| Description |
xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: A manifesto for new thought about drugs -- 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 -- Epilogue: Looking outward and inward to a sea of stars. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- History.
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Drug abuse -- Religious aspects.
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Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
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| ISBN |
0553078682: $21.50 (Canada $26.50) |
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