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South American Shamanism & plant spirit medicinebooks

Below are the best books we could find on South American Shamanism and plant spirit medicine.

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Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond

Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar offer an in-depth exploration of how Amerindian epistemology and ontology concerning indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon have spread to Western societies, and of how indigenous, mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures have engaged with and transformed these...

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Beatriz Caiuby Labate (editor), Clancy Cavnar (editor)
2014
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The Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms

Internationally respected Peruvian Shaman Don José Campos illuminates the practices and benefits of Ayahuasca with grace and gentleness and much respect and gratitude for the gifts Ayahuasca has bestowed on him throughout the 25 years he has been a practicing shaman.

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Don Jose Campos
2011
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Dance of the Four Winds: Secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel

Dance of the Four Winds recounts the adventures of the American psychologist Alberto Villoldo as he journeys to Peru to explore the visionary ceremonies of the native shamans.

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Alberto Villoldo, Erik Jendresen
1994
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The Ayahuasca Experience: A Sourcebook on the Sacred Vine of Spirits

An exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of ayahuasca • Details the scientific discovery of ayahuasca’s sophisticated psychoactive delivery system in the brain and body and its potential applications in medicine and psychology • Includes...

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Ralph Metzner (editor)
2014
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Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

While undertaking anthropological fieldwork in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon, Narby became intrigued by the local community’s claim that they received their phenomenal biochemical knowledge under the influence of hallucinogens.

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Jeremy Narby
1999
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The Four Insights: Wisdom, Power, and Grace of the Earthkeepers

The Four Insights are the wisdom teachings that have been protected by secret societies of Earthkeepers, the medicine men and women of the Americas. The Insights state that all creation—humans, whales, and even stars—is made from light manifest through the power of intention.

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Alberto Villoldo
2007
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The Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon’s Sacred Vine

The Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon’s Sacred Vine, is a panorama of texts translated from nearly a dozen languages on the ayahuasca experience.

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Luis Eduardo Luna (editor), Steven F. White (editor), Ralph Metzner (foreword), Alex Grey (contributor)
2016
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Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman

The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.

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Pablo Amaringo, Luis Luna
1999
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The Psychotropic Mind: The World according to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism

In the Amazon, shamans do not talk in terms of hallucinogens but of tools for communicating with other life-forms. Ayahuasca, for example, is first and foremost a means of breaking down the barrier that separates humans from other species, allowing us to communicate with them.

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Jeremy Narby, Jan Kounen, and Vincent Ravalec
2024
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The Ayahuasca Test Pilot’s Handbook: The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying

The Ayahuasca Test Pilot’s Handbook provides a practical guide to ayahuasca use, aiding seekers in making right—and safe—decisions about where to go, who to drink with, and what to expect. Ayahuasca, the Amazonian psychoactive plant brew, has become vastly popular.

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Christopher Kilham
2014
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