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R Gordon Wasson 1986 Persephone's Quest Entheogens and the Origins of Religion

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Seller notes: “Hardcover. 4to. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1986. 257 pgs. Edition limited ... “Hardcover. 4to. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1986. 257 pgs. Edition limited to 300 copies of which 274 were numbered and 26 were 'hors commerce" and lettered A-Z. This copy is unumbered and is not a lettered copy. Ethnomycological Studies, No. 10. Slipcased in blue cloth. Slipcaase lightly rubbed and worn. Bound in dark blue cloth and matching 1/2 dark blue leather.with titles present to the spine and illustrated design present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Former owner's name inked on title-page; same owner's circular stamp embossed on lower corner of following leaf. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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 employed by d”

Author: Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, Carl A P Ruck, R.

Binding: Hardcover

Character Family: Persephone's Quest Entheogens Origins of Religion

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Language: English

Original/Facsimile: Original

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Place of Publication: New Haven, CT

Publisher: Yale University Press

Region: North America

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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered, Persephone's Quest, Entheogens and the Origins of Religion, Ethnomycological Studies No. 10, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms

Subject: Religion & Spirituality

Topic: Hallucinogenic Mushrooms

Year Printed: 1986

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