Shroom

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A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom

By Andy Letcher

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Shroom explores the fascinating history of hallucinogenic mushrooms, uncovering their true story beyond myth and legend. Andy Letcher examines curious theories such as Santa Claus being a magic mushroom disguise and the psychedelic undertones in Alice in Wonderland. The book also investigates the role of mushroom tea in ancient Greek philosophy and traces the transformation of these fungi from feared poisons to illicit substances.
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This book is well suited for readers interested in history, mythology, drug culture, and the cultural impact of psychedelic substances.

A unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs.

Informative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs.

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Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was Alice in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy?

The magic mushroom was only rediscovered fifty years ago, but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571227716

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 April 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 250.0mm

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 25.0mm

Weight: 156g

Pages: 384

Collections

Addiction & Recovery Andy Letcher Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Andy Letcher has doctorates in both Ecology and Cultural and Religious Studies. During the nineties he lived in a treehouse at the Newbury bypass campaign, and toured in a variety of psychedelic festival bands. He currently lives in Oxford where he works as a freelance writer, lecturer, and musician.