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Beer is the most
widely drunk alcoholic beverage by humanity in the whole of
human history. The first beer ever known was brewed over ten
thousand years ago.
In ancient times beer was enlivened with the power of certain herbs. Beer had magic, it possessed the soul of a god or a goddess. It contained the power of holy herbs and was produced by the mystical transformation of nature. It was food, drink and sacrament in one. This secret history of beer not only aims to demonstrate the advantages of the old beers and the meaning of beer rituals but also to show beer in a new light. |
Beer:More than just
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Specifications:9 x 7 1/8 in. 23 x 27 cm 224 pages Over 200 full colour illustrations
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Contents:The fruits of the earth What is beer? - What was beer? The seed: Cereal The secret: The added ingredients The bear's spittle: Yeast The birth of the world: Water Divine beverages The hop era The German Law on Purity Monks and monastic beer The wrong beer saint Beer witches and witches' beer The hemp era Hi-brew, a new start Psychedelic beers of the future Epilogue Bibliography Index |
Author:Born in 1957, Christian Rätsch received his doctorate in Early American Studies. For many years, he has been involved in research into ethnomedicine and religion of the "Lacandones", completing his studies with a paper on the learning of magic incantations (Berlin 1985). Further trips for research purposes followed - to South America, The Seychelles, Nepal and South-East Asia. He is the athor of several books, and the publisher of the series "Ethnomedizin und Bewusstseinsfoschung" and a lecturer in ethnology at the University of Bremen. |
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