Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
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Psychedelics In Literature
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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 McKennaās research on manās ancient relationship with chemicals opens a doorway to the divine, and perhaps a solution for saving our troubled world. McKenna p
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Manufacturer: Bantam
Release date: 1 January 1993
ISBN-10 : 0553371304 | ISBN-13: 9780553371307
Release date: 1 January 1993
ISBN-10 : 0553371304 | ISBN-13: 9780553371307
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"Terence McKenna does what he arguably does best, i.e. rambles on about the actual and possible roles various psychoactive substances have played in the history of humankind."
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