Chargement en cours…
The hasheesh eater : being passages from the life of a Pythagorean /
Fitz Hugh Ludlow was a recent graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, when he vividly recorded his hasheesh-induced visions, experiences, adventures, and insights. During the mid-nineteenth century, the drug was a legal remedy for lockjaw, and Ludlow had a friend from whom he received a...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Auteur principal: | |
| Autres auteurs: | |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
| Publié: |
New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2006.
|
| Collection: | Subterranean lives.
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Fitz Hugh Ludlow was a recent graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, when he vividly recorded his hasheesh-induced visions, experiences, adventures, and insights. During the mid-nineteenth century, the drug was a legal remedy for lockjaw, and Ludlow had a friend from whom he received a ready supply. He consumed such large quantities at each sitting that his hallucinations have been likened to those experienced by opium addicts. Throughout the book, Ludlow colorfully describes his psychedelic journey that led to extended reflections on religion, philosophy, medicine, and culture. F. |
|---|---|
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 314 pages). |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxxvii). |
| ISBN: | 9780813541143 081354114X 1281316555 9781281316554 9786611316556 6611316558 0813538688 9780813538686 |