The Hasheesh Eater and Other Writings: Extended Edition:

by Diane Darling (Editor), Mike Crowley (Introduction), Gwyllm Llwydd (Editor)

Overview

Fitz Hugh Ludlow's Classic Tome of "Hasheesh", combined as well with the chronology of his life, Reviews of "The Hasheesh Eater" from the 19th century on as well as "What Shall They Do to be Saved?", "The Apocalypse of Hasheesh". An extra addition to the book is Bayard Taylor's "The Vision Of Hasheesh". The book is lavishly illustrated by the artist/writer Gwyllm Llwydd, known for his Orientalist & Collagist leanings. Foreword written by Mike Crowley, author of "The Secret Drugs Of Buddhism" A volume for those who are interested in exploration of the various mental& visionary states, using cannabis, and otherwise. Plus much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331420741
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/30/2024
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as “Fitzhugh Ludlow,” was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater.

The explorations of altered states of consciousness in The Hasheesh Eater are at the same time eloquent descriptions of elusive subjective phenomena and surreal, bizarre, and beautiful literature.

Ludlow also wrote about his travels across America on the overland stage to San Francisco, Yosemite and the forests of California and Oregon, in his second book, The Heart of the Continent. An appendix to that book provides his impressions of the recently founded Mormon settlement in Utah.

He was also the author of many works of short fiction, essays, science reporting and art criticism. He devoted many of the last years of his life to attempts to improve the treatment of opiate addicts.

Gwyllm Llwydd is an artist/writer now residing in the Pacific North West. A long-time explorer of altered states, documenting said experiences through his art and writing.

Editorial Reviews

With these time-spanning elements gorgeously illustrating the text, he has produced a book that feels relevant to ancient times and cultures and to the mid-1800s when it was written, in a fashion that also calls back to the resurgence of interest in this book in the 1960s and invites us to look again at these collages drawn from antiquity through his unique hallucinatory modern vision.

The Hasheesh Eater - Dan Hillier

"The wonderful artwork in The Hasheesh Eatter reinvents the genre of Orientalism.
Gwyllm extracts the beauty of the 19th century movement and mixes it with just the
right amount of psychedelia to give us an authentic and seductive expression of the
mysterious and inviting nature of Hasheesh."
- Liba WS

The Hasheesh Eater - Liba Stambollion

1910 - "Deeper and clearer is the information to be gained from the brilliant studies of
Baudelaire... and Ludlow... "

The Equinox - Aleister Crowley

"After Bayard Taylor the next great commentator on the phenomenon of hashish was
the irrepressible Fitz Hugh Ludlow. - Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge

Food of the Gods - Terence McKenna

"The alchemic-shaman tradition of Paracelsus, Ludlow, and William James..."

Writings - Timothy Leary