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Food Of The Gods

The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge

Author: Terence McKenna  

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The cult classic on psychedelics and human consciousness by the world famous ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.

Reissued because of the current interest in Ecstasy, this is McKenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. He wonders why we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness, do they reveal something about our origins as human beings and our place in nature?

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The cult classic on psychedelics and human consciousness by the world famous ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.

Reissued because of the current interest in Ecstasy, this is McKenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. He wonders why we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness, do they reveal something about our origins as human beings and our place in nature?

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A journey is some of the Earth's most endangered people in the remote Upper Amazon. . . . a look at the rituals of the Bwiti cults of Gabon and Zaire. . . . . a field watch on the easting habits of 'stoned' apes and chimpanzees - these adventures are all a part of ethnobotanis t Terence McKenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. He wonders why, as a species, we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness. Can you reveal something about our origins as human beings and our place in nature? As an odyssey of mind, body and spirit, Food of the Gods is one of the most fascinating and suprising histories of consciousness ever written And as a daring work of scholarship and exploration, it offers an inspiring vision for individual fulfilment and a humane basis for our interaction which each other and with the natural world. 'Brilliant, provocative, opinionated, poetic and inspiring. . . . . Essenti al reading for anyone who ever wondered why people take drugs. Rupert Sheldrake.

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Critic Reviews

“The single most influential spokesperson for organic psychedelics”

The Independent
The modern classic on mind-altering drugs and hallucinogens The Washington Post
The culture’s foremost spokesperson for the psychedelic experience L.A. Weekly
Essential reading for anyone who ever wondered why people take drugs -- Rupert Sheldrake
Food Of The Gods deploys some entertaining learning, and provides an exciting challenge to conventional thinking. The Independent

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About the Author

Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was an American ethnobotanist, psychonaut and author noted for his groundbreaking research into and knowledge of psychedelics, metaphysics and subjects ranging from shamanism to the origins of language and civilization. His other books include True Hallucinations, The Archaic Revival and The Invisible Landscape.

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Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Publishing | Rider & Co
Published
6th May 1999
Pages
336
ISBN
9780712670388

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