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Available
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RS
Publication
Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, 1986.
Original publication date
1971
Physical description
xix, 200 p.; 23 cm
Local notes
Wizard of the Upper Amazon is an extraordinary document of the life among a tribe of South American Indians at the beginning of the 20th century. For many readers, the most compelling sections of the book will be the descriptions of the use of Banisteriopsis caapi, the ayahuasca of the Amazon forests. This powerful hallucinogen has long been credited with the ability to transport human beings to realms of experience where telepathy and clairvoyance are commonplace. Manual Córdova, the narrator of these adventures is a well-known as a healer in Peru.
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LibraryThing member yanbarboza
This is a book about the South American indians, about the ayahuasca ritual and about the Nature, but above all, this is a book about the strenght of a man to fit in the society, first in a comunity he was inserted by force, then in a society he was no longer part of. This book show us the
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connection that our minds have with the people around us and the environment where we live in. It shows how a society that is considered primitive by many,in fact have way more consciousness and knowledge about life than some people nowadays. Show Less