Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge - A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
$45.05
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1999
Summary
An exploration of humans’ symbiotic relationships with plants and chemicals presents information on prehistoric partnership societies, the roles of spices and spirits in the rise of dominator societies; and the politics of tobacco, tea, coffee, opium, and alcohol.
Why, as a species, are humans so fascinated by altered states of consciousness? Can altered states reveal something to us about our origins and our place in nature?
In Food of the Gods, ethnobotanist Terence…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553371307 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553371304 |
| Author: | Terence McKenna |
| Publisher: | Bantam |
| Imprint: | Bantam USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 397g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“Deserves to be the modern classic on mind-altering drugs and hallucinogens.”–The Washington Post “Terence McKenna is the most important–and most entertaining–visionary scholar in America.”–Tom Robbins
“The culture’s foremost spokesperson for the psychedelic experience … Those who know and enjoy Joseph Campbell’s work will almost certainly appreciate McKenna.”–L.A. Weekly
“An eloquent proposal for recovering something vital–a sense of the sacred, the transcendent, the Absolute–before it’s too late.”–Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Meaning & Medicine, Recovering the Soul, and Space, Time & Machine
About The Author
Terence McKenna
McKenna was a scholar of shamanism, ethnobotanist, psychedelic researcher, and author of many books.
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