True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradis
- ISBN-10
- 0062506528
- ISBN-13
- 9780062506528
- Series
- True Hallucinations
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-04-22
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Terence Mckenna
Description
This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters -- including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter -- and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.
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