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Trade
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96-054885
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R. Gordon Wasson's work on hallucinogenic mushrooms sparked the psychedelic movement: this varied collection includes contributions in the field of ethnobotany, comparative religion, and anthropology and offers a tribute to Wasson's research through new contemplations., This work is a remarkable achievement. It successfully captures all aspects of a complex personality. Gordon Wasson was a wonderful mixture: part businessman, part adventurer, part scholar. He achieved more in each of these fields than most do in any one discipline. Sketching a life-size portrait of this intriguing man is no mean feat, but this work achieves that goal.
Table Of Content
Preface Thomas J. Riedlinger Foreword Richard Evan Schultes R. Gordon Wasson: Brief Biography and Personal Appreciation J. Christopher Brown Wasson's Help to a Student of Drug History Michael R. Aldrich My Life With Gordon Wasson Masha Wasson Britten A Vote for Gordon Wasson Michael D. Coe A Bibliophile's View of Gordon Wasson's Books and Bookplates Robert Demarest 'Somatic' Memories of Gordon Wasson Wendy Doniger R. Gordon Wasson: The Poet of Ethnomycology William A. Emboden 'Vistas Beyond the Horizons of this Life': Encounters with R. Gordon Wasson Peter T. Furst Wasson and the Development of Mycology in Mexico Gaston Guzman The Mushroom Conspiracy Joan Halifax Ride Through the Sierra Mazateca in Search of the Magic Plant 'Ska Maria Pastora' Albert Hofmann Collecting Wasson Michael Horowitz Remembrances of Things Past Irmgard Weitlaner Johnson The People of Miniss Kitigan Who Were and Are Honor the Spirit of WaussungNaabe Who Was and Is KeewaydinoQuay Et Al My Friend Gordon Weston Le Barre Mixe Concepts and Uses of Entheogenic Mushrooms Frank J. Lipp 'The Banquet of his Interests' Bernard Lowy Wasson's Literary Precursors Terence McKenna A Posthumous 'Encounter' with R. Gordon Wasson Claudio Narjano A Twentieth Century Darwin Jonathan Ott Recollections of R. Gordon Wasson's: 'Friend and Photographer' Allan B. Richardson A Latecomer's View of R. Gordon Wasson Thomas J. Riedlinger Mr. Wasson and the Greeks Carl A. P. Ruck Celebrating Gordon Wasson Alexander T. Sulgin Travels with R. Gordon Wasson in Mexico, 1956-1962 Guy-Stresser-Péan Appendix I. Gordon Wasson's Account of His Childhood R. Gordon Wasson Appendix II. Bibliography: R. Gordon Wasson and Valentia Pavlovna Wasson J. Christopher Brown Appendix III. The R. Gordon Wasson Ethnomycological Studies Series Index Contributors
Synopsis
A celebration of the life and pioneering work of the eminent mycologist and scholar R. Gordon Wasson. A legendary figure in the field of ethnobotany, R. Gordon Wasson's trail-blazing work on hallucinogenic mushrooms with the Mexican curandera Maria Sabina in the 1950s brought increased scholarly attention to the importance of psychoactive plants in the spiritual life of indigenous peoples and had a profound influence well beyond the academic world. His accessible writings helped popularize these discoveries, forming the ground for the social revolution of the following decade. With the growing interest in the role of psychoactive plants in society today, the work of R. Gordon Wasson and the example set by the man himself, so well illustrated here, takes on increasing importance.
LC Classification Number
RM723.A27D83 1997
