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BL
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1089226
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bc10517
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English
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| Main Entry
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Knight, Michael Muhammad.
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Tripping with Allah : : Islam, Drugs, and Writing.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Soft Skull Press,, 2013.
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1 online resource (351 pages)
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| ISBN
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9781593764999
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: 1593764995
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| Contents
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Cybertron Kids; Civilization Class; Wisdom Elevates Exceptional Devils; Islam and Equality; Avicenna and the Monolith; Vines and Veils; Coffee Consciousness; Bumblebee; Church Fathers and Mothers; Why Did Moses Have a Hard Time Civilizing the Devil?; Jehangir Allah; Scholars and Martyrs; Macho Madness; Initiation; Between Heads; Snakes of the Grafted Type; Al-Najm; Knowledge Build/Destroy; Knowledge Born; Chapel of the Chimes; Acknowledgments.
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| Abstract
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If Tripping with Allah is a road book, it's a road book in the tradition of 2001: A Space Odyssey, rather than On the Road. Amazonian shamanism meets Christianity meets West African religion meets Islam in this work of reflection and inward adventure. Knight, the?Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature" seeks reconciliation between his Muslim identity and his drinking of ayahuasca, a psychedelic tea that has been used in the Amazon for centuries. His experience becomes an opportunity to investigate complex issues of drugs, religion, and modernity. Though esse.
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Knight, Michael Muhammad.
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Knight, Michael Muhammad.
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Muslim men-- United States.
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Ayahuasca.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Ayahuasca.
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Muslim men.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.697
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E184.M88
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