Mad Thoughts on Mushrooms: Discourse and Power in the Study of Psychedelic Consciousness

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-98

  Letcher, Andy ^a  

^a and lecturer based   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animaphany; Consciousness; Foucault; Magic mushrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989776743     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ac.2007.18.2.74     Document Type: Article

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