Robert Forte Books

"A study of the importance of psychedelic plants and drugs in religion and society"--Provided by publisher.

Presented here is an astonishing solution to the Mysteries of Eleusis, the secret religious rites of ancient Greece that have remained a riddle for the Western World for close to 4,000 years. Acting on an insight into the true nature of the rites, R. Gordon Wasson sought the collaboration of Albert Hofmann, the renowned chemist who discovered LSD, and Carl A. P. Ruck, a classical scholar specializing in Greek ethnobotany. Wasson, the author of three books on the role of hallucinogenic mushrooms in human societies, has already uncovered the mushroom cult of Mesoamerica and identified the elusive "Soma" of the Vedic hymns. Closely coordinating their research, the three scholar-scientists first offered documentation on the religious rites at an International Conference on Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in late 1977. These sensational findings, given here in a much expanded version, leave little doubt that the ancient secrete of Eleusis has at last been unveiled.

Many of the great artist, thinkers and rebels of our time discuss the life and legacy of Timothy Leary, the LSD phenomenon, and the evolution of consciousness.

ostava Timothyho Learyho byla ojedinělá. V každém, s kým se v životě setkal, vyvolal prudké city. V neúnavné snaze rozšiřovat hranice vědomí byl extravagantní, nadšenou, moudrou i bláznivou autoritou, podle jedněch nejtvořivějším, podle jiných nejnebezpečnějším člověkem na světě. Tato kniha je souborem nejrůznějších vyjádření k životu Learyho z řad velkých umělců, myslitelů a rebelů, ale také výčtem jeho myšlenek, oslavou života, ale především provokativním dialogem o evoluci vědomí.