Review of R. Gordon Wasson 'The Wondrous Mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica'

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Review of R. Gordon Wasson 'The Wondrous Mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica' by Bernard Lowy in: 'Mycologia' vol. LXXIII no. 4 (July-August 1981) pp.789-792.

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Canelluñ Collection number: CC2650

This refers to the arrangement of the papers in Robert Graves’ study before they were transferred to the College.

Custodial History

Originally part of a general series of pamphlets; moved to this series during cataloguing.

Subjects

Primitive religions

Medicinal plants

Personal Names

Lowy, Bernard (1916-1992) mycologist

Wasson, R. Gordon (1898-1986) banker and mycologist

Geographical Names

Central America

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'Theobotany: East and West'RG/M/Wasson/0a

'Soma and "Amanita muscaria"'RG/M/Wasson/1

'Mushroom toxins: a brief review of the literature'RG/M/Wasson/2

'The Claudius Case'RG/M/Wasson/3

'A Journey to Paradise'RG/M/Wasson/4

'La Folie des Kuma'RG/M/Wasson/5

Review of R. Gordon Wasson 'Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality'RG/M/Wasson/6

'A New Species of Arrhytidia'RG/M/Wasson/7

'"Amanita muscaria" and the Thunderbolt Legend in Guatemala and Mexico'RG/M/Wasson/8

'Additional Neotropical Tremellales'RG/M/Wasson/9

'A New Tremella from Ecuador'RG/M/Wasson/10

'A New Heterochaete'RG/M/Wasson/11

'New Tremellales from Panama'RG/M/Wasson/12

Review of R. Gordon Wasson 'The Wondrous Mushroom: Mycolatry in Mesoamerica'RG/M/Wasson/13

Ts letter from Inger Anne Lysebraate to GravesRG/M/Wasson/14

'The Berserks and the Red Flycap'RG/M/Wasson/15

Photocopy extract from 'The Vedic Mythology'RG/M/Wasson/16

'"Mushroom Madness" in the New Guinea Highlands'RG/M/Wasson/17

'Notes on Mushroom Cults in Ancient China'RG/M/Wasson/18

'Lightning-Bolt and Mushrooms: An Essay in Early Cultural Exploration'RG/M/Wasson/19

Photocopy of 'Lightning-Bolt and Mushrooms: An Essay in Early Cultural Exploration'RG/M/Wasson/20

'The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico: An Adventure in Ethnomycological Exploration'RG/M/Wasson/21

'Wild Mushrooms: A World of Wonder and Adventure'RG/M/Wasson/22

'The Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico: An Inquiry into the Origins of the Religious Idea among Primitive Peoples'RG/M/Wasson/23

'The Hallucinogenic Fungi of Mexico: An Inquiry into the Origins of the Religious Idea among Primitive Peoples'RG/M/Wasson/24

'The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico and Psilocybin: A Bibliography'RG/M/Wasson/25

'Notes on the Present Status of "Ololiuhqui" and the Other Hallucinogens of Mexico'RG/M/Wasson/26

'Soma and the Fly-Agaric: Mr Wasson's Rejoinder to Professor Brough'RG/M/Wasson/27

Ts text on ergotism and poetry [incomplete]RG/M/Wasson/28

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