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| Cosmic
Serpent : DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being. 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..click here to read more... |
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| Rituals
of Respect : The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes by
Inge Bolin In this beautifully written ethnography, Bolin describes the rituals of respect that maintain harmonious relations among people, the natural world, and the realm of the gods in an isolated Andean community of llama and alpaca herders that reaches up to 16,500 feet. Bolin was the first foreigner to visit Chillihuani, and she was permitted to participate in private family rituals, as well as public ceremonies. In turn, she allows the villagers to explain the meaning of their rituals in their own words.click here to read more... |
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The
Three Halves of Ino Moxo : Teachings of the Wizard of the Upper
Amazon
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Cesar Calvo, Kenneth A. Symington (Translator) Reviewer: mahajohn from Hyattsville, MD. I started this novel a bit hesitantly, as I'm not the type to trust translations; "poetry is what is lost in the translation," to para-quote Rilke. Fortunately, my initial apprehension about this work proved worthless, as it was a stunning read, start to finish. While it does perhaps romaniticize the life of ayahuasqueros and their students, it very well might also be that I'm just not able to completely buy into such a hyper-magical/mystical view of quotidian life. Still, the book definitely conjures a spell over the reader, click here to read more... |
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| The
Gift of Life : Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru by Bonnie
Glass-Coffin In this uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. Her analytical essays explore the concepts of sorcery, shamanism, and witchcraft, case studies of Peruvian women and their ritual healing techniques, the healers' religious and symbolic space, and the healing attributes unique to women...click here to read more... |
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| Journey
to MacHu Picchu : Spiritual Wisdom from the Andes
by Carol Cumes, Romulo Lizarraga Valencia Readers are invited to enter the shamanic world of Andean healers and herbalists and connect with Andean power animals as co-author Carol Cumes describes her personal spiritual journey into the mystic Andes mountains. 32 pages of color photos. December '98 publication date.
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