True Hallucinations Being An Account Of The Author's Extraordinary Adventures In The Devil's Paradise

Author: Terence McKenna

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Price : $43.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780062506528
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Publication date : 01 April 1994
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In March 1971, Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis and a small gypsy-like band of friends set off for the Colombian Amazonas. Along the surreal way, they encounter a cast of remarkable characters - including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirates from outer space, and James Joyce in the guise of poultry.

One result of their adventures was McKenna's theory that psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in the stropharia cubensismushroom, is the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language...