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<p>Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy?</p> <p>Much stranger than the fictions it has inspired, the world of the magic mushroom is a place where shamans and hippies rub shoulders with psychiatrists, poets and international bankers. The magic mushroom was rediscovered only fifty years ago but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice.</p> <p>Chronicling the history of the magic mushroom, from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day, Letcher takes a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations. Since the 1970s scientists and others in major Western nations, the United States and the United Kingdom in particular, have identified hundreds of hallucinogenic species, isolated their active ingredients, l

Who reads Shroom : a Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom?

Author

Andy Letcher; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection

Publisher

Ecco

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060828288

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Anthropology, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (209 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13