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A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience. While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--t

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Author

Pinchbeck, Daniel

Publisher

Broadway Books ; Random House, Incorporated [distributor

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780767907439

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Psychology, Body Mind & Spirit, Fiction

Rating

4.05 / 5 (2,486 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14