As courts today debate whether to legalize or regulate the use of drugs like cannabis, it is interesting to look at the history of man’s relationship with mind-altering substances.Several books, exhibits and catalogues have recently explored the topic. Yet, despite the consensus that “every society on earth is a high society,” the Ancient Near East is omitted from these surveys. Is it too remote? Do we know so little? Was it unique? The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Saturday, July 26, 2014
The ANE and psychotropic drugs
ASOR BLOG: Psychedelics and the Ancient Near East (Diana L. Stein).
