1968 WASSON, Robert Gordon (1898 – 1986)

Soma: Divine mushroom of immortality.

Ethnomycologist and banker Wasson provided evidence for the important role that hallucinogenic mushrooms - in particular the ubiquitous mushroom Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) - play in various ancient and modern cultu…

GMN 9848 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12036

1978 HOFMANN, Albert (1906 – 2008); WASSON, Robert Gordon (1898 – 1986); RUCK, Carl A. P. (1935 – )

The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the secret of the mysteries.

Argues that the psycho-active ingredient in the secret kykeion potion used in the Eleusinian mysteries was most likely the ergotism causing fungus Claviceps purpurea. Furthermore the book introduced the term "entheoge…

GMN 10168 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12357

2006 VOLBRACHT, Christian (1945 – )

MykoLibri. Die Biliothek der Pilzbücher.

GMN 11772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13973