Ayahuasca in My Blood: 25 Years of Medicine Dreaming
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1452882908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Real People doing Incredible Things schmatta I could not put this book down! Peter Gorman isn't just writing about ayahuasca experiences -- he's telling tales of 25 years of traveling and living in the Amazon. The chapter "Chepa and the Pirates" alone is worth the price of admission. He explains how ayahuasca is used to treat physical ailments as well as psychic ones. One thing is missing from the book: any trace of ego. Quite the contrary, the writer is quite willing to reveal his fear, weakness, uncertainty. This serves him . "worth the voyage" according to 90Maria. Amazing journey into a world I had never heard of before. Makes me curious to try and look at plants and life around me in a new way. Hopefully the author has found more courage to go forward after all the learning and opportunities ayahuasquieros have given him.. A Customer said Thank you, Peter. Took me through a full range of emotions like the best of classical music. Thanks again for your story, my friend.
Peter, you are the real deal -- you are a true mitayero, a man of the jungle, and you have had adventures others can only dream of. Further, as a trained scientist I believe the plant medicine truly offers a doorway to a rich world that needs to be understood in our postmodern lives. This is the intensely personal story of an old-school jungle rat for whom ayahuasca is not just a hobby, but a life-long quest." -- Dennis McKenna, Ph.D, co-author of The Invisible Landscape"I have known and traveled with Peter for almost a decade and was present for a number of the events he included in this book as well as many others. And you are a wonderful storyteller, powerfully honest about yourself, with a deep connection to the spiritual life of the Upper , both the light and the dark. Explorer, ethnobotanist, writer and raconteur - Gorman is uniquely qualified to tell this incredible tale. A wild mixture of adventure, horror, spirituality, tenderness, and ins
Plotkin, Ph.D, President, Conservation Team and author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice. A wild mixture of adventure, horror, spirituality, tenderness, and insight, Ayahuasca in My Blood is most highly recommended! --Mark J.
He is also an award-winning investigative journalist who has covered stories from the streets of Manhattan and the slums of New Delhi to Peru's . . Peter Gorman has been medicine dreaming with ayahuasca for 25 years