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This book takes a look at mushrooms in their diverse significance and varied use in our human culture. What do mushrooms mean to people? What do people do with mushrooms? - How and why? What do people think about mushrooms? How have mushrooms influenced cultural history?
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Mushrooms and mankind
by Christian Rätsch
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Specifications:
7 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. 19,5 x 26,5 cm 208 pages Over 250 illustrations, mainly in full colour
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Contents:
The cultural significance of mushrooms worldwide Ethnomycology The wonderful world of mushrooms and fungi Mushroom names Mushroom: a love-hate relationship Edible mushrooms Drinkable mushrooms Healing mushrooms Fire-lighting mushrooms Mushrooms for smoking and to smoke and snuff Mushrooms for love Mushrooms for dyes Mushrooms in mythology Mushrooms and shamanising Mushrooms and spirituality Mushrooms and religion Mushrooms for witchcraft Mushrooms for killing Mushrooms in fairytales Legendary mushrooms Strange mushroom stories Mushrooms in art and handicrafts Mushrooms in literature, comics and films Fungal music Fungal cultures Bibliography Index
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Author:
Christian Raetsch, Ph. D. (born 1957) is a world-renowned anthroplogist and ethnopharmacologist who specializes in the shamanic uses of plants for spiritual as well as medicinal purposes. He studied Mesoamerican languages and cultures and anthropology at the University of Hamburg and spent, altogether, three years of fieldwork among the Lacandone Indians in Chiapas, Mexico, being the only European fluent in their language In addition to his work in Mexico, his numerous fieldworks have included research in Thailand, Bali, the Seychelles, as well as a long-term study (18 years) on shamanism in Nepal combined with expeditions to Korea and the Peruvian and Columbian Amazon. He also was a scientific anthropological advisor for expeditions organized by German magazines such as GEO and Spektrum der Wissenschaften (Spectrum of Sciences). Before becoming a full-time author and internationally renowned lecturer, Rätsch worked as professor of anthropology at the University of Bremen. He is author of numerous articles and more than 40 books, including The Gateway to Inner Space, Plants of Love, Marijuana Medicine, The Dictionary of Sacred Plants and the renowned standard work Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants (recently being published by Inner Traditions, Vermont). He is also coauthor of Witchcraft Medicine, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas and is editor of the Yearbook of Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness.
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