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Ayahuasca und Tabak - zwei schamanische Lehrerpflanzen vom Amazonas - gehören zur indigenen psychedelischen Kultur Südamerikas wie kaum ein anderes Gewächs. Der visionäre DMT-haltige Dschungeltrank Ayahuasca (Yagé) stellt die Grundlage für entheogene, spirituelle und heilkräftige Rituale amazonischer Schamanen dar, bei denen der Tabak (Nicotiana) eine ebenso große Rolle spielt. Der Kulturanthropologe und Schamanismus-Forscher Jeremy Narby port...

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This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald a Copernican revolution for the life sciences, leads the listener through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge. In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us ...

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Coauthor Jeremy Narby became an early pioneer of ayahuasca research while living with the Ashaninca people of the Peruvian Amazon in the 1980sNarby's ayahuasca-themed book The Cosmic Serpent has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwideNarby speaks at conferences such as Bioneers, the World Ayahuasca Conference, and the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic ResearchPlant Teachers details a new perspective on tobacco's powers as a he...

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Continuing the journey begun in "The Cosmic Serpent" noted anthropologist Narby ventures firsthand into both traditional cultures and the most up-to-date discoveries of contemporary science to determine nature's secret ways of knowing.

Continuing the journey begun in "The Cosmic Serpent" noted anthropologist Narby ventures firsthand into both traditional cultures and the most up-to-date discoveries of contemporary science to determine nature's secret ways of knowing.

This book examines plant-centered shamanic practices, including initiations, hallucinogens, and altered states of consciousness. It discusses both the benefits and dangers that await those who seek to travel this ancient path.

Seine visionären Erfahrungen bei Schamanen im südamerikanischen Urwald schildert Jeremy Narby, ein kanadischer Anthropologe. Unter dem Einfluß von Drogen eröffnet sich ihm das Wissen der Indianer: Imaginativ, phantastisch, ganzheitlich symbolisiert als Schlange eröffnen die Drogen- und Trancerituale eine Bewußtseinserweiterung, die zu den Ursprüngen des Lebens, des Kosmos und der modernen Wissenschaften, insbesondere der Molekularbiologie führ...

A fascinating and unique anthropological study.

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This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women--individuals with the power to summon spirits. As Written by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and anthropologists, the pieces express the wonder of strangers in new worlds. Who were these extraordinary magic-makers who imitated the sounds of animals in the night, or d...

Continuing the journey begun in his acclaimed book The Cosmic Serpent, the noted anthropologist ventures firsthand into both traditional cultures and the most up-todate discoveries of contemporary science to determine nature's secret ways of knowing.Anthropologist Jeremy Narby has altered how we understand the Shamanic cultures and traditions that have undergone a worldwide revival in recent years. Now, in one of his most extraordinary journey...

This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences, " leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us ...