Artificial paradises
Subtitle: a drugs reader
By: edited by Mike Jay.
Contributors: Jay, Mike, 1959 Dec. 14-
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Hallucinogenic drugs -- History.; Hallucinogenic drugs -- Social aspects.; Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.; Drugs in literature.
Description: This sensational anthology features a rich tapestry of voices exploring the powerful role that mind-altering drugs have played throughout history. It brings together a multiplicity of voices to explore the presence -- both secret and public -- of drugs in the overlapping dialogues of science and religion, pleasure and madness, individualism and social control. Featuring writings by William Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Aldous Huxley, Alice B. Toklas, Charles Baudelaire, Sigmund Freud, and an array of other seekers, Artificial Paradises locates the origins, busts the myths, examines the scientific studies, and embraces the controversy surrounding drugs, offering an honest, if not psychedelic, portrait of the lives and minds of those who have used them.