{"product_id":"9781583948019","title":"The Ayahuasca Sessions: Conversations with Amazonian Curanderos and Western Shamans","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great read for seekers and thrill-seekers interested in ayahuasca tourism, entheogens, and counterculture studies, this companion volume to the author's memoir \u003ci\u003eAya Awakenings\u003c\/i\u003e collects in-depth interviews with native Amazonian curanderos (healers) and Western shamans traveling the \"gringo trail\" in the jungles of Central and South America in search of a direct encounter with ayahuasca's multidimensional reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn areas of Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, the traditional herbal brew known as ayahuasca or \u003ci\u003eyajé \u003c\/i\u003eis legally used to heal physical ailments and to cleanse and purify the spirit by connecting it to the web of life; Sting and Tori Amos have admitted sampling it in Latin America, as has Paul Simon, who chronicled the experience in his song \"Spirit Voices.\" Australian journalist Rak Razam documents the thriving business of 21st-century Amazonian hallucinogenic shamanism from multiple perspectives, revealing the stark differences between indigenous and foreign approaches as well as the commonalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e1. INDIGENOUS CURANDEROS\u003cbr\u003eAdela Navas De Garcia Guillermo; Percy Garcia Lozano; Elias Mamallacta; Don Francisco Montes Shuna; Norma Panduro Navarro and Paula Harbrink Numan; Don Juan Tangoa Paima; Sara Alicia Ferreira Yaimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. WESTERN SHAMANS\u003cbr\u003eKevin Furnas; Scott Petersen; Carlos Tanner; Ron Wheelock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. AYAHUASCA WORKERS\u003cbr\u003eChuck; Jan Kounen; Dennis McKenna; Alan Shoemaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. SEEDS\u003cbr\u003eAlexis; Brian; Javier; Joel and Elsa; Pedro; Rachel ; Rolando; Wind Spirit Center\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062257598704,"sku":"9781583948019","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583948019_p0.jpg?v=1763784783","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583948019","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}