Ayahuasca Visions
Subtitle: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: February 3, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781556430640
Subjects: Anthropology; Subjects & Themes - Religious; Native American Religions; Religion And Art; Art & Art Instruction; Religious; Religion; North America; Peru; History - General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / Shamanism; Ayahuasca; Indian art; Indians of South America
First sentence: Research among tribal groups using ayahuasca and other psychoactives has shown that cultural traditions play an important role not only in interpreting and imprinting meaning upon visions but also in shaping the visionary experience.