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Folio. Illustrated with several diagrams and drawings throughout the text, three fold-out tables, and 36 full page plates following text, many in color. A comprehensive text on the hallucinogenic mushrooms of Mexico, this volume combines natural and social science to describe not only the biology and growth patterns of psychotropic mushrooms, but also their use by various groups of people. Indeed, the use of these mushrooms dates back to ancient times, when they were used in religious ceremonies as a means to communicate with the gods. The authors, R. Heim, a botanist, and R. Gordon Wasson, an ethno-mycologist, used evidence from several expeditions to Mexico along with records held by the Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to inform their research. Wasson, whose research involved participating in some of these religious ceremonies, which were still practiced in some parts of Mexico, was one of the first Western researchers to study the subject. Paris: Éditions du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, 1958. Paris: Éditions du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Seller Inventory # JQD52134
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Title: Heim, Roger; and Wasson, R. Gordon
Publisher: Paris: Éditions du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle
Publication Date: 1958
Binding: Couverture souple
Condition: Comme neuf
Edition: Edition originale
