The serpent and the rainbow
By: Wade Davis.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Davis, Wade.; Zombiism -- Haiti.; Bizango (Cult); Tetrodotoxin -- Physiological effect.; Datura stramonium.; Pharmacopoeias -- Haiti.; Haiti -- Description and travel.; Haiti -- Religious life and customs.; Haiti -- Social life and customs.
Description: A Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 274-284.
Includes index.