El Bejuco del Alma
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Economica USA
Published: February 2006
Language: spa
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9789583800993
Subjects: Ethnic Studies - General; Ethnic Issues
Description: "This companion volume to Schultes' previous work is a superb collection of photos taken during 20 years of research in the Colombian Amazon. Thematically organized around the 'visionary vines' (banisteriopsis, ayahuasca), hallucinogenic plants and snuffs among native peoples, volume ranges widely over ethnobotany, shamanism, art, ritual, and natural phenomena in western Amazonia. Minimal text is accompanied by citations from other ethnographies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.