Food of the Gods

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"This book provides a good overview of reflections of the late Terence McKenna, a celebrated icon of the contemporary psychedelic scene and discussion, comparable perhaps with Timothy Leary in the 1960's. For the curious reader, "Food of the Gods" offers a rich insight into his thought and its appeal. But that appeal turns out to be rather narrow and limited, unfortunately."-Amazon reviewer

this book had a big effect on Swim

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I just recently finished reading "Food of the Gods", and thought it was a very interesting book. Although I don't fully agree with everything McKenna says about drugs (particularly his opinions regarding synthetic/extracted drugs), I do think he made some very insightful points about society today and presented some very convincing and logical theories about the role that natural drugs played in human evolution. He also backs up his theories with good evidence and intelligent reasoning.

This was a very fascinating read, and definately worth checking out.

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SWIM read this book last year, and really attached to McKenna's notion that the verbal complex of the brain was stimulated by use of magic mushrooms. The book was very interesting, and written from an anthropological point of view and depicts the dominator culture vs the partnership cultures. He associated mushrooms with several ancient cultures, and even how they have impacted our societies today.
While the viewpoints are interesting, SWIM remembers he disagreed with McKenna on several of them, however as a whole, greatly learned from the book and the viewpoints expressed.