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Less than fifty thousand years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the greatest riddle in human history," all the skills and qualities that we value... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rick Strassman: Add a description of this character.
- John Mack
- Jacques Vallee
- Bernadette Soubirous
- Francis Crick
- Pech Merle
- David Jacobs
- David Lewis-williams
- M. Zimmermann
- Pablo Amaringo
- Maya
- Maria Sabina
- Virgin Mary
- Jeanne
- Benny Shanon
- Aaron
- Albert Hoffman
- Robert Kirk
- Catherine
- Mircea Eliade
- Linda Schele © David Schele
- Mrs. Sheridan
- Wasson
- Jeremy Narby
- Joe
- Sara
- Zipf
- Nymphaea
- Persinger
- Aldous Huxley
- Lucia
Setting & Locations edit
- Amazon
- Upper Paleolithic Europe
- South Africa
- Egypt
- Australia
- France
- Ireland
- Lourdes
- Mexico
- San
- North America
- United States
- Grotto
- Siberia
- Greece
- Spain
- Wales
- Brazil
- Central America
- Fairyland
- Psychotria
- South America
- Magonia
- Japan
- Teotihuacan
- Peru
- Saora
- Iruntarinia
- Warao
First Sentence edit
I lay on a couch in the darkened drawing room of a 200-year-old townhouse in the English city of Bath
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Part I: The Visions and the Caves
1 The Plant that Enables Men to See the Dead
2 The Greatest Riddle of Archeology
3 Vine of Souls
4 The Mind in the Cave
Part II: The Beings
5 Voyage into the Supernatural
6 Shamans in the Sky
7 Spirit Love
8 The Secret Commonwealth
9 Here is a Thing that Will Carry Me Away
10 Dancers between Worlds
Part III: The Codes
11 Tuning in to Channel DMT
12 Amongst the Machine Elves
13 Ancient Teachers in Our DNA?
14 The Hurricane in the Junkyard
Part IV: The Religions
15 The Hidden Shamans
16 Flesh of the Gods
Part V: The Mysteries
17 Doors Leading to Another World
Appendices
Psilocybe semilanceata - a hallucinogenic mushroom native to Europe by Professor Roy Watling, OBE
Interview with Rick Strassman, MD
References
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Graham Hancock (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 291
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Education › Education Theory › Contemporary Methods › Multicultural
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Controversial Knowledge
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Occult › Unexplained Mysteries
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Spirituality
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