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AYAHUASCA READER
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE AMAZON’S SACRED VINE
Edited by Luis Eduardo Luna and Steven F. White
Foreword by Ralph Metzner
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oin dozens of adventurers, anthropologists, artists, shamans, scientists and poets on a journey to remote regions of the Amazon and to the far reaches of the human psyche.
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496 pages | 7 x 9″ | Black & White illustrations | 16-page color insert
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“The second edition of the 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 Planete
“This book is a classic in the ayahuasca literature. The first edition published in 2000 was for many seekers of plant wisdom, their first dive into the vast published literature that exists around this fascinating medicine. Since then there has been an explosion of interest in this topic and an equally impressive growth in books and movies on ayahuasca, all purporting to be the definitive source of information. Luna and White’s new edition of the Ayahuasca Reader incorporates many new articles and an entirely new section of color plates reproducing the works of some of the most admired artists whose work constitutes a rich illustrated chronicle of the visionary realms accessed via this amazing plant medicine. Even if you already have the first edition on your shelf, you will want to add a copy of the second edition to your collection (and you’ll want to tell your friends too!)”
–Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, ethnobotanist
“The update of the invaluable Ayahuasca Reader focuses on the particular South American vine that has become so popular globally and in its pages combines the scientific evaluation of the human interaction with the plant (pre‐and‐post McKenna) along with a chunk of lyrical and spell‐binding storytelling – and this wedded to a bunch of intrepid and visionary art. It’s a book that’s a keeper for the spirited and for the mind, and an antidote for anyone who’s sensing her/his brain is half dead from pop culture or the corporate news. Enjoy.”—Jay Levin, Founder and former Editor‐in Chief, LA Weekly newspaper
“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, Director of Amazon Conservation Team
“Gives scholarly, acute, practical takes on one of the most remarkable substances any shaman has ever mastered.”
—John Allen, FLS, Inventor of Biosphere 2, Pioneer of Biosphere Science
“A wonderful book of vivid reports, illuminating every aspect of Ayahuasca‘s own world, covering all that matters about these plant spirits and their worldwide impact. If we can accept the help of those whose life work has been to join with the plants and take in the deep truths of our genuine interpenetrated connection with all forms of life, The Ayahuasca Reader will support us in becoming more fully human. This book is a basket of jewels: of experiences, of visions, of miracles and of people like ourselves who have tasted and learned and returned to tell us their stories so we might be more open to our own.”
—James Fadiman, PhD, psychologist, researcher, author, The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide“…the curanderos, daring scientists, and visionary artists represented here are voices in the vanguard helping us to understand what it will really mean to be an Earthling in the years to come.”
—Michael Garfield, Artist/Futurist, Global Communities Director of Symbio Life Sciences
“The Ayahuasca Reader is a seminal, benchmark publication and will be of intense interest to students of Amazonian indigenous culture, Native American spirituality, and metaphysical cultures.”
—Midwest Book Reviews (1st edition)
“The Ayahuasca Reader is an impressive anthology of articles and excerpts that, in combination, paint a perceptive portrait of the entheodelic psychoactive drink. . .”
—Timothy White, The Shaman’s Drum (1st edition)
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Background image: Sinfonía Chamánica, Anderson Debernardi, Oil on Canvas, 2010. Collection Luis Eduardo Luna.
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