Reviews for Hallucinogens and Shamanism

The average rating for Hallucinogens and Shamanism based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-23 00:00:00 Edgar Sosa Corona "Some ayahuasqueros refuse this trade, but others are willing and specialize in the use of psychedelic drugs for socially defined evil purposes." "Often patients suffering from certain types of illness take ayahuasca'usually those suffering from sickness often classified as psychosomatic." "The Inquisition, at the cost of the torture and execution of perhaps hundreds of thousands of believed and real witches, has supplied the bulk of our data on the role of hallucinogenic plants in late medieval Europe. From the variety of sources, only some of which are cited here, it is clear that we are dealing with practices that were widespread throughout Europe and apparently known at least as early as Roman times." "Both Jivaro and Conibo-Shipibo Indians who had seen motion pictures told me that the ayahuasca experiences were comparable to the viewing of films, and my own experience was corroboratory."

Review # 2 was written on 2011-08-05 00:00:00 Jack Claiborne III This is an excellent little book. I picked it up for the essay "The Mushrooms of Language" which was recommended by Terrence McKenna in one of his talks. It is a beautiful essay on the effects of psilocybin on language in the shamanic tradition. Some other notable articles in the book include one on the role of hallucinogenic plants in the European witchcraft, and the rest focus on ayahuasca and peyote.