Ayahuasca Reader
Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine
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Pub Date Oct 01 2016 | Archive Date Feb 02 2017
Description
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.
These include indigenous mythic narratives, testimonies, and religious hymns, as well as stories related by Western travelers, scientists, and writers who have had contact with ayahuasca in different contexts.
In addition to contributions from Wade Davis, Dennis McKenna, Gerardo Reichel-Dolmotoff and Richard Spruce, the new edition includes essays from Graham Hancock, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Susana Bustos, and a section on Ayahuasca art. The Ayahuasca Reader remains the most comprehensive collection of authoritative writings on the subject ever published. An essential reference for anthropology, ethnobotany and Latin American literature studies, it will be of intense interest to students of Amazonian indigenous culture, Native American spirituality, and metaphysical studies.
A Note From the Publisher
Hardcover $38.95 978‐0907791‐49‐2
eBook $15.95 978‐0907791‐60‐7 496
Contributors (if desired) (i.e. editor, illustrator, etc.): Luis Eduardo Luna, Steven F. White, Ralph Metzner, Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, E. Jean Matteson Langdon, Elsje Maria Lagrou, Oscar Calavia Sàez, Jonathon S. Miller Weisberger, Jean-Pierre Chaumeil, Don Hilario Pena, Hugo Niño, Fernando Payaguaje, Richard Spruce, Josè Chantre y Herrera, Gordon MacCreagh, Michael Harner, Scott S. Robinson, Philippe Descola, Wade Davis, William Torres C., Fançoise Barbira Freedman, Michael Taussig, Angelika Gebhart-Sayer, Susana Bustos, Petra Bokor, Ede Frecska, Lajos Horvath, Attila Szabo, Jan Kounen, François Demange, Jeremy Narby, Raimundo Irineu Serra, Sebastiào Mota de Melo, Alfredo Gregòrio de Melo, Daniel Pereira de Matos, Francisca Campos de Nascimento, Alex Polari de Alverga, Dennis J. McKenna, Josè Eustasio Rivera, Allen Ginsberg, F. Bruce Lamb, Cèsar Calvo, Mario Villafranca Saravia, Ib Michael, Nèstor Perlongher, Alfonso Domingo, Dale Pendell, Alex Grey, Juan Carlos Geleano, Esthela Calderòn, Ana Varela Tafur, Percy Vilchez Vela, Graham Hancock, Pablo Amaringo, Jeison Castillo, Anderson Debernardi, Demetri Afthyvoulos, Martina Hoffmann, Rick Harlow, Allyson Grey, Rember Yahuarcani, Donna Torres, Estanislao Yaiguaje
eBook $15.95 978‐0907791‐60‐7 496
Contributors (if desired) (i.e. editor, illustrator, etc.): Luis Eduardo Luna, Steven F. White, Ralph Metzner, Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, E. Jean Matteson Langdon, Elsje Maria Lagrou, Oscar Calavia Sàez, Jonathon S. Miller Weisberger, Jean-Pierre Chaumeil, Don Hilario Pena, Hugo Niño, Fernando Payaguaje, Richard Spruce, Josè Chantre y Herrera, Gordon MacCreagh, Michael Harner, Scott S. Robinson, Philippe Descola, Wade Davis, William Torres C., Fançoise Barbira Freedman, Michael Taussig, Angelika Gebhart-Sayer, Susana Bustos, Petra Bokor, Ede Frecska, Lajos Horvath, Attila Szabo, Jan Kounen, François Demange, Jeremy Narby, Raimundo Irineu Serra, Sebastiào Mota de Melo, Alfredo Gregòrio de Melo, Daniel Pereira de Matos, Francisca Campos de Nascimento, Alex Polari de Alverga, Dennis J. McKenna, Josè Eustasio Rivera, Allen Ginsberg, F. Bruce Lamb, Cèsar Calvo, Mario Villafranca Saravia, Ib Michael, Nèstor Perlongher, Alfonso Domingo, Dale Pendell, Alex Grey, Juan Carlos Geleano, Esthela Calderòn, Ana Varela Tafur, Percy Vilchez Vela, Graham Hancock, Pablo Amaringo, Jeison Castillo, Anderson Debernardi, Demetri Afthyvoulos, Martina Hoffmann, Rick Harlow, Allyson Grey, Rember Yahuarcani, Donna Torres, Estanislao Yaiguaje
Advance Praise
“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. … 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 and author, The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide
“This book is a classic in the ayahuasca literature. The Ayahuasca Reader incorporates many articles and a 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.
–Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, ethnopharmacologist, Director of Ethnopharmacology, Heffter Research Institute
“An invaluable resource and a must-read for anybody interested in ayahuasca.” —Jeremy Narby, PhD, Amazonian Project Director, Nouvelle Planete
“The update of the invaluable Ayahuasca Reader combines the scientific evaluation of the human interaction with the plant 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
—James Fadiman, PhD, psychologist, researcher and author, The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide
“This book is a classic in the ayahuasca literature. The Ayahuasca Reader incorporates many articles and a 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.
–Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, ethnopharmacologist, Director of Ethnopharmacology, Heffter Research Institute
“An invaluable resource and a must-read for anybody interested in ayahuasca.” —Jeremy Narby, PhD, Amazonian Project Director, Nouvelle Planete
“The update of the invaluable Ayahuasca Reader combines the scientific evaluation of the human interaction with the plant 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
Marketing Plan
Global online social media marketing and educational outreach initiative involving live events, symposia, webinars and podcasts with the many contributors in the book. Direct email marketing campaigns and other coop exposure, trades shows, etc.
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