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Tables of Contents for Food of the Gods
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: A Manifesto For New Thought About Drugs
xiii
I. PARADISE
1
94
Shamanism: Setting the Stage
3
11
The Magic in Food
14
17
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
31
12
Plants and Primates: Postcards From the Stoned Age
43
14
Habit as Culture and Religion
57
12
The High Plains of Eden
69
26
II. PARADISE LOST
95
72
Searching for Soma: The Golden Vedic Enigma
97
24
Twilight in Eden: Minoan Crete and the Eleusinian Mystery
121
17
Alcohol and the Alchemy of Spirit
138
12
The Ballad of the Dreaming Weavers: Cannabis and Culture
150
17
III. HELL
167
54
Complacencies of the Peignoir: Sugar, Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate
169
19
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Opium and Tobacco
188
19
Synthetics: Heroin, Cocaine, and Television
207
14
IV. PARADISE REGAINED?
221
50
A Brief History of Psychedelics
223
23
Anticipating the Archaic Paradise
246
25
Epilogue: Looking Outward and Inward to a Sea of Stars
271
6
Notes
277
10
Glossary
287
6
Bibliography
293
8
Index
301