Aya Awakenings
A Shamanic Odyssey
$49.99
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2013
Summary
Experiential journalist Rak Razam sets out to document the thriving business of 21st-century hallucinogenic shamanism, starting with a trip to the annual Amazonian Shaman Conference in Iquitos, Peru. There, he meets a motley crew of “spiritual tourists,” rogue scientists, black magicians, and indigenous and Western healers and guides, all in town to partake of the ritual—and the medicine—of ayahuasca, “the vine of souls.” Combining his personal story with the history of Amazonian shamanism, R…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583948002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583948007 |
| Author: | Rak Razam, Dennis J. McKenna |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 789g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 153mm x 228mm |
Critics Review
“A memorable—and deeply personal—journey into the hearts and minds of those who carry on the shamanic traditions of ayahuasca.“—Rich Doblin, founder of MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies
“An excellent work! This is definitely the best thing I’ve read on ayahuasca tourism, and beyond that, the whole apparent reemergence of shamanic consciousness as a force for change and evolution on a global scale.”—Ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, PhD, author of The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
“As Razam so aptly demonstrates, a new kind of traveler is emerging—one that embarks into the mysterious and uncharted domain within, where they aim to conquer their own hearts. Written in the tradition of a great adventure narrative, Aya Awakenings is a timely story for a new emerging era.”—Yossi Ghinsberg, author of Lost in the Jungle
“The best Canterbury Tales of the modern pilgrimage to Iquitos.”—Richard Meech, filmmaker, director of the documentary Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca
Rak Razam
RAK RAZAM is a new wave entheogenic researcher and the cofounder of Undergrowth.org, Australia’s leading online counterculture arts and literature magazine, and the Icaros Foundation. An author, freelance journalist, and editor, he specializes in underground and counterculture communities, spirituality, and technology. He has written features for The Age, Dazed and Confused magazine and Dazed Digital, Disinfo.com, Reality Sandwich, High Times, Filmmaker magazine, Australian Penthouse, and many other publications.
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