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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Soma: Divine mushroom of immortality.

The Hague: Mouton, 1968.

Ethnomycologist and banker Wasson provided evidence for the important role that hallucinogenic mushrooms - in particular the ubiquitous mushroom Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) - play in various ancient and modern cultures. The first edition was limited to 680 copies finely printed at the Stamperia Valdonegga in Verona.  Digital facsimile of the trade edition issued by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#9848
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/12036
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLsoma-divine-mushroom-of-immortality

Geographic Context

Publication place: The Hague

Mentioned in annotation: Verona