THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APHRODISIACS (PDF)

Contents

Preface
Introduction

  • What Are Aphrodisiacs?
  • Aphrodite and Venus
  • What Are ‘Agents of Pleasure”?
  • What Is an ‘Intoxicant’ or ‘Addictive Drug”?
  • How Does One Use Aphrodisiacs?
    On Expectations, Disappointments, and Desires
  • How Do Aphrodisiacs Work?
    Dosage, Set, and Setting
  • Who’s Afraid of Aphrodisiacs?
    On Desire and Its Demonization How Did It Come to This?
  • The Five Senses—Our Sources of Erotic Experience
    Vision
    Hearing
    Touch
    Smell
    Taste
    Fire, Water, Air, and Earth To Experience with All of Our Senses?
    Which Senses Are Still with Us?
    The Forgotten Sixth or Seventh Sense
    The Power of the Senses over the Course of Time
  • Aphrodisiacs in Art
    Grape, Vine, and Wine
    Poppies and Opium
    Hemp, Cannabis, and Hashish
    Coca Leaves and Cocaine
    The True Character of Aphrodisiacs in Art
    A Look at Aphrodisiacs Today
    Aphrodisiacs and Morality in Art
    Eroticism in the Art of Polytheistic Cultures
    Eroticism in the Art of Monotheistic Cultures
    The Perception of Eroticism, Sexuality, and Aphrodisiacs—Beyond Art

The Encyclopedia from A to Z

  • The Structure of the Monographs
  • Pharmacratica Aphrodisiae: Legal Issues
  •  About the Images

Appendix. A Short History of Books on the Topic of Aphrodisiacs and Love Agents
Bibliography
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

Language: English
Format: PDF
Pages: 740
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