Gordon Wasson is regarded as the discoverer of the “magic mushrooms”.

Some of us formed a committee under the Chairmanship of Carl Ruck to devise a new word for the potions that held Antiquity in awe. After trying out a number of words he came up with entheogen, ‘god generated within’, which his committee unanimously adopted[…].
~ Gordon Wasson


Gordon Wasson in Persephone’s Quest, Yale University Press, 1986, pp. 30. ISBN: 0-300-05366-9
, Gordon Wasson
Gordon Wasson (front) and Albert Hofmann

Gordon Wasson supervised subproject 58 of the secret CIA programme MK  Ultra.

Gordon Wasson functioned as the Chairman  of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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See also: http://www.gordonwasson.com/

https://logosmedia.com/2013/04/public-notice-appeal-to-the-cia-regarding-classification-of-r-gordon-wasson-documents-related-mkultra-subproject-58/

Jameson, M. H., Wasson, G. R., Ruck, C. A. P., & Hofmann, A.. (1979). The Road to Eleusis. Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries. The Classical World

Plain numerical DOI: 10.2307/4349163
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Vogt, E. Z., Wasson, V. P., & Wasson, R. G.. (1958). Mushrooms, Russia and History. American Antiquity

Plain numerical DOI: 10.2307/276744
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Wasson, G.. (1971). The Soma of the Rig Veda: What Was It ?. Society, American Oriental

Plain numerical DOI: 10.2307/600096
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Wasson, G. R.. (1957). Seeking the Magic Mushroom. Life

Plain numerical DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.128678
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Riedlinger, T. J.. (1993). Wasson’s alternative candidates for soma†. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1993.10472245
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Brown, C.. (1987). R. Gordon Wasson. Economic Botany
Wasson, R. G.. (1961). The Hallucinogenic Fungi Of Mexico. Botanical Museum Leaflets
Ruck, C. A. P., Bigwood, J., Staples, D., Ott, J., & Wasson, G.. (1979). Entheogens. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1979.10472098
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Samorini, G.. (1992). The oldest Representations of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in the World (Sahara Desert, 9000-7000 B.P.). Boll. Camuna St. Preist

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0272-y
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