Food of the gods
Subtitle: the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution
By: Terence McKenna.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Hallucinogens -- history; Entheogens; Shamanism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shamanism: setting the stage; title: The magic in food; title: The search for the original tree of knowledge; title: Plants and primates: postcards from the stoned age; title: Habit as culture and religion; title: The high plains of eden; title: Searching for Soma: the golden vedic enigma; title: Twilight in Eden: Minoan Crete and the Eleusinian mystery; title: Alcohol and the alchemy of spirit; title: The ballad of the dreaming weavers: cannabis and culture; title: Complacencies of the peignois: sugar, coffee, tea, and chocolate; title: Smoke gets in your eyes: opium and tobacco; title: Synthetics: heroin, cocaine, and television; title: A brief history of psychedelics; title: Anticipating the archaic paradise.