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Terence McKenna - Food of the Gods- The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge (azw3 epub mobi)
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Name: Terence McKenna - Food of the Gods- The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge (azw3 epub mobi)
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Description: 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 McKenna's research on man's ancient relationship with chemicals opens a doorway to the divine, and perhaps a solution for saving our troubled world. McKenna provides a revisionist look at the historical role of drugs in the East and the West, from ancient spice, sugar, and rum trades to marijuana, cocaine, synthetics, and even television-illustrating the human desire for the "food of the gods" and the powerful potential to replace abuse of illegal drugs with a shamanic understanding, insistence on community, reverence for nature, and increased self-awareness.
Praise for Food of the Gods
"Deserves to be the modern classic on mind-altering drugs and hallucinogens." - The Washington Post
"Terence McKenna is the most important-and most entertaining-visionary scholar in America." -Tom Robbins
"The culture's foremost spokesperson for the psychedelic experience . . . Those who know and enjoy Joseph Campbell's work will almost certainly appreciate McKenna." - L.A. Weekly
"An eloquent proposal for recovering something vital-a sense of the sacred, the transcendent, the Absolute-before it's too late." -Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Meaning & Medicine , Recovering the Soul , and Space, Time & Machine
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Title: Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
Author: Terence McKenna
Language: English
Year: 1991
Subjects: Non-Fiction, Philosophy, History, Science, Spirituality, Anthropology, Psychology, Religion, Environment, Nature
ISBN: 978-1-40706-128-3
Total pages: 311
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