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    <![CDATA[Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion]]>
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    <![CDATA[Discusses the role played by psychoactive mushrooms in the religious rituals of ancient Greece, Eurasia, and Mesoamerica. Wasson, who investigated how these mushrooms were venerated and used by different native peoples, here joins with three other scholars to discuss his discoveries.]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries]]>
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    <![CDATA[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&#8212;a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian&#8212;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&#8217;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&#8217;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. This 30th anniversary edition includes an appreciative preface by religious scholar Huston Smith and an updated exploration of the chemical evidence by Peter Webster.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Carl A. P. Ruck]]></name>
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    <![CDATA[The Wondrous Mushroom: Sacred Mushrooms in Mexico and Mesoamerica]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;From now on any comprehensive study of Ancient Mexican civilization must start from (and with) your discoveries.&quot;-Octavio Paz </p> 		<p>Gordon Wasson's May 1957 <em>LIFE</em> article describing his encounter with a Mexican shaman woman triggered the psychedelic revolution. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, we present Wasson's groundbreaking classic, <em>The Wondrous Mushroom,</em> an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican culture. </p> 		<p> 				<strong>R. Gordon Wasson</strong> (1898â&#128;&#147;1986), former vice president of JP Morgan Trust, authored groundbreaking books and articles on sacred mushroom use, culture, and history.</p>]]>
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