R Gordon Wasson
Biographic Data
| ID | 124885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Gordon Wasson |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Gordon |
| FAMILY NAME | Wasson |
| SIGNATURE | WASSON R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
CHAPTER 4. The Last Meal of the Buddha
CHAPTER 1. Persephone's Quest
Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
La Sage aux champignons sacrés
The Last Meal of the Buddha
UPWARDS OF A DOZEN SCHOLARS' in the past century have commented on what the Buddha ate at his Last Meal, ca. B.c. 483, and the puzzling mystifications in the evidence. The meal was served to him and his suite of monks by his host the metal-worker Cunda at Pava, a village that lay near Kusinara where the Mahaparinirvana-the Great Decease as the Davidses translated it-was scheduled to take place some hours later. The canonical Pali Text says that C…
Entheogens
Soma Brought Up-to-Date
Already a decade has passed since the publication of the English edition of our SOMA: Divine Mushroom of Immortality. SOMA first made its bow to the world in an expensive de luxe format. That edition is exhausted and copies are quoted in the auction markets for rare books at a considerable advance in price. The hard cover edition is also exhausted. Of the paperback edition there has been a succession of printings. It sells steadily, especially in…
The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
Maria Sabina and Her Mazatec Mushroom Velada
The Role of ‘Flowers’ in Nahuatl Culture: A Suggested Interpretation
Soma. Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Soma, Divine Mushroom of Immortality
The Soma of the Rig Veda: What Was It
Soma: Comments inspired by Professor Kuiper's review
Soma: Comments inspired by Professor Kuiper's review
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Books
Mushrooms, Russia and History
The Hall-Carbine Affair: A Study in Contemproary Folklore
The Hall-Carbine Affair: A Study in Contemporary Folklore. By R. Gordon Wasson. (New York: Privately printed, 1941. x + 184 pp. Notes and index.) Thomas C. Cochran Thomas C. Cochran New York University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 32, Issue 1, June 1945, Pages 133–135, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892920 Published: 01 June 1945
Another View of the Historian's Treatment of Business
The attention of the readers of the Bulletin was in the April issue directed to an address by Dr. Stanley Pargellis on the subject. “The Judgment of History on American Business.” The address, which was published by the Newcomen Society, American Branch, and also by the Railway Age and The Nation's Business, has evoked much stimulating discussion. A letter is printed below that comments on Dr. Pargelhs' address and carries the discussion further.…
Mushrooms, Russia and History
The Last Meal of the Buddha
UPWARDS OF A DOZEN SCHOLARS' in the past century have commented on what the Buddha ate at his Last Meal, ca. B.c. 483, and the puzzling mystifications in the evidence. The meal was served to him and his suite of monks by his host the metal-worker Cunda at Pava, a village that lay near Kusinara where the Mahaparinirvana-the Great Decease as the Davidses translated it-was scheduled to take place some hours later. The canonical Pali Text says that C…
The Soma of the Rig Veda: What Was It
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Another View of the Historian's Treatment of Business
The attention of the readers of the Bulletin was in the April issue directed to an address by Dr. Stanley Pargellis on the subject. “The Judgment of History on American Business.” The address, which was published by the Newcomen Society, American Branch, and also by the Railway Age and The Nation's Business, has evoked much stimulating discussion. A letter is printed below that comments on Dr. Pargelhs' address and carries the discussion further.…
The Hall-Carbine Affair: A Study in Contemproary Folklore
The Hall-Carbine Affair: A Study in Contemporary Folklore. By R. Gordon Wasson. (New York: Privately printed, 1941. x + 184 pp. Notes and index.) Thomas C. Cochran Thomas C. Cochran New York University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 32, Issue 1, June 1945, Pages 133–135, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892920 Published: 01 June 1945
Mushrooms, Russia and History
Books
Soma: Comments inspired by Professor Kuiper's review
Soma: Comments inspired by Professor Kuiper's review
Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
The Soma of the Rig Veda: What Was It
Soma, Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Soma. Divine Mushroom of Immortality
The Role of ‘Flowers’ in Nahuatl Culture: A Suggested Interpretation
Maria Sabina and Her Mazatec Mushroom Velada
The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
Entheogens
Soma Brought Up-to-Date
Already a decade has passed since the publication of the English edition of our SOMA: Divine Mushroom of Immortality. SOMA first made its bow to the world in an expensive de luxe format. That edition is exhausted and copies are quoted in the auction markets for rare books at a considerable advance in price. The hard cover edition is also exhausted. Of the paperback edition there has been a succession of printings. It sells steadily, especially in…
The Last Meal of the Buddha
UPWARDS OF A DOZEN SCHOLARS' in the past century have commented on what the Buddha ate at his Last Meal, ca. B.c. 483, and the puzzling mystifications in the evidence. The meal was served to him and his suite of monks by his host the metal-worker Cunda at Pava, a village that lay near Kusinara where the Mahaparinirvana-the Great Decease as the Davidses translated it-was scheduled to take place some hours later. The canonical Pali Text says that C…
La Sage aux champignons sacrés
Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion
CHAPTER 4. The Last Meal of the Buddha
CHAPTER 1. Persephone's Quest
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