Orgies of the Hemp Eaters: Cuisine, Slang, Literature & Ritual of Cannabis Culture

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Hakim Bey, Abel Zug
Autonomedia, 2004 - Medical - 694 pages
This "spiritual archaeology" of pot history, science, folklore, cuisine and belles lettres assembles the archive of the Western encounter with the "altered" indiginous Other, from North America to India and elsewhere. Includes one of the most comprehensive bibliographies of marijuana literature ever assembled for the general reader.

About the author (2004)

Hakim Bey is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias.

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