The Ayahuasca Sessions | Free Book
Conversations with Amazonian Curanderos and Western Shamans
A great read for seekers and thrill-seekers interested in ayahuasca
tourism, entheogens, and counterculture studies, this companion volume
to the author's memoir Aya Awakenings collects in-depth
interviews with native Amazonian curanderos (healers) and Western
shamans traveling the "gringo trail" in the jungles of Central and
South America in search of a direct encounter with ayahuasca's
multidimensional reality.
In areas of Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, the traditional herbal brew known as ayahuasca or yajé is legally used to heal physical ailments and to cleanse and purify the spirit by connecting it to the web of life; Sting and Tori Amos have admitted sampling it in Latin America, as has Paul Simon, who chronicled the experience in his song "Spirit Voices." Australian journalist Rak Razam documents the thriving business of 21st-century Amazonian hallucinogenic shamanism from multiple perspectives, revealing the stark differences between indigenous and foreign approaches as well as the commonalities.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1. INDIGENOUS CURANDEROS
Adela Navas De Garcia Guillermo; Percy Garcia Lozano; Elias Mamallacta; Don Francisco Montes Shuna; Norma Panduro Navarro and Paula Harbrink Numan; Don Juan Tangoa Paima; Sara Alicia Ferreira Yaimes
2. WESTERN SHAMANS
Kevin Furnas; Scott Petersen; Carlos Tanner; Ron Wheelock
3. AYAHUASCA WORKERS
Chuck; Jan Kounen; Dennis McKenna; Alan Shoemaker
4. SEEDS
Alexis; Brian; Javier; Joel and Elsa; Pedro; Rachel ; Rolando; Wind Spirit Center
In areas of Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, the traditional herbal brew known as ayahuasca or yajé is legally used to heal physical ailments and to cleanse and purify the spirit by connecting it to the web of life; Sting and Tori Amos have admitted sampling it in Latin America, as has Paul Simon, who chronicled the experience in his song "Spirit Voices." Australian journalist Rak Razam documents the thriving business of 21st-century Amazonian hallucinogenic shamanism from multiple perspectives, revealing the stark differences between indigenous and foreign approaches as well as the commonalities.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1. INDIGENOUS CURANDEROS
Adela Navas De Garcia Guillermo; Percy Garcia Lozano; Elias Mamallacta; Don Francisco Montes Shuna; Norma Panduro Navarro and Paula Harbrink Numan; Don Juan Tangoa Paima; Sara Alicia Ferreira Yaimes
2. WESTERN SHAMANS
Kevin Furnas; Scott Petersen; Carlos Tanner; Ron Wheelock
3. AYAHUASCA WORKERS
Chuck; Jan Kounen; Dennis McKenna; Alan Shoemaker
4. SEEDS
Alexis; Brian; Javier; Joel and Elsa; Pedro; Rachel ; Rolando; Wind Spirit Center
In The Press
"I think the world is in serious need of healing and … and waking up.…
The global ayahuasca movement and the rediscovery of the Archaic is an
encouraging thing." --Dennis McKenna, ethnobotanist and author of
The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
"A
memorable--and deeply personal--journey into the hearts and minds of
those who carry on the shamanic traditions of ayahuasca." --Rick
Doblin, president and founder of the Multidisciplinary Association of
Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
- Title: The Ayahuasca Sessions | Free Book
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