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Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #549167 in Books
- Published on: 2004-02
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 282 pages
Editorial Reviews
Mark Plotkin, V.P. Plant Conservation, Conservation International
Quite simply a masterpiece...Vine of the Soul deserves to be read by everyone interested in rainforests, indigenous peoples, shamanism, hallucinogens, ethnomedicine, and conservation.
Ghillean T. Prance, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, from the Forward
We have here a wonderful integration of ethnobotany, chemistry and photography to produce a book that will long be an important historic record of one of the threatened cultures of the world. I hope that readers learning about ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and other psychoactive drugs discussed here will have their concern heightened for the future fate of the Amazon Indians and their societies.
About the Author
Richard Evan Schultes is Jeffrey professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University (Emeritus). Robert F. Raffauf is Professor of Pharmacognosy and Medical Chemistry (Emeritus) at the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions of Northeastern University in Boston. Both are Fellows of the Linnean Society of London.
