Esta nueva edici n del ya cl sico libro de Schultes y Raffauf nos entrega un testimonio de primera mano de la vida tradicional de una regi n en la que la curaci n con plantas, la magia y los rituales desempe an un papel esencial en la vida diaria. Es tambi n un registro fotogr fico excepcional, acompa ado de descripciones detalladas de la manera como los ind genas del Amazonas usan ciertas sustancias medicinales y otras que extraen de plantas sagradas.

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El bejuco del alma

World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers. • Numerous new and rare color photographs complement the completely revised and updated text. • Explores the uses of hallucinogenic plants in shamanic rituals throughout the world. • Cross-referenced by plant, illness, preparation, season of collection, and chemical constituents. Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them. The text is lavishly illustrated with 400 rare photographs of plants, people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world's sacred psychoactive flora.

El bejuco del alma (2005)

Plants Of The Gods (2015)