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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author originally believed that magic was a phenomenon of the...?
2. Which mushroom will take the projection of male or female energy with equal ease?
3. What according to McKenna seems to be the unique characteristic of the hominids?
4. Which writer is mentioned?
5. When did the preparation of visionary Soma cease?
Short Essay Questions
1. What would a culture that shifted back to being plant based be beneficial to today's culture?
2. What factor influenced the fall of the female deity as well as the separation of humans from the environment?
3. What are the two active chemical compounds in the Fly Agaric mushroom?
4. What are considered tools for the exploration of the human psyche? How are psychedelic shamans being considered as of recently again?
5. What has happened to communication techniques throughout evolution?
6. What is the twentieth century linguistic revolution based on?
7. In what ways is the shaman a remote ancestor of the poet and the artist?
8. Why does cattle being a major motif in the Soma cult make little sense if Wasson is right?
9. Up until what point did shamanism lose its grip on humanity?
10. In what ways has Catal Huyuk puzzled archeologists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the legal substances as a form of control. If McKenna is right, then how are some of the illegal substances a form of liberation? How would these negatively impact the level of control the government could exert on the population?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the book. What bias is presented in its layout? How does it display this bias in its representation? In what ways could the book have been given a more two sided approach? What would have been your opinion of it had this been the case?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the purpose and benefits from the perspective of a government to having a consumerist population. How is this contrary to what McKenna suggests? What would change socially if this perspective did as well? How would this be contrary to the desires of a governmental establishment?
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