Food of the Gods - A Radical History of Plants, Drugs and Human Evolution (Paperback, New Ed)

McKenna, an explorer who has travelled the world to live and work with shamans from many cultures, has many radical views on the relationship between humanity and psychoactive substances. If, he argues, we accept that drugs will be an increasing part of global culture, we need to reappraise the patterns of drug-related experience throughout the centuries in order to understand what is happening to our society. Drawing on years of research, McKenna argues for a possible revival of what he calls the archaic attitude towards community, recovering a former relationship with nature in order to promote a more humane future. His views are controversial but his arguments are fascinating, ranging far and wide through humankind's cultural history to demonstrate what we have lost and what we might hope to gain. (Kirkus UK)

A journey is some of the Earth's most endangered people in the remote Upper Amazon....a look at the rituals of the Bwiti cults of Gabon and Zaire.....a field watch on the easting habits of 'stoned' apes and chimpanzees - these adventures are all a part of ethnobotanist Terence McKenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. He wonders why, as a species, we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness. Can you reveal something about our origins as human beings and our place in nature? As an odyssey of mind, body and spirit, Food of the Gods is one of themost fascinating and suprising histories of consciousness ever writtenAnd as a daring work of scholarship and exploration, it offers an inspiring vision for individual fulfilment and a humane basis for our interaction which each other and with the natural world. 'Brilliant, provocative, opinionated, poetic and inspiring.....Essential reading for anyone who ever wondered why people take drugs. Rupert Sheldrake.

General

Imprint:	Rider
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1999
Authors:	Terence McKenna
Dimensions:	199 x 126 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7126-7038-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
LSN:	0-7126-7038-6
Barcode:	9780712670388

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