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Ancient Maya Mushroom Connections: A Transcendental Interaction Model THOMAS M. McGUIRE He who does not imagine in stronger and better liniments, and in stronger and better light than bis perishing eye can see, does not imagine at all. = Williem Blake ‘Mamy wantons... doe bunger after the carthie cexcresences called Musbrams. — John Gerard, 1597 The Herball, or Generali Histories of Plantes Traders and trade in ancient Mayan society are subjects of intense discussion and debate in anthropo- logical journals. Archaeologists such as Muriel Weaver (1952: $7) and William Rathje (1972) believe that without an integrated system of exchange, administeated by an astute managerial class, che Maya might never have achieved the lofty cultural peaks of the Classic Period. ‘Trade and a trader class were essential if life was to carry ‘on smoothly. The Maye traded most everything: salt, feathers, rubber, obsidian, flint, igneous stone, honey,

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