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Ayahuasca Reader

Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine

Steven F White editor Luis Eduardo Luna editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.

Published:1st Nov '16

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This book is a panorama of texts translated from nearly a dozen languages on the ayahuasca experience, including indigenous mythic narratives and testimonies, religious hymns, as well as stories related by western travellers, scientists and writers who have had contact with ayahuasca in different contexts. In addition to contributions from Wade Davis, Dennis McKenna and Richard Spruce, this new edition includes essays from Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Susana Bustos, Michael Winkelman and a new section on ayahuasca art. This backlist classic, also, includes contributions from leaders of the global ayahuasca movement, making this the most up-to-date collection of authoritative writings on the subject ever published, an essential reference for anthropology, ethnobotany and Latin American literature studies.

“Given the plethora of publications on ayahuasca, it is sometimes difficult to know which are the worthiest. That being said, the Ayahuasca Reader is a classic.” –Mark Plotkin, PhD, ethnobotanist and director of Amazon Conservation Team

“The second edition of Ayahuasca Reader confirms that it is an invaluable resource and a must-read for anybody interested in ayahuasca.” –Jeremy Narby, PhD, Amazonian Project Director, Nouvelle Planète

“Gripping myths, rituals, and initiation rites; heavens, hells, and other worlds; healing, therapy, and spiritual growth. With all this as well as the chemistry and biology of this very special brew, this book is everything a ‘Reader’ should be: broad, comprehensive, and enticing.” –Susan Blackmore, psychologist and memeticist

ISBN: 9780907791591

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1g

456 pages