Full name: Sacred Mushroom Seeker: Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson

Author: Thomas J. Riedlinger Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Philosophy, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780892813384

A celebration of the life and pioneering work of the eminent mycologist and scholar R. Gordon Wasson. A legendary figure in the field of ethnobotany, R. Gordon Wasson's trail-blazing work on hallucinogenic mushrooms with the Mexican curandera Maria Sabina in the 1950s brought increased scholarly attention to the importance of psychoactive plants in the spiritual life of indigenous peoples and had a profound influence well beyond the academic world. His accessible writings helped popularize these discoveries, forming the ground for the social revolution of the following decade. With the growing interest in the role of psychoactive plants in society today, the work of R. Gordon Wasson and the example set by the man himself, so well illustrated here, takes on increasing importance. Similar books: The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank John Adams by David McCullough Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl A Higher Call by Adam Makos The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom No Easy Day by Mark Owen Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach