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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Oncology
gptkb:Anthropology
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:New_York_Botanical_Garden
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gptkbp:associated_with
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Soma theory
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Mycological_Society_of_America
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:born_on
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April 22, 1898
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gptkbp:collaborated_with
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gptkb:Albert_Hofmann
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gptkbp:contribution
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popularization of psilocybin mushrooms
study of entheogenic plants
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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increased interest in psychedelics
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
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gptkbp:died_on
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December 23, 1986
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Columbia_University
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gptkbp:fellowship
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
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gptkbp:field
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ethnomycology
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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R. Gordon Wasson
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Graham_Hancock
gptkb:Michael_Pollan
gptkb:Rick_Strassman
gptkb:Daniel_Pinchbeck
gptkb:Terence_Mc_Kenna
Johns Hopkins University research on psychedelics
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Carl_Jung
gptkb:Alfred_K._Cohen
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gptkbp:involvement
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gptkb:psychedelic_movement
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gptkbp:known_for
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research on psychoactive mushrooms
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gptkbp:legacy
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influence on modern psychedelic research
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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pioneering work in ethnomycology
first to document the use of psilocybin mushrooms in Mexico
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gptkbp:notable_contributor
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advocacy for the study of psychedelics
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gptkbp:notable_event
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discovery of the Mazatec mushroom rituals
participation in the 1957 mushroom ceremony
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gptkbp:notable_publication
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gptkb:The_Psychedelic_Experience
gptkb:The_Sacred_Mushroom_and_the_Cross
Mushrooms and Mankind
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gptkbp:notable_work
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The Mushrooms of the New World
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gptkbp:notable_works
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Mushrooms, Russia and History
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Bank
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gptkbp:popularized_by
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the term 'entheogen'
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gptkbp:published_in
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gptkb:Journal_of_Ethnopharmacology
gptkb:Life_magazine
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gptkbp:published_work
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The Wondrous Mushroom
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gptkbp:research
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field studies
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gptkbp:research_areas
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psychoactive substances
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gptkbp:research_focus
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cultural significance of mushrooms
mushroom use in indigenous cultures
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Valentina_Pavlovna_Wasson
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Eisenhower_administration
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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