Cynthia Palmer
Autore di Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience
Opere di Cynthia Palmer
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di residenza
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Attività lavorative
- author
archivist - Relazioni
- Horowitz, Michael (husband)
Ryder, Winona (daughter)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Seeking the Soul (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 330
- Popolarità
- #71,937
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 23
- Lingue
- 7
These women are part of a virtually unknown tradition in women's history and a rich genre of drug and altered-states literature.
This book is the first collection of women's writings on their experiences with mind-altering drugs, form the Victorian to the present post-psychedelic eras. The 'shamans' among the dozens of contributors communicate drugs' revelations, visions, and healing powers, like a primitive tribe's sorcerer. The 'mainline ladies' are the pleasure and oblivion seekers, the addicts and abusers.
'Shaman Woman, Mainline Lady' shows that, for a long time, women have experimented with drugs courageously, lived dangerously, and written about it eloquently.… (altro)