Terence McKenna

"Terrence McKenna's research on man's ancient relationship with chemicals opens a doorway to the devine, and perhaps a solution for saving our troubled world"--Back cover.

The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : a Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution

Food of the Gods

Zach Grosser

Read Food of the Gods instead of Sapiens.

DeQuincy Big

Anthony

I found the beginning and ending of this book to be extremely fascinating. There were times in the middle where I had to force myself through it. All in all a very cool book about human kind!

Ugis

A great read about our historical relationships with various plants and compounds. An interesting introduction on emergence of tobacco, alcohol and sugar in our societies as we know them now. On the other side McKenna looks at the role of various plants and compounds such as psilocybin mushrooms, DMT and their role in the evolution of our mind. Amazing to read it it almost 30 years later and still see the same problems in the world, although at least the level of awareness is higher. I am hopeful that the respect for nature and our freedom to interact with it in a harmless way will only grow.
[reading time: 9h26m]

Food of the Gods The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : a Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution

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