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Food of the Gods

Terence McKenna · 1992

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3,063·Classic

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McKenna's radical theory that psychedelic plants were the catalyst for human consciousness, language, and culture. A sweeping journey through anthropology, botany, and the history of mind-altering substances — arguing that our relationship with psychedelics shaped who we are as a species.

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