Food of the Gods: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
Autor Terence McKenna Jeffrey Kaferen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 27 sep 2012
Terence McKenna hypothesizes that as the North African jungles receded, giving way to savannas and grasslands near the end of the most recent ice age, a branch of our arboreal primate ancestors left the forest canopy and began living in the open areas beyond. There they experimented with new varieties of foods as they adapted, physically and mentally, to the environment. Among the new foods found in this environment were psilocybin-containing mushrooms growing near dung of ungulate herds occupying the savannas and grasslands. Referencing the research of Roland L. Fisher, McKenna claims the enhancement of visual acuity was an effect of psilocybin at low doses and suggests this would confer adaptive advantage. He argues that the effects of slightly larger doses, including sexual arousal, and in larger doses, ecstatic hallucinations & glossolalia-gave selective evolutionary advantages to members of those tribes who partook of it. There were many changes caused by the introduction of this psychoactive to primate diets. He hypothesizes, for instance, that synesthesia (the blurring of sensory boundaries) caused by psilocybin led to the development of spoken language: the ability to form pictures in another person's mind through the use of vocal sounds. About 12,000 years ago, further climate changes removed psilocybin-containing mushrooms from human diets. He argues that this event resulted in a new set of profound changes in our species as we reverted to the previous brutal primate social structures that had been modified and/or repressed by frequent consumption of psilocybin.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781452610030
ISBN-10: 1452610037
Dimensiuni: 164 x 142 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: TANTOR MEDIA INC
ISBN-10: 1452610037
Dimensiuni: 164 x 142 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: TANTOR MEDIA INC
Recenzii
"Deserves to be a modern classic on mind-altering drugs and hallucinogens." ---The Washington Post
Notă biografică
Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was a philosopher, psychonaut, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer on many subjects, such as human consciousness, language, psychedelic drugs, the evolution of civilizations, the origin and end of the universe, alchemy, and extraterrestrial beings. He authored or coauthored several books, including The Invisible Landscape, The Archaic Revival, True Hallucinations, and Sacred Mushroom Seeker. Ever since his first play at thirteen (his mother still has the bellhop costume), Jeffrey Kafer has been an avid performer on the stage and in voice-overs. He has narrated over one hundred books spanning all genres and won the 2008 Voicey Award for Best New Voice. He currently lives in Seattle with his family.
Descriere
Terence McKenna traces the history of psychedelic drugs and explores the relationship between plant life and human beings, in his critically acclaimed counterculture manifesto.