Dale Pendell
DALE PENDELL is the author of Pharmako/Poeia, Pharmako/Dynamis, and Pharmako/Gnosis, an in depth study of the shamanic and pharmacological virtues of psychoactive plants. Dale describes his approach as “somewhere between chemistry and making gold in the basement.” His poetry is widely anthologized, most recently in The Wisdom Book of American Buddhist Poetry. Walking With Nobby: Conversations with Norman O. Brown was published in early 2008. His first book for Three Hands Press is The Language of Birds: Some Notes on Chance and Divination.
Dale and his wife Laura and a familiar cat live in the foothills of the Sierra in California, where they grow pine and oak trees, along with some manzanita. Their performance group, Oracular Madness, sometimes appears at Burning Man.