Food Of The Gods: The Search For The Original T... -

Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : a Radical History of Plants, Drugs and Human Evolution

McKenna uses the history of substances to track a shift in human social structures: Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original T...

: He famously describes television as a modern "electronic drug" that flattens human experience and suppresses individual consciousness. Food of the Gods: The Search for the

: Acted as an aphrodisiac, increasing libido and reproductive success while promoting social bonding and community cohesion. Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original T...

: Hierarchical, patriarchal societies that emerged as psychedelic use was suppressed and replaced by "ego-reinforcing" substances like alcohol and sugar. ☕ Modern "Drugs" and the War on Consciousness