Too Much to Dream (eBook)

Peter Bebergal (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
224 Seiten
Soft Skull Press (Verlag)
978-1-59376-468-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Growing up in the suburbs of Boston and raised on secular Judaism, Cocoa Puffs, and Gilligan’s Island, Peter Bebergal was barely in his teens when the ancient desire to finding higher spiritual meaning in the universe struck. Already schooled in mysticism by way of comic books, Dungeons & Dragons, and Carlos Castaneda, he turned to hallucinogens, convinced they would provide a path to illumination.Was this profound desire for Goda god he believed that could only be apprehended by an extreme state of altered consciousnesssimply a side effect of the drugs? Or was it a deeper human longing that was manifesting itself, even on a country club golf course at the edge of a strip mall?Too Much to Dream places Bebergal’s story within the cultural history of hallucinogens, American fascination with mysticism, and the complex relationship between drug addiction, popular culture, rock n’ roll, occultism, and psychology. With a captivating foreword by Peter Coyote, and interviews with writers, artists, and psychologists such as Dennis McKenna, James Fadima, Arik Roper, Jim Woodring, and Mark Tulin, Bebergal offers a groundbreaking exploration of drugs, religion, and the craving for spirituality entrenched in America’s youth.

Autor

Peter Bebergal is the co-author of The Faith Between Us. He studied religion at Brandeis and Harvard Divinity School and writes frequently on the intersection of popular culture, religion, and science as well as reviews on science fiction and fantasy. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and son.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2011
• Vorwort: Peter Coyote
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
• Schlagworte: book about drugs and occultism • book about drugs and religion • book about drugs and rock and roll • book about hallucinogens • book about history of drugs • book about history of hallucinogens • how the occult saved rock and roll • jew and a catholic search for the meaning of god • massachusetts author • Massachusetts writer • memoir about drugs • peter bebegal • peter bebgal • peter bebrgal • Peter Coyote • Season of the Witch • the faith between us
• ISBN-10: 1-59376-468-5 / 1593764685
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59376-468-5 / 9781593764685