Spirit Plants - Discussion of sacred plants and other entheogens

Hello all,
For those not aware yet, I am attempting to start a quarterly print publication on the botany, cultivation, history, and usage of medicinal and entheogenic plants.  I am crowd-funding the operation through Kickstarter and need some help doing it.  If you arent familiar with kickstarter it is a website where you submit projects that you need funding for.  People pledge different amounts to try and help you meet your goal.  No one pays anything unless the funding goal is met ($5k in my case) and it wont be charged until the end of my project (Feb 16th).  Those pledging to the project will receive rewards, like copies of the magazine, a 'thank you' in the magazine, ad space, ...

QuoteDragibus is to be a quarterly print publication on the botany, cultivation, history, and usage of medicinal and entheogenic plants.  Our publication will be a glossy, full color, full size magazine. We intend to have at least 28 pages and print at least 1000 copies.  The money raised will go towards funding the cost of production, printing, and shipping of the first issue.  Any extra money raised by our project will go towards printing more pages in the issue and more copies of the magazine.

In the first few issues of our magazine we intend to have articles on Banisteriopsis species cultivation and identification, a study of Acacia confusa, a look at Entheogenesis Australis 2011, herbal beer recipes, plant history pieces, interviews, and more.

For more info check out:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crudd/dragibus (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crudd/dragibus)

Thanks everyone and I hope we can make this happen,
himdumb

Hey Everyone,
Thanks for all the support and positive feed back that we have received. We have about 3 weeks left to make our funding goal and have made a recent update with more information about some of the articles we have planned for the first issue. You can see the whole update at: http://www.kickstart.../dragibus/posts but heres the important parts:

QuoteFor the first issue, we will feature an article on brewing herbal beers. It will be a primer on herbal beers as well as a recipe for a kratom brew. We also intend to have articles on using psilocybin mushrooms in the treatment of cluster headaches, information and photographs of different Banisteriopsis species, the sustainable harvest of root bark from Acacia and related species, as well as a contribution from Keeper Trout.

We still have a long way to go to make our funding goal and any help spreading the word about the project is greatly appreciated.

Also, if anyone is interested in contributing anything we have some submission guidelines up at: http://www.dragibusmag.com/?a=submission

Thanks,
himdumb

Hello Everyone,
We are going forward with the magazine and the first issue will be available June 1st, 2012. We have opened up pre-order on the website for the first issue (and year subscription).

You can pre-order you copy or stay up to date with the project on our website at: http://dragibusmag.com

Thanks again to everyone for their support. I would not have followed through with the magazine if it hadnt been for the support and interest that we have received from everyone.

himdumb
Dragibus Magazine

Best of luck with your magazine.

Hello Everyone,
The first issue is finally out and availible for purchase at http://dragibusmag.com

We are working on putting the second issue together now.  Any one interested in contributing please contact me here or through the Dragibus website.

Thanks,
Steve

The second issue of Dragibus is available now!  It features an article on sustainable lophophora cultivation, another herbal beer recipe, an interview with a Khat farmer and more...
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Hey Everyone,
The third issue of Dragibus is available for order now! The third issue features an article on the Piper genus, a juniper ale recipe, an article on shamanistic art of the Americas, an excerpt from Sacred Cacti Third Edition and more...
(http://www.dragibusmag.com/v1i3_cover.jpg)
Also, the first two issues are now available in digital (.pdf) format.
Dragibus Magazine (http://dragibusmag.com)

I've read the first 2 issues, and will definitely be subscribing. I highly recommend it.  :)

Subscribed!

Great work here! Thanks for this achievement.

Thanks everyone for the kind words and support.  The new issue is out now.   This issue features articles on Salvia divinorum (a cultivation article and a piece from Ross Heaven titled 'Salvia divinorum and the Illusion of our Existence'), Ancient and Modern uses of Mandrake, a look at Flavonoids, Deeply Hopped Ale and more...
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Good for you, himdumb. You have been at that a while now. Soon as you get a major distributor for it, you will be off and running.

Hey everyone,
The newest issue of Dragibus is out now! This issue of Dragibus features a piece on Psychoactive Insects, a review of Breaking Convention 2013, a Calamus Porter and more...
Check it out!
(http://www.dragibusmag.com/v2i1_cover2.jpg)

This issue kicks ass! Highly recommended!

Big fan of this rag!

L.

Himdumb, you should be proud.  Have you promoted this at the nook, shaman australis forum, the shroomery, rollitup etc.?  Best of luck :D

Thanks for the kind words everyone.  And I am happy to announce that the newest issue is available now.  This issue of Dragibus features an article on Trichocereus Potency, a collection of Pre-Columbian Snuff Antiques, a look at a Witching Ointment from Southern Italy, and more...
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