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Introduction
This article highlights the journey of Ken Nelson who rediscovered the entheogenic usage of consuming the venom of the Sonoaran Desert Toad in the early 1980s, which lead the the global worldwide usage of smoking “Bufo” which is happening today.
This article was made possible by the wonderful work by Hamilton Morris in his filmmaking endeavors on entheogenic research. We attribute all content featured here for education purposes and support the creators for their work.
We publish this web article not for any commercial purposes, but entirely educationally. We also do not endorse the usage of smoking Bufo or any synthetic variant, and actually believe that nobody should consume Bufo or any synthetic variant due to its illlegality as well as health risks. If you would like to learn more about Bufo, we wrote this comprehensive Bufo article to educate you about its properties, risks and more.
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Ken Nelson’s interest and curiosity for entheogens

Ken Nelson discovers work by Dr Jeanne Runquist on Bufo remains at Cherokee sites
In 1981 August issue of Omni Magazine, he came across an article…
Ken Nelson travels to Arizona to search for Bufo
He travelled with his dog (a collie) named Quanah and his girlfriend named Pat. Quanah and Pat are mentioned to be dedicated in the book.
Ken Nelson successfully harvests venom from the frog and has the first Bufo experience of the modern world
Ken Nelson returns to Texas to develop and publish booklets in collaboration with his friends
The pamphlets spread across the world under a pseudonymous attribution to Al Most
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Bufo usage enters the mainstream and Ken Nelson moves into the underground at his Texas compound
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Hamilton Morris publishes a documentary of Bufo with false information and Ken Nelson reaches out to him to set the story straight
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The passage of Ken Nelson and Hamilton Morris’ second Bufo documentary
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The second edition of the Bufo Alvarius book is produced and launches for sale

There is a new reprint of the Bufo book pamphlet along with T-Shirts for sale, which you can purchase here.
I. would like to purchase this book by Ken Nelson. How can I do this?