Sacred Mushroom Seeker Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson by Terence McKenna, Joan Halifax, Peter Furst, Albert Hofmann, Richard Evans Schultes and Others

A celebration of the life and pioneering work of the eminent mycologist and scholar R. Gordon Wasson.R. Gordon Wasson's work on hallucinogenic mushrooms with the Mexican curandera Maria Sabina in the '50s brought increased attention to the importance of psychoactive plants in the spiritual life of indigenous peoples, forming the ground for the social revolution of the following decade. Edited by Thomas J. Riedlinger, who lives in Boston and has written extensively on psychedelic plants and psychology, this book includes essays by the most distinguished names in the fields of ethnobotany, comparative religion, and anthropology.McKenna, Terence is the author of 'Sacred Mushroom Seeker Tributes to R. Gordon Wasson by Terence McKenna, Joan Halifax, Peter Furst, Albert Hofmann, Richard Evans Schultes and Others' with ISBN 9780892813384 and ISBN 0892813385.