Clark Heinrich - Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion and Magical Foods. A Speculative History

Clark Heinrich - Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion and Magical Foods. A Speculative History - London - Bloomsbury - 1995 - 1st edition - xii, 212 pp - Hardcover with dust jacket - 20 x 22 cm. - Design: Fielding Rowinski.

Condition: Excellent.

Excellently documented theory of the use of psychedelic drugs (fly agaric, psilocybin, soma) in all ancient religions, in mythology and among the alchemists. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in colour and black and white. With bibliography and registry. Text in English. Hardback edition.

¶ Dealing with i.a. John Allegro (author of the 'The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross'), Magic, Shamanism, the Vedas, the Bible, the Jewish prophets in the Old Testament, Jesus Christ, Mercury (Hermes) and the Greek mysteries of Eleusis.