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Author McKenna, Terence K., 1946-2000.

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

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, 1993.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.29 MCK    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.29 MC    Billed
Edition Bantam trade pbk ed.
Description xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Bantam new age books.
Bantam new age books.
Note "Bantam new age books"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Drug abuse -- History.
Drug abuse -- Religious aspects.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Drug abuse. (OCoLC)fst00898480
Drug abuse -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst00898553
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience. (OCoLC)fst00950660
Evolução humana.
Drogas de abuso.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0553371304
9780553371307
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