Still Seeking the Magic Mushroom

Hugh B. Urban

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A sweeping cultural history of our yearning for psychedelics to free us from both modern life and traditional religion. In 1957, Life Magazine published an article called "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" about a Mexican healing ritual centred on an obscure psychedelic: Psilocybe mushrooms. Readers raced to experiment with the drug for their own spiritual, therapeutic, and recreational purposes until a psychedelic wave swept the nation. Today, though psilocybin has been transformed from a sacred fungus into a pharmaceutical product, many people still turn to the enigmatic mushroom to encounter profound spiritual experiences without the baggage of traditional religion. In 'Still Seeking the Magic Mushroom', Hugh B. Urban examines the alluring promise of mysticism without religion. With psychedelics, one need not fast, flagellate, or even worship a god to encounter the transcendent; a carefully timed ingestion of psilocybin will suffice.


Author(s): Urban, Hugh B.
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 09/10/2026
Pagination: 272 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The University of Chicago Press
Published By: University of Chicago Press
Book Classification: Spirituality & religious experience|Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice|Trees, wildflowers & plants: general interest
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20
Weight: 399
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780226851921

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