Draft:William Emboden

William A. Emboden (February 24, 1935 - May 10, 2016) was an ethnobotanist, author and artist. He lectured and wrote articles about a variety of subjects in science, botanicals, and art for publications as well as authoring and co-authoring several books.

Contributions to books

 * Flesh of the Gods, Praeger Pub. Peter T. Furst, Ed., 1972. Chapter 8: The Ritual Use of Cannabis Sativa L.: A Historical-Ethnographic Survey. Pp. 214-236.
 * American Folk Medicine, University of California Press, Wayland D. Hand, Ed., 1976. Plant Hypnotics among the North American Indians. Pp.159-168.
 * Healing and Shamanism, University of Texas Press, Austin. 1979. The Use of Water Lilies in Maya and Egyptian Shamanic Drug Ritual. (Senior Author with M. de Rios).
 * Rausch and Realitat, Drogen Im Kulturvergleich, 1981 (Köln, Germany 2 Vols). Two contributed articles 324-339; 352-359.
 * The Yearbook of Leonardo Studies (Academia Leonardo da Vinci) No. I 1988, Botany in the Codex Hammer.
 * The Sacred Mushroom Seeker: A Festrschrift for R. Gordon Wasson. Dioscorides Press. 1990.

Collaborations

 * Mooney, H.A. and W.A. Emboden, 1968. The relationship of Terpene Composition, Morphology, and Distribution of Populations of Bursea Microphylla (Burseraceae). Brittonia, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 44-51.
 * Emboden, W.A. and M.D. De Rios. 1981. Narcotic Ritual Use of Water Lilies Among Ancient Egypt and the Maya. In Folk Healing and Herbal Medicine, ed. G. Meyer and K. Blum. Thomas Publishers, Springfield.
 * Thomson, J. M.D. Anglin, W. A. Emboden and D. Fisher. 1985. Mushroom Use By College Students. Journal of Drug Education, Vol. 15, No. 2.
 * Meyn, O., and W.A. Emboden. 1987. The Parameters of Introgression in Salvia apiana x S. Mellifera (Lamiaceae), Systemic Botany, Vol. 12, No. 3.