Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon
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Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon
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The area of traditional folk healing with plant hallucinogens, such as the Peruvian urban setting studied here, is a unique human laboratory that is of interest to medical anthropologists, biologists, psychologists, and students of anthropology in general. One of the earliest firsthand observations of a practicing shaman and his use of native herbal medicines and psychedelic pharmaceuticals, this text makes an important contribution to understanding culture, illness, and healing.
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