Food of the gods : the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution
"Terrence 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"--Back cover
Print Book, English, 1993
Bantam trade pbk ed View all formats and editions
Bantam Books, New York, 1993
Nonfiction
xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780553371307, 0553371304
45078669
Introduction: A manifesto for new thought about drugs
Shamanism: setting the stage
The magic in food
The search for the original tree of knowledge
Plants and primates: postcards from the stoned age
Habit as culture and religion
The high plains of Eden
Searching for Soma: the golden vedic enigma
Twilight in Eden: Minoan Crete and the Eleusinian mystery
Alcohol and the alchemy of spirit
The ballad of the dreaming weavers: cannabis and culture
Complacencies of the peignoir: sugar, coffee, tea, and chocolate
Smoke gets in your eyes: opium and tobacco
Synthetics: heroin, cocaine, and television
A brief history of psychedelics
Anticipating the archaic paradise
Epilogue: Looking outward and inward to a sea of stars
"Bantam new age books"--Page 4 of cover