A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: the earliest Andean cultures depicted mescaline-containing cacti in their temples. Mescaline was isolated in 1897 from the peyote cactus, first encountered by Europeans during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. During the twentieth century it w Mescaline - Mike Jay od authora Mike Jay a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Mike Jay |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
312 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Nakladatelství |
Yale University Press |