Appeasing the mushroom gods : a Foucauldian discourse analysis of magic mushroom users' constructions of meanings surrounding psilocybin mushroom use

Magic mushrooms, more than any other psychoactive substance, are steeped in mythology. Since their (re)discovery by the West in the mid-20th Century they have been constructed as spiritual sacraments, recreational drugs, psychological tools and gateways to metaphysical realities (Letcher 2007). Each...

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Main Author: Thompson, James
Other Authors: Griffin, Christine ; Lucey, Helen
Published: University of Bath 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.642034