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The use of hallucinogens—nonaddictive narcotics that act on the mental processes in such a way as to produce temporary altered states of consciousness—has received a great deal of attention from both journalists and scientists; yet we know very little about how these powerful substances work, what dangers they involve, and how to control them. What we have learned is that they have potentials for good and evil and which potential depends as much on who uses them, in what contexts, for what purposes, and under what kind of control as it does on the chemical properties of the substance itself. This conclusion is clearly demonstrated in the ten essays in this book, all by scholars of world-wide reputation, specializing in one or another hallucinogen currently in use in a non-Western society. For centuries, hallucinogens have been of great significance in the ideology and religious practices of these primitive societies. In fact, the use of psychotropic plants to achieve states of religious ecstasy goes back almost to the beginning of human culture. Furthermore, the content of the psychedelic experience in the West today has been found to be similar to that of the religious pilgrimages

Who reads Flesh of the Gods : the Ritual Use of Hallucinogens?

Author

Peter T. Furst, Richard Evans Schultes, R. Gordon Wasson,

Publisher

New York : Praeger Publishers

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780881334777

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Social Science, Science

Rating

3.8 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14