Shroom
Subtitle: the cultural history of the magic mushroom
By: Andy Letcher
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780060828288
Subjects: Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic -- Social aspects; Mushrooms, Hallucinogenic -- History; Mushroom ceremony -- History; Amanita muscaria -- Social aspects; Amanita muscaria -- History
Description: An investigation into the cultural and historical significance of psychedelic mushrooms traces their earliest recorded uses by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia to their reemergence on America's popular cultural landscape.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Faber and Faber"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-348) and index
Table of contents: title: I: Agaricus; title: The mushroom people; title: Science and magic; title: The archaeology of ecstasy; title: Mush disordered; title: Feasts and revelations; title: Wasson; title: II: Amanita; title: The fly-agaric; title: Soma; title: Chemistry and conspiracy; title: III: Psilocybe; title: Academic exercise; title: High priests; title: Ripples and waves; title: Underground, overground; title: The elf-clowns of hyperspace; title: Muck and brass