Food of the gods : the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs and human evolution /: the search for the original tree of knowledge : a radical history of plants, drugs and human evolution. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terence McKenna.
• Other Names: McKenna, Terence K, 1946-2000
• Contents: Introduction: A manifesto for new thought about drugs -- I: Paradise: Shamanism; setting the stage -- The magic in food -- The search for the original tree of knowledge -- Plants and primates; postcards from the Stone Age -- Habit as culture and religion -- The high plains of Eden -- II: Paradise lost: 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 -- III: Hell: Complacencies of the peignoir; sugar, coffee, tea, and chocolate -- Smoke gets in your eyes; opium and tobacco -- Synthetics; heroin, cocaine, and television -- IV: Paradise regained: A brief history of psychedelics -- Anticipating the archaic paradise -- Epilogue: looking outward and inward to a sea of stars.
• Publisher Details: London : Rider
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 311 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 394.14; SCIENCE / General; Drug abuse; Drug abuse -- Social aspects; Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience; Hallucinogenic plants; Science: general issues; Drug abuse -- Social aspects; Drug abuse -- History; Hallucinogenic plants; Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781407061283; 1407061283
• Related ISBNs: 0712670386; 9780712670388
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.