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The ethnobotanist co-author of Psilocybin: The Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide (not reviewed) puts forth the theory that magic mushrooms are the original ``tree of knowledge'' and that the general lack of psychedelic exploration is leading Western society toward eventual collapse or destruction--controversial statements, to say the least, though the argument's details often prove fascinating. In the beginning, McKenna tells us, there were protohumans with small brains and plenty of genetic competition, and what eventually separated the men from the apes was an enthusiasm for the hallucinogenic mushrooms that grew on the feces of local cattle. Claiming that psilocybin in the hominid diet would have enhanced eyesight, sexual enjoyment, and language ability and would have thereby placed the mushroom-eaters in the front lines of genetic evolution--eventually leading to hallucinogen-ingesting shamanistic societies, the ancient Minoan culture, and some Amazonian tribes today--McKenna also asserts that the same drugs are now outlawed in the US because of their corrosive effect on our male-dominated, antispiritual society. Unconsciously craving the vehicles by which our ancestors expanded their imaginations and found meaning in their lives, he says, we feast on feeble substitutes: coffee, sugar, and chocolate, which reinforce competition and aggressiveness; tobacco, which destroys our bodies; alcohol, whose abuse leads to male violence and female degradation; TV, which deadens our senses; and the synthetics--heroin, cocaine and their variations--which leave us victimized by our own addiction. On the other hand, argues McKenna, magic mushrooms, used in a spiritually enlightened, ritual manner, can open the door to greater consciousness and further the course of human evolution- -legalization of all drugs therefore is, he says, an urgent necessity. Provocative words--often captivating, but not often convincing. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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An exploration of humans' symbiotic relationships with plants and chemicals presents information on prehistoric partnership societies and the roles of spices and spirits in the rise of dominator societies.
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Read this book if you don't see how plants have effected society, if you think mushrooms are bad. Do not read this book if you want to try mushrooms or if you've read Mckenna's stuff elsewhere. If you have, you've read this stuff already. If you never had mushrooms, you will want to have them. You probably are better served by reading Whitman or Lorca. You are too eager. Read this book with Schultes "Plants of the Gods". The two books will inform each other. This book is a wonderful overview of plant philosophy. Schulte's book has lovely pictures and he will back up Mckenna. Better still, read this book to understand why relegion is empty for so many people, how God truly is in the details, embedded so deep, we must wedge our way into molecules to find it, how we must shake off the painkillers and SEE! the world. God bless anyone who is so in touch with the force of God that he/she doesn't start the process this way but for myself there was no other way in and Terence has illuminated the path just fine. Sure he's a kook. God bless kooks. Mushrooms aren't the way. They aren't even the map. They are the bench we sit on to relax midway and figure out where we will go next.
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This is a fascinating world history told through the eyes of the last leader of the psychedelic community. McKenna argues that, before the onslaught of the current dominator-model of society, humans lived in happy partnership, united in their love for mother earth. The key to this society was the ingestion of magic mushrooms, a psychedelic plant that offers its eater a view of a benevolent, beautiful and inherently vegetable mind -- the necessary vision for life in a partnership model.
McKenna makes a valid argument and the book is filled with very interesting ideas, though the middle section is bogged down with shred after shred of "evidence" pointing towards ancient mushroom use. This is a truly great book, though Archaic Revival is a much easier and enjoyable introduction to Terence McKenna and his wildly convincing ideas.
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To the person that wrote this.... Who thinks taking psychadelic mushrooms is an easy process... Try it.. We will see how easy you think it is afterward..
A reader from Fort Collins Colo. , November 30, 1998 Revolutionary!!..well, sort of. Mckenna definetly has some thoughts to share. Thoughts awakened in the midst of a psilocybin-induced state of euphoria and terror. I think Hunter S. Thompson said it best--you can't buy enlightenment. You can't pick it in the forest either... The idea that a mushroom (or any other psycedelic) is some kind of extraordinary gateway to another dimension or key to the underlying nature of the universe violates the nature of what we see around us everyday. Its just not that simple, and its apparent that those who buy this book still wishes it were. but I must say in its defense that the stories are fascinating, mystical and nearly-convincing to the uninitiated. its an interesting idea that most of us would like to beleive. But insight comes from struggle.
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I love his thesis as it shows respect for the feminine.
As a 39 year old lifelong feminist, I was impressed by the true respect McKenna shows for the feminine (aka Mother Nature, Gaia). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Februar 1999 von suevos@catskill.net
Essential Reading for Evolving Humans
Terrance McKenna's masterpiece, the ideas and background to support them presented in this work makes you take a serious look at how things operate in todays society. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Dezember 1998 von rdvmac@net1plus.com
Revolutionary!!..well, sort of.
Mckenna definetly has some thoughts to share. Thoughts awakened in the midst of a psilocybin-induced state of euphoria and terror. I think Hunter S. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
advanced powerful unortodox honest liberating a Xselent book
this book firstly reaches down to the beginning of language thought and religion. it bases development on the"transcendual other" . Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
potentiality of our race to grace
thee gian mind is alive! this book tempts us to fulfill our relationship with the planet that keeps us. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
A Challenging, Extraordinary Book
This was my first glimpse into the theories of Terence McKenna, and I will certainly be coming back for more. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Januar 1998 von oost@ka.net
Fascinating, Whether It's True or Not
Terence McKenna (Food of the Gods), Julian Jaynes (Evolution of Consciousness ...), Camille Paglia (Sexual Personae), and Ruth Eisner (Chalice & the Blade) all look at the same... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. September 1997 von J. Brad Hicks (jbhicks@inlink.com)
Dedicated to those who would again be children of the Earth
SOMA is talking to you. Yes, you! Liberate the ripeness:
Word->Image Associations abound. Pervert the subversive
paradigm. Coin new language before it coins you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Word->Image Associations abound. Pervert the subversive
paradigm. Coin new language before it coins you. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. April 1997 veröffentlicht
This is one of the most important books you'll ever read!
Using his Irish gift of the gab, and an excellent graspof scientfic theory, Mr. Mckenna spins a web of historyand sociological theory that can change the paradigm of social... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Mai 1996 veröffentlicht
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