Book · 2026 · Science
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
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One is the late great Terence McKenna and his book, Food of the Gods, where he proposed the idea very strongly that it was our ancestral encounters with psychedelics that made us fully human.
Graham Hancock · Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 2024 Listen at 2:08:31 What they say about it
- Praise for the author“what a brilliant alternative thinker”2
- Impact of psychedelics“made us fully human”2
The best things said about it
I started reading food to the gods I was like oh my God like where's this guy been.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2013 All cudos to Terrence McKenna and food of the gods. He what a brilliant thinker what a brilliant alternative thinker.
Graham Hancock The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2017 You may have read books like Food of the Gods the search for the original tree of knowledge.
Kudos to them for for for for realizing terence's book was called food of the gods that that the ex encounters with psychedelics with ancient psychedelics were what put Humanity on a huge leap forward.
Graham Hancock The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2022 McKenna had some fascinating books. food of the gods. H he had some crazy [ __ ] theories that he pitched.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2016 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Food of the Gods is a fringe exploration of the history of plants, drugs, and human evolution written by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna. Joe Rogan recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, recalling how discovering McKenna's fascinating and unconventional theories after being introduced by Bill Hicks felt like a major revelation. Graham Hancock frequently cited Food of the Gods across multiple appearances on Lex Fridman Podcast and The Joe Rogan Experience, praising McKenna as a brilliant alternative thinker and highlighting the central theory that prehistoric encounters with psychedelics catalyzed human evolution and expanded the modern mind. Ben Bowlin mentioned the book on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know while introducing McKenna's ideas regarding psychedelics. Dennis McKenna discussed the republication of his brother's book on The Tim Ferriss Show alongside an online event with Michael Pollan, and Zach Leary briefly tried to recall the title while discussing psychedelics on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Every mention
Joe Rogan I started reading food to the gods I was like oh my God like where's this guy been 2
“McKenna had some fascinating books. food of the gods. H he had some crazy [ __ ] theories that he pitched”
“I started reading food to the gods I was like oh my God like where's this guy been”
Graham Hancock One is the late great Terence McKenna and his book, "Food of the Gods", where he proposed the idea very str… 3
“One is the late great Terence McKenna and his book, "Food of the Gods", where he proposed the idea very strongly that it was our ancestral encounters with psychedelics that made us fully human.”
“kudos to them for for for for realizing terence's book was called food of the gods that that the ex encounters with psychedelics with ancient psychedelics were what put Humanity on a huge leap forward”
“all cudos to Terrence McKenna and food of the gods. He what a brilliant thinker what a brilliant alternative thinker”
Ben Bowlin you may have read books like food of the Gods the search for the original tree of knowledge 1
“you may have read books like food of the Gods the search for the original tree of knowledge”
Dennis McKenna one of terence's books the food of the gods is being reprinted again i'm actually doing a online event with… 1
“one of terence's books the food of the gods is being reprinted again i'm actually doing a online event with michael pollan and the publisher”
Zach Leary I mean that's the subtext of not fruit of the Gods but of um one hallucinations no no it wasn't that one um… 1
“I mean that's the subtext of not fruit of the Gods but of um one hallucinations no no it wasn't that one um I'm forgetting which one's”
