High culture : drugs, mysticism, and the pursuit of transcendence in the modern world /

"History is littered with evidence of humanity's fascination with drugs and the pursuit of altered states. From early Romanticism to late-nineteenth-century occultism and from fin de siècle Paris to contemporary psychedelic shamanism, psychoactive substances have playedcatalyzing people. Y...

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Main Author:	Partridge, Christopher H. (Christopher Hugh), 1961- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience > History. Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience. Rauschgift. Religiöse Erfahrung. Transzendenz. History.