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The tawny one : soma, haoma, and ayahuasca / Matthew Clark.

Title
The tawny one : soma, haoma, and ayahuasca / Matthew Clark.
Author
Clark, Matthew (Matthew James)
Publication
  • London ; New York : Muswell Hill Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
x, 285 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Soma
  • Haoma
  • Ayahuasca
  • Drugs > Religious aspects
  • Hinduism
  • Zoroastrianism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Soma in the Vedas and yoga texts -- Haoma in the Avesta - 'Substitutes' for soma in South Asia -- What are the effects of soma/haoma? --The botanical identification of soma/haoma : an overview -- Cannabis/hemp -- Altered states of consciousness and demarcation criteria -- Diverse theories about soma/haoma -- Ephedra -- Fly-agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) -- Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) -- Many plants are soma/haoma -- A renewed case for a psychedelic : ayahuasca -- Vedic and ayahuasca rituals -- Greek mystery rites -- Kykeōn and the ergot hypothesis -- Bronze Age origins of entheogenic cults -- Rejoinders to the ayahuasca thesis -- Concluding remarks.
ISBN
  • 9781908995223
  • 190899522X
OCLC
  • 961801032
  • SCSB-10673749
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library