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R gordon wasson books. Octavio paz nobel prize winning poet and author the road to eleusis grew out of a three way collaboration of scholar scientists sparked by r. Octavio paz nobel prize winning poet and author the road to eleusis grew out of a three way collaboration of scholar scientists sparked by r. Wasson valentina pavlovna and r.
Her life and chants new wilderness poetics english central american indian languages and spanish edition by alvaro estrada r. Only 1 left in stock order soon. Divine mushroom of immortality no.
One of the key enigmas of cultural history has been the identiy of a sacred plant called soma in the ancient rig veda of india. Gordon wasson albert hofmann carl a. Mushrooms russia and history.
Gordon wassons insight into the true nature of an ancient religious ritual the eleusinian mysteries. Gordon wasson albert hofmann et al nov 25 2008. Divine mushroom of immortality.
A review of carlos castanedas the teachings of don juan. Wasson has aroused considerable attention in learned circles and beyond by advancing and documenting the thesis that soma was a hallucinogenic mushroom none other than the amanita muscaria the fly agaric that until recent times was the cent. Gordon wassons insight into the true nature of an ancient religious ritual the eleusinian mysteries.
Divine mushroom of immortality. 46 out of 5 stars58. In collaboration with the world renowned chemist albert hofmann and carl ruck a classical scholar specializing in the ethnobotany of ancient greece they give solid foundation to what wasson deduced as the essence of the mysteries.
Wasson first book was in 1957 which was a cookbook by tw and the wassons russian cook florence james was published. Hon pioneer explorer of psychotropic plants in the new world holder of the paul c. Gordon wasson et al jun 1 1981.
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In collaboration with the world renowned chemist albert hofmann and carl ruck a classical scholar specializing in the ethnobotany of ancient greece they give solid foundation to what wasson deduced as the essence of the mysteries. Inspired timothy leary to take his own mushroom expedition to cuernavaca mexico in 1960. Ruck to richard evans schultes phd mh.
1 in the ethno mycological studies series by maverick investment banker turned ethnomycologist r.