"From now on any comprehensive study of Ancient Mexican civilization must start from (and with) your discoveries."-Octavio Paz Gordon Wasson's May 1957 LIFE article describing his encounter with a Mexican shaman woman triggered the psychedelic revolution. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, we present Wasson's groundbreaking classic, The Wondrous Mushroom, an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican ...
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"From now on any comprehensive study of Ancient Mexican civilization must start from (and with) your discoveries."-Octavio Paz Gordon Wasson's May 1957 LIFE article describing his encounter with a Mexican shaman woman triggered the psychedelic revolution. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, we present Wasson's groundbreaking classic, The Wondrous Mushroom, an illustrated, in-depth exploration of the history and cultural meanings of the shamanic use of psychedelic mushrooms in contemporary and ancient Mesoamerican culture. R. Gordon Wasson (18981986), former vice president of JP Morgan Trust, authored groundbreaking books and articles on sacred mushroom use, culture, and history.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No jacket. The cover is scratched, ribbed and slightly warped, particularly on the outer edge. The bottom corner edge is creased. Spine is creased, but binding is secure. Pages are slightly yellowed, but otherwise are clean and bright.
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Fair. No jacket. Cover is rubbed and worn along edges. Bottom corner of front cover and top corner of back cover are creased. Top edge and fore edge of text block are foxed, visible on the margins of some pages, but text is clean and unmarked.
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Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 248 pages, illustrated in b&w. "In this book you will take part in the sacred ritual, become familiar with its rules and taboos, and witness, as if you were actually present, both the contemporary and historical impact of the sacred mushroom. R. Gordon Wasson is the preeminent authority on the use of psychoactive mushrooms." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER, light wear to covers, else fine.
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Very Good. Book First Edition, 1980. Clean and tightly bound with fine, unmarked contents. Light rubbing to gloss, minor edge wear and crease at spine, remains Very Good plus.
The history of Western thought on shamanism, religion and hallucinatory experience has a before Wasson and after Wasson division that is much more real in effect than BC/AD. Wasson invented ethnomycology single handed, a discipline that flourished for 50 years and introduced the west to the ancient wisdom lost or suppressed by the church and later by the war on drugs.
