The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Wasson, R. Gordon
The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Wasson, R. Gordon

The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

...one of the two best kept secrets in history, and this book is the most successful attempt...
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Author: R. Gordon Wasson
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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Wasson, R. Gordon

The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

$42.93
The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Wasson, R. Gordon

The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

$42.93
Author: R. Gordon Wasson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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...one of the two best kept secrets in history, and this book is the most successful attempt I know to unlock it. ... [A] historical tour de force.
--Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions

The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts--a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian--argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures. Although controversial when first published in 1978, the book's hypothesis has become more widely accepted in recent years, as knowledge of ethnobotany has deepened. The authors have played critical roles in the modern rediscovery of entheogens, and The Road to Eleusis presents an authoritative exposition of their views. The book's themes of the universality of experiential religion, the suppression of that knowledge by exploitative forces, and the use of psychedelics to reconcile the human and natural worlds make it a fascinating and timely read. This 30th anniversary edition includes an appreciative preface by religious scholar Huston Smith and an updated exploration of the chemical evidence by Peter Webster.

Author: R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl a. P. Ruck
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781556437526

About the Author
R. Gordon Wasson (1898--1986) was a pioneer investigator of sacred indigenous mushroom rituals in Mexico in the 1950s. Albert Hofmann, the famed chemist who discovered the curious properties of LSD in 1943, recently celebrated his 100th birthday in Switzerland. Carl A. P. Ruck, an expert on ancient Greek ethnobotany, lives in Massachusetts.
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