Terence McKenna Bibliography      

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Visionary Philosopher, Shamanologist and Psychedelic Raconteur

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1. Books, Pamphlets & Computer Software [ 02 February 2007 ]
2. Books with Contributions [ 18 April 2007 ]
3. Journals & Magazines with Contributions [ 02 February 2007 ]
4. Interviews [ 18 April 2007 ]

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Do You Believe in Magic?

My friends here in western Massachusetts usually don’t let me down. Kris, the truck-stop waitress, referred me to Michelle, a bartender at the gentlemen’s club down the road, who directed me to Kim, the red-haired dancer with an ankh-tattoo armband, who referred me to an ex-boyfriend’s wife’s girlfriend, another redhead, who met me outside an American Legion hall in Chicopee (Nipmuck for “land of violent pee”) and informed me that magic mushrooms were “out of season,” but she could get me LSD instead. “Acid — same deal as mushrooms,” she said. Besides, she wondered why a guy in his 60s wanted to experiment with shrooms. The answer was obvious. I had a review to write.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/books/review/Teresi-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all

the dosenation review & Shroom bring up more of the dirty laundry and misconstrued history of Psychedelics from the last 65 years.  The Major Issue is who is to blame for

the US drug laws that make it so difficult to do research. Leary is usually a suspect, but Aldous Huxley and R. Gordon Wasson  were the  earliest  Perps.  The Media itself is to blame also.  And where is the "Public" and their Politics? The Citizens have not asserted themselves to get  better

Cognitive Liberty installed. Based on recent numbers, by back-dating the Pot Busts, we get

over 35,000,000 people  busted  for  Pot in last  41  years!  M.

DoseNation reviews new book, Shroom: the Cultural history of the Magic Mushroom by Andy Letcher...  

Letcher pushes forward into the roots of the cultural movement that elevated the humble mushroom into an archaic religious symbol for an increasingly cynical age, and the primary target of this academic hit job is the legendary banker-turned-amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, the originator of the sacred mushroom myth. To say that Letcher has a bone to pick with Wasson would be putting it mildly. Let's just say Letcher barely masks his glee in annihilating this man's historical legacy, not only peeling apart his legendary theories one after the other, but criticizing the man himself for being somewhat stubborn and single-minded; too blinded by his own theory to do the proper research; too quick to mold the facts to meet his preconceptions; too arrogant and forthright to allow dissenting voices to penetrate his mythos. It is a view of Wasson I have never seen before -- including new insights into his relationship with Maria Sabina -- and like much of this book, contains a wealth of new material.

http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=1586

Author

Andy Letcher's site

Writer, Author of 'Shroom', Musician

Myspace

http://www.myspace.com/shroomthebook

DoseNation reports a book review :

The Washington Times Review of 'Shroom'

The Washington Times chimes in with a favorable review of 'Shroom', a text we've covered in some detail on this site. Another interesting bit of wisdom from the review:

Some of the facts Mr. Letcher confirms are at least as strange as the legends he debunks. Siberians, for instance, really do have a history of consuming fly-agaric mushrooms not only directly but also "distilled via human kidneys."

http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=1807