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Annotated Pages from Wasson’s Soma and Persephone’s Quest

Contents:

Ramsbottom – Mushrooms and Toadstools. 1

Soma (1968) 5

Persephone’s Quest (1986) 13

See also:

Wasson and Allegro on Amanita Mushroom Trees in the Bible

Allegro’s Article Serialized in the Sunday Mirror, Feb. 1970 (ext.)

Ramsbottom – Mushrooms and Toadstools

The Wasson quote first appears in the 1954 2nd printing or later, not the 1953 original printing.

Soma (1968)

(Change the above note to “He’s saying that the mushroom tree painters didn’t consciously and deliberately refer to mushrooms.”)

 

Persephone’s Quest (1986)

 


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