Drugs, Addiction, and Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual

By Luigi Zoja

Luigi Zoja argues that the pervasive abuse of drugs in our society can in large part be ascribed to a resurgence of the collective need for initiation and initiatory structures: a longing for something sacred underlies our cultures manic drive toward excessive consumption. In a society without ritual, the drug addict seeks not so much the thrill of a high as the satisfaction of an inner need for a participation mystique in the dominant religion of our times: consumerism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093843439X
• ISBN13: 9780938434399
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Sigo Press
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.