![]() ![]() Also known as the fly agaric, Amanita Muscaria is thought to have had tremendous impact on some of today’s cultures for at least four thousand years and is believed to have been at the root of origin of some of today’s religions. It helps, to some extent, to solidify Wasson’s theory). In the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, December 2010. (See Revisiting Wasson’s Soma: Exploring the Effect of Preparation on the Chemistry of Amanita Muscaria by Kevin Feeney. Here Wasson proposes his groundbreaking theory identifying Soma, the hallucinogenic sacrament of the Vedas as the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. The paper was made by hand by Fratelli Magnani, Pescia, and the printing was finished in October 1968. The text and the illustrations have been printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, except for the two plates in pochoir, which were executed in Paris by Daniel Jacomet et cie. July 3, 1973.” “Of this book 680 copies have been made, designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and set in Dante type, of which two are designated A&B and the others are numbered 1 to 678. Signed and inscribed by the author: “This copy of my book SOMA is for Margaret Seeler, whose advent into my life has meant so much to me. ![]()
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