089848
Garden City, New York
1974
13,5×21
meki
220
engleski
Cijena: 15,00 EUR
A cult classic of psychedelic literature and parapsychology by Dr. Andrija Puharich, this fascinating work blends pioneering scientific research, extrasensory perception (ESP), and ancient mysticism. Puharich, a prominent neurologist who later collaborated with researchers such as R. Gordon Wasson and Aldous Huxley, details his extraordinary work with the young sculptor Harry Stone. During the research, Stone spontaneously entered deep trances and began speaking and writing in ancient Egyptian, identifying himself as Ra Ho Tep, a high priest who lived 4,600 years ago. Through these fascinating seances, the channeled entity reveals long-forgotten rituals centered around the sacred mushroom Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) and its incredible effects on human consciousness, past lives, and astral travel. The author skillfully intertwines these eerie personal experiments with a brilliant historical and mythological overview of the role of psychoactive mushrooms in ancient religious experiences. Andrija Puharich (1918–1995), born to Croatian immigrants in Chicago, was a highly accomplished American physician, parapsychologist, and inventor who held over 50 patents for medical and electronic devices. A brilliant yet controversial mind, Puharich earned his M.D. from Northwestern University and went on to serve as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He dedicated much of his career to investigating the outer limits of human consciousness and altered states, famously founding the Round Table Foundation lab in Maine. Puharich is widely recognized in paranormal history for bringing world-famous psychics like Uri Geller and Peter Hurkos into the scientific spotlight, cementing his reputation as a legendary pioneer of 20th-century fringe science.
