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Persephone's Quest : Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
Persephone's Quest Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
Author: R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Carl A. P. Ruck, Jonathan Ott
This fascinating book discusses the role played by psychoactive mushrooms in the religious rituals of ancient Greece, Eurasia, and Mesoamerica. R. Gordon Wasson, an internationally known ethnomycologist who was one of the first to investigate how these mushrooms were venerated and used by different native peoples, here joins with three other sch...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300052664
ISBN-10: 0300052669
Publication Date: 7/29/1992
Pages: 257
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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