A section on the post-Vedic history of Soma is contributed by the Sanskrit scholar Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty EB Ethno-Mycological Studies Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall 381 pages. In his presentation he throws fascinating light on the role of mushrooms in religious ritual. It has been used by Eurasian shamans to look into the spirit world. Very intriguing case is made that Aminita Muscara, the Fly Agaric mushroom from northern Europe and Siberia is Soma. Wasson has aroused considerable attention in learned circles and beyond by advancing and documenting the thesis that Soma was a hallucinogenic mushroom - noen other than the Amanita muscaria, the fly-agaric that until recent times was the center of shamanic rites among the Siberian and Uralic tribesmen. An extremely interesting book about the religious use and the possible history of the sanskrit 'Soma', the fabled drug of the Gods form the vedas. One of the key enigmas of cultural history has been the identiy of a sacred plant called Soma in the ancient Rig Veda of India. The text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Chapter 6, The Divine Mushroom of Immortality, pp. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., The Hague: Mouton, 1968 (1969). Wasson, or in collaboration with other scholars and academics. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Page lists various books and articles written either by R. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanonvich, New York.
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