num_pages: 161
description: The area of traditional folk healing with plant hallucinogens, such as the Peruvian urban setting studied here, is a unique human laboratory that is of interest to medical anthropologists, biologists, psychologists, and students of anthropology in general. One of the earliest firsthand observations of a practicing shaman and his use of native herbal medicines and psychedelic pharmaceuticals, this text makes an important contribution to understanding culture, illness, and healing.
language: English
title: Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon
titlecomplete: Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon
genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Waveland Pr Inc