Furst Peter Editor (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 242pp. Trade paperback, VG, slight reading crease in spine, spine faded, owner name on inside front cover, chapter notes, explores the various manifestations of eating disorders in literature, including cannibalism, the magic attributes of food, religiously motivated fasting, and children's eating problems,

Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. Slight soiling on cover and first page. 66p. Includes "Ethnohistory in the Study of the Black Population in Mexico" by Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, "United States Colonization Programs for Blacks in Latin America During the 19th century" by Michael D. Olien, "Mission and Leadership Among the 'Merikin' Baptists of Trinidad" by John Stewart and more.

paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Book has fading on front cover and spine, wear to edges including small tears, creases to both covers and spine, evidence missing pages before title page (all text is intact), binding is exposed between pages 192 and 193, underlining and margin notes are interspersed throughout text. For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of religious ecstasy goes back almost to the beginning of human culture. Furthermore, the content of the psychedelic experience in the West today has been found to be similar to that of the religious pilgrimages of Oriental and aboriginal New World groups. But one fundamental difference overshadows all similarities: In the traditional cultures described in this collection of ten essays, the hallucinogenic "trip" is a means to an end--a quest for confirmation of traditional values, for unity with the tribal ancestors. In contemporary Western society, by contrast, it tends to be an end in itself and a rejection of the society's values--perhaps, it has been suggested, because Western drug-users tend to be a-cultural. Clearly, we have much to learn from an objective study of societies with long histories of sanctioned, and controlled, drug use to achieve recognized cultural objectives. We are donsbookstore in Albuquerque New Mexico. The book you see in the image is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock.

Paperback. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. A very clean and straight copy. 560 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 560 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This copy signed & dated atop title page by Clayton Eshleman, aparantly his copy; Tan wraps with black & white titles; A very good copy; 6"x9.25"; 304 pages.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 710 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 454 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.08 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Furst, Peter H (illustrator). First Edition. 40 pages. Text in English. Features: Enjoying Bavaria with your camera - Fritz P. Kraus describes Bad Griesbach; Agfa films with "more" colour - CT 100 and XR G 100 on trial; Couples - Peter H. Furst - the photographic borderline situation; In praise of a lens - Stefan Pfander's appearances with the 100 mm f/2.8 Apo-Macro-Ellmarit-R; Emil Schulthess; Prof. Stefan Kruckenhauser; The anniversary film - the new Kodak Ektar 25 colour print film; Flash + Slave - or how to improve flash illumination; Soft light from hot heads - the Hedler Softbox series; Duplicating - part four; Leica Focometer 2 - Part II - perfect measuring technique; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Faded and slightly worn. First UK edition. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xvi, 304, edges untrimmed, the top edge slightly foxed, very faint traces of a small price label on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very slightly marked and the lower corners very slightly bruised, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but it is unevenly faded and very slightly worn. ["For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of religious ecstasy goes back almost to the beginning of human culture. Furthermore, the content of the psychedelic experience in the West today has been found to be similar to that of the religious pilgrimages of Oriental and aboriginal New World groups. But one fundamental difference overshadows all similarities: In the traditional cultures described in this collection of ten essays, the hallucinogenic "trip" is a means to an end-a quest for confirmation of traditional values, for unity with the tribal ancestors. In contemporary Western society, by contrast, it tends to be an end in itself and a rejection of the society's values-perhaps, it has been suggested, because Western drug-users tend to be acultural. Clearly, we have much to learn from an objective study of societies with long histories of sanctioned, controlled drug use to achieve recognized cultural objectives."].