9780156252799

Book Description: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1978. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? Tall. 126 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 610984

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Book Description: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Scholar's name stamped to ffep (P. Stork). Very light edgewear. Very light creasing to front wrap. ; Ethno-Mycological Studies, No. 4; 126 pages; The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures. Although controversial when first published in 1978, the book’s hypothesis has become more widely accepted in recent years, as knowledge of ethnobotany has deepened. The authors have played critical roles in the modern rediscovery of entheogens, and The Road to Eleusis presents an authoritative exposition of their views. The book’s themes of the universality of experiential religion, the suppression of that knowledge by exploitative forces, and the use of psychedelics to reconcile the human and natural worlds make it a fascinating and timely read. Bookseller Inventory # 8698

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Book Description: Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. Bookseller Inventory # 001756

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Book Description: Harcourt, NY, 1978. PAPERBACK. paper edition. 126pp, color, b/w illustrations. octavo paper Ethno-mycological Studies #4 slight cover wear otherwise very good. Bookseller Inventory # 16061

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Book Description: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York and London, 1978. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 126 pp. 1st paperback edition. Illustrated with 14 color and b/w photographs. A very good copy. Bookseller Inventory # 102410

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Book Description: Harvest/HBJ, 1978. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Black cover w/ white titling and a color photo of an Ancient urn. Contents include: The Wasson Road to Eleusis (R. G. W. ) A Challenging Wuestion and my Answer (A. H. ); Solving the Eleusinian Mystery (C. A. R. P. ); Ancillary Data; The Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Translated by Danny Staples). 12 pages of color and b/w photos. Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # 025627

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