| Description |
ix, 237 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index. |
| Contents |
From the plant kingdom to the kingdom of God -- The Native American heritage -- Psychedelics and metaphysical illumination -- Wine and the varieties of American religious life -- Drugs, aesthetics, and unchurched spirituality -- The quest for ecstasy. |
| Summary |
"From Native Americans' use of tobacco for solemnizing oaths, to the spread of New Age religious beliefs in Haight-Ashbury coffeehouses, drugs have been intimately associated with American spirituality. In Stairways to Heaven, Robert C. Fuller presents a rarely considered but very important dimension of American religious history - the use of mind-altering substances as an aid to spirituality - in a clear, engaging style. Fuller's entertaining narrative illustrates how such substances as peyote, jimson weed, hallucinogenic mushrooms, LSD, marijuana, wine, and coffee have stimulated ecstatic revelations of spiritual truth and strengthened the social bonds that sustain communities of faith."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Religious aspects -- History.
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Drugs -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Religion.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- history.
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Narcotics -- United States -- History.
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Psychotropic drugs -- United States -- History.
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Drugs. (OCoLC)fst00898761
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Drugs -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00898892
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Religion.
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Droge.
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Geschichte.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0813366127 (alk. paper) |
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9780813366128 (alk. paper) |
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