> (1995), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0961423447" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</a></li>

<li><i>Plant Intoxicants: a Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants‎</i> by Ernst Bibra and Jonathan Ott (1995) Nature</li>

<li><i>Age of Entheogens & the Angels' Dictionary</i> (1995), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0961423463" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-9614234-6-3</a></li>

<li><i>Pharmacophilia: The Natural Paradise</i> (1997), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1888755008" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 1-888755-00-8</a></li>

<li><i>Shamanic Snuffs or Entheogenic Errhines</i> (2001), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1888755024" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 1-888755-02-4</a></li>

<li><i>Ometochtzin: Las Muertes de Dos Conejos</i> (2001)</li>

<li><i>Drugs of the Dreaming: Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants</i> with Gianluca Toro and Benjamin Thomas (2007) Body, Mind & Spirit</li>

<li><i>The Road to Eleusis</i> (2008) By R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith (contributor)</li>

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<h3>Articles</h3>

<p>hux to Dr. Alexander H. Smith <i>by Jonathan Ott and Alexander Hanchett Smith (1978) Botanical Museum of Harvard University</i></p>

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<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?A=ShowDoc1&ID=6810">Ethnopharmacognosy and Human Pharmacology of Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A</a></i> (1995)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06332ott.html">Pharmahuasca: On Phenethylamines and Potentiation</a></i> (1996)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Articles/JO-Pharmahuasca.htm">Pharmahuasca, Anahuasca and Vinho da Jurema: Human Pharmacology of Oral DMT Plus Harmine</a></i> (1997)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Articles/JO-DelphicBee.htm">The Delphic Bee: Bees and Toxic Honeys as Pointers to Psychoactive and Other Medicinal Plants</a></i> - Economic Botany (1998)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Articles/JO-AppliedPsychonautics.htm">Applied Psychonautics: Ayahuasca to Pharmahuasca to Anahuasca</a></i> (2001)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=9&z=8">Pharmanopo-Psychonautics: Human Intranasal, Sublingual, Intrarectal, Pulmonary and Oral Pharmacology of Bufotenine</a></i> (2001)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://technoccult.net/archives/2010/04/06/jonathan-otts-victim-of-arson-signed-copies-of-albert-hofmann-books-used-to-start-fire/">Jonathan Ott's victim of arson, signed copies of Albert Hofmann books used to start fire</a></i> (2010)</li>

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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schultes" title="Richard Schultes" class="mw-redirect">Richard E. Schultes</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobotany" title="Ethnobotany">Ethnobotany</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_plants" title="Psychedelic plants" class="mw-redirect">Psychedelic plants</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria#Christmas_decorations_and_Santa_Claus" title="Amanita muscaria">Amanita Muscaria in pop-culture</a></li>

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