Various Artists - Infernal Proteus (A Musical Herbal) (2002)

Related:
Alio Die - Sit Tibi Terra Levis / Introspective (1990)
In Gowan Ring - Love Charms (1994)
Ah Cama-Sotz - Terra Infernalis (1999)
Apoptose - Nordland (2000)
Chaos as Shelter - In the Shelter of Chaos (2000)
Lotus Eaters - Alienist on a Pale Horse (2001)
Inade - The Incarnation of the Solar Architects (2009)

Your boy DEAR_SPIRIT is about to leave for a little over a week of touring with my band Rohit, so I'm gonna hit y'all with something special that should take a while to burn through. It's a phenomenal 4-disc compilation of songs by various darkwave, neoclassical, neofolk, and otherwise industrial-adjacent artists, each of which is meant to represent a different herb. What's that? Yes, marijuana is included -- Lotus Eaters are given the honor. Other artists include the rest of the above-linked, as well as Amber Asylum, RAIN, Troum, and a whole bunch more. Full track listing here. You're welcome.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

You should also listen to:

Forseti -
Windzeit (2002)

Sieben -
Ogham Inside the Night (2005)

Inade - The Incarnation of the Solar Architects (2009)

Transcendent dark ambient from sunny Germany. The Incarnation of the Solar Architects makes me feel as though I am a human-shaped pile of ash and dust that is being blown into the æther by cosmic winds. You know, like in Altered States.

Track listing:
1. The Engine of the Mind
2. Abandoned Inferno
3. A Lefthanded Sign
4. Altar to the Unknown
5. The Tellurian Vortex
6. The World Behind the World
7. From the Angle of Aleph
8. The Veil of Eternal Unity
9. Canon of Proportion
10. Aion Teleos

Above all and beyond