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

by Ptolemy Tompkins

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.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was weird and disturbing. But I...liked it?

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible, spellbinding, and invigorating book full of life and color.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bizarre, but not in a bad way.