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Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion

Edited essay collection articulating the unifying claim that visionary plants generated religious feeling and that mystery cults preserved knowledge of their use.

Author: R. Gordon Wasson; Stella Kramrisch; Carl A. P. Ruck; Jonathan Ott
Type: Book
Written: 1986
Edition: 1986
Publisher: Yale University Press (New Haven)
Language: English
Tradition: Comparative
Identifiers: ISBN9780300052664 (paperback); 9780300038774 / 0300038771 (1986 hardcover first edition); 9780300138146 (2008 ebook)