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Food of the gods : the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution / Terence McKenna.

McKenna, Terence K., 1946-2000 (Author).

Summary:

"Terrence McKenna's research on man's ancient relationship with chemicals opens a doorway to the devine, and perhaps a solution for saving our troubled world"--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0553371304
  • ISBN: 9780553371307
  • Physical Description: xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Bantam trade pbk ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Bantam new age books"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Shamanism: setting the stage -- The magic in food -- The search for the original tree of knowledge -- Plants and primates: postcards from the stoned age -- Habit as culture and religion -- The high plains of Eden -- Searching for Soma: the golden vedic enigma -- Twilight in Eden: Minoan Crete and the Eleusinian mystery -- Alcohol and the alchemy of spirit -- The ballad of the dreaming weavers: cannabis and culture -- Complacencies of the peignoir: sugar, coffee, tea, and chocolate -- Smoke gets in your eyes: opium and tobacco -- Synthetics: heroin, cocaine, and television -- A brief history of psychedelics -- Anticipating the archaic paradise.

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Subject:
Drug abuse > History.
Drug abuse > Religious aspects.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Drug abuse.
Drug abuse > Religious aspects.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Genre:
History.
Nonfiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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