Download or read book Drugs, Addiction and Initiation written by Luigi Zoja and published by Daimon. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 culture's 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.