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" The hasheesh eater : "
Fitz Hugh Ludlow ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen Rachman.
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971579
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Ludlow, Fitz Hugh,1836-1870.
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The hasheesh eater : : being passages from the life of a Pythagorean /\ Fitz Hugh Ludlow ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen Rachman.
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New Brunswick, N.J. :: Rutgers University Press,, ©2006.
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Subterranean lives
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1 online resource (xxvi, 314 pages).
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0813538688
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: 9781281316554
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: 9786611316556
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0813538688
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0813538696
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9780813538686
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9780813538693
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Includes bibliographical references (page xxxvii).
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Selected Bibliography; A Note on the Text; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Night Entrance; Chapter 2: Under the Shadow of Esculapius; Chapter 3: The Kingdom of the Dream; Chapter 4: Cashmere and Cathay by Twilight; Chapter 5: The Hour and the Power of Darkness; Chapter 6: The Mysteries of the Life-sign Gemini; Chapter 7: The Night of Apotheosis; Chapter 8: Vos Non Vobis -- Wherein the Pythagorean is a By-stander; Chapter 9: The Shadow of Bacchus, the Shadow of Thanatos, and the Shadow of Shame.
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Fitz Hugh Ludlow was a recent graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, when he vividly recorded his hasheesh-induced visions, experiences, adventures, and insights. During the mid-nineteenth century, the drug was a legal remedy for lockjaw, and Ludlow had a friend from whom he received a ready supply. He consumed such large quantities at each sitting that his hallucinations have been likened to those experienced by opium addicts. Throughout the book, Ludlow colorfully describes his psychedelic journey that led to extended reflections on religion, philosophy, medicine, and culture. F.
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Cannabis.
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Hemp.
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Cannabis.
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Hemp.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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818/.307
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PS2350.L5H37 2006eb
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Rachman, Stephen.
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