This Tree Grows Out of Hell: Mesoamerica and the Search for the Magical Body

Title: This Tree Grows Out of Hell: Mesoamerica and the Search for the Magical Body
Author: Ptolemy Tompkins
ISBN: 9780062508669
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 192
Publisher Description: An investigation into the history, archaeology and mythology of ancient Mesoamerica, in order to understand the motivations that lay behind the building of pyramidal cities and bizarre rituals. The author dismisses New Age ideas about the origin and nature of these societies.