Drugs, mysticism and make-believe

by R.C. Zaehner

223 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Robert Charles Zaehner had a gift for languages and became an expert in Oriental languages. As a result, he was chosen as a British counterintelligence agent in Tehran, Persia during World War II and an MI6 agent there after the war. He returned to academia and became Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, writing numerous books on religion, both eastern and western.

Information adapted from Wikipedia and the back cover of The Bhagavad-Gita which he translated and authored

Reviews

[Margaret Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful marriage of 18th c French literature & mysticism
The part actually about drugs bored me a bit but the conclusions seemed reasonable & relatively unbiased considered this was published in 1972