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Growing up in the suburbs of Boston and raised on secular Judaism,
Cocoa Puffs, and Gilligan's Island, Peter Bebergal was barely in
his teens when the ancient desire to finding higher spiritual
meaning in the universe struck. Already schooled in mysticism by
way of comic books, Dungeons & Dragons, and Carlos Castaneda,
he turned to hallucinogens, convinced they would provide a path to
illumination. Was this profound desire for God--a god he believed
that could only be apprehended by an extreme state of altered
consciousness--simply a side effect of the drugs? Or was it a
deeper human longing that was manifesting itself, even on a country
club golf course at the edge of a strip mall? Too Much to Dream
places Bebergal's story within the cultural history of
hallucinogens, American fascination with mysticism, and the complex
relationship between drug addiction, popular culture, rock 'n'
roll, occultism, and psychology. With a captivating foreword by
Peter Coyote, and interviews with writers, artists, and
psychologists such as Dennis McKenna, James Fadima, Arik Roper, Jim
Woodring, and Mark Tulin, Bebergal offers a groundbreaking
exploration of drugs, religion, and the craving for spirituality
entrenched in America's youth.
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