Sacred vine of spirits
Subtitle: ayahuasca
By: edited by Ralph Metzner.
Contributors: Metzner, Ralph.
Publisher: Park Street Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
Subjects: Ayahuasca -- Psychotropic effects; Shamanism -- Amazon River Region -- Psychology; Hallucinogens -- therapeutic use -- South America -- Personal Narratives; Banisteriopsis -- South America -- Personal Narratives; Ethnopharmacology -- South America -- Personal Narratives; Indians, South American -- South America -- Personal Narratives; N,N-Dimethyltryptamine -- therapeutic use -- South America -- Personal Narratives; Phytotherapy -- methods -- South America -- Personal Narratives; Shamanism -- South America -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Personal Narratives.
Other titles: Ayahuasca.
Description: "A compilation of writings on the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of Ayahuasca"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, c1999, under the title Ayahuasca.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Amazonian vine of visions / Ralph Metzner; title: The experience of ayahuasca: teachings of the Amazonian plant spirits; title: Ayahuasca: an ethnopharmacologic history / Dennis J. Mckenna; title: The psychology of ayahuasca / Charles S. Grob; title: Phytochemistry and neuropharmacology of ayahuasca / J.C. Callaway; title: Conclusions, reflections, and speculations / Ralph Metzner.