Humans have always altered their consciousness. Long before laws, laboratories, or underground markets, people used plants, fermentation, and ritual to step beyond ordinary awareness—for healing, meaning, endurance, and connection.
Altered Past traces the human history of getting high, from sacred ceremonies and ancient medicine to empire, prohibition, and the modern drug crisis. Rather than arguing for or against intoxication, this book examines how cultures once managed altered states—and what was lost when ritual gave way to control.
Spanning anthropology, history, and modern policy, Altered Past reframes drugs not as a modern failure, but as an ancient constant—one that continues to shape civilization in ways we rarely acknowledge.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Humans have always altered their consciousness. Long before laws, laboratories, or underground markets, people used plants, fermentation, and ritual to step beyond ordinary awareness-for healing, meaning, endurance, and connection.Altered Past traces the human history of getting high, from sacred ceremonies and ancient medicine to empire, prohibition, and the modern drug crisis. Rather than arguing for or against intoxication, this book examines how cultures once managed altered states-and what was lost when ritual gave way to control.Spanning anthropology, history, and modern policy, Altered Past reframes drugs not as a modern failure, but as an ancient constant-one that continues to shape civilization in ways we rarely acknowledge. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798279048427
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Humans have always altered their consciousness. Long before laws, laboratories, or underground markets, people used plants, fermentation, and ritual to step beyond ordinary awareness-for healing, meaning, endurance, and connection.Altered Past traces the human history of getting high, from sacred ceremonies and ancient medicine to empire, prohibition, and the modern drug crisis. Rather than arguing for or against intoxication, this book examines how cultures once managed altered states-and what was lost when ritual gave way to control.Spanning anthropology, history, and modern policy, Altered Past reframes drugs not as a modern failure, but as an ancient constant-one that continues to shape civilization in ways we rarely acknowledge. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798279048427
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