Limited, deluxe-edition boxed set of Ayahuasca Analogues and Shamanic Snuffs
by Jonathan Ott

With the unexpected death of Jonathan Ott on July 3rd, 2025, only about 30 sets were ever signed.
Only a few of these sets remain, but sales are suspended until there is clarity with his estate—this could be months or longer.
Beyond this, the future of the book project remains uncertain.
Check back for updates.

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We miss our dear friend terribly. The world is so much richer for the 76 years he was here…

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This signed and numbered two book set is handmade with a level of artistic craftsmanship far beyond what you normally find in most deluxe or limited edition books. This magnificent set is more than just a beautiful new edition of these engaging and historically important ethnobotanical monographs, but a valuable work of art in itself!

Each book in the set is handbound in full leather, each cover has an inlaid color illustration, a gold imprint on the back, and gold lettering on the spine. Printed on premium, acid-free paper, each title has a marker ribbon, an original full-color frontispiece by celebrated artist Donna Torres, and both books are signed and numbered by the author*. The books come housed together in an exquisite and sturdy cloth-bound slipcase.

Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangæan Entheogens: This the first English publication of the updated 2nd edition, which previously appeared only in Spanish. The first book to detail the history, botany, chemistry and human pharmacology of the famed Amazonian ayahuasca potion, which Ott describes as “one of the most sophisticated pharmacognostical discoveries of all antiquity.” This legendary book, which includes Ott’s colorful trip reports, also explains how dozens of non-traditional source plants from around the world are used by intrepid explorers to brew analogues of ayahuasca. This was revolutionary research when Ayahuasca Analogues was first published, and remains highly relevant for kitchen witches everywhere. Featuring a completely new frontispiece painting, A Letter for Richard Spruce, by Donna Torres. The information-dense 128 pages are supported by the largest bibliography ever compiled to this subject. All editions have been out of print for over 25 years and are highly valued by collectors.

Shamanic Snuffs or Entheogenic Errhines: An unparalleled review of snuffed plant preparations used as shamanic inebriants for millennia. This is the only book on the topic! Shamanic snuffs have been drawing more attention with the growing popularity of rapé formulations, but tobacco is only part of a remarkable story. This unique book covers the history, ethnobotany, and phytochemistry of the major classes of snuffs —Anadenanthera, Virola, Nicotiana — and features accounts of an additional 58 snuffs, including ill-studied African errhines alongside a variety of more obscure and unusual ethnomedicinal insufflatus (hunting snuffs for hounds and horses anyone?). To round this all off, in his ever entertaining style, Ott reports on dozens of his psychonautical bioassays. The book’s 160 pages encompass not only the largest, but the only, general, multi-disciplinary bibliography to this subject; a Densified Index of 1,243 topics provides a ready key to its information-dense content. The pages for this near mythical book were printed in 2001, but due to unforeseen circumstances only 250 books were ever bound and distributed (these volumes are now highly valuable collector’s items). The interior of our version utilizes these original pages, but features new binding and frontispiece art, Spirit Wanderer, by Donna Torres. Destined to remain a coveted rarity.

*Note: each title in the set is numbered and signed by Jonathan Ott at the back of each book.
With the unexpected death of the author, only about 30 sets were ever signed.

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Ayahuasca Analogues and Shamanic Snuffs have long been out of print. The original editions of each individual title have recently sold online for considerably more than our asking price for this entire deluxe, handmade, two-book set. These gorgeous artifacts are a worthwhile investment—made to last for generations, destined to become coveted by collectors and ever more valuable with time. Don’t pass up your chance to invest in this historical set now!
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As each book is made by hand in Mexico, the bookbinder will be shipping us small batches as he completes them—these will be available on a first come first serve basis.

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For shipping insurance and other inquiries: [email protected]

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With your support, production on the next title in the series, Word-Woven Worlds of the Word Leaf, will begin later in 2025!
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“Jonathan Ott is one of the most knowledgeable scientists [on] Banisteriopsis caapi. He has produced in Ayahuasca Analogues, Pangæan Entheogens a beautifully published and highly authentic book… The reader is immediately struck with three impressions: the clarity of the language; the diversity of coverage; and the authority of the treatment.”
—Prof. Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard University, Journal of Ethnobiology 14(2): 273–274, 1994.

“Your book, Shamanic Snuffs or Entheogenic Errhines [is a] magnificently, beautifully-crafted Edition, a veritable jewel of a book.”
—Albert Hofmann, 20 September 2001.

“I admire Jonathan Ott immensely and will certainly do what I can to get word out about this beautiful series of books—very much in the mold of his great mentor.”
—Prof. Wade Davis, anthropologist, author, conservationist,
and one of National Geographic’s Explorers for the Millennium.

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