{"product_id":"the-psychotropic-mind-the-world-according-to-ayahuasca-iboga-and-shamanism-9781594773129","title":"The Psychotropic Mind: The World According to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism","description":"Conversations on shamanism and mind-altering plants by filmmaker Jan Kounen, anthropologist Jeremy Narby, and writer\/filmmaker Vincent Ravalec \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores how ayahuasca and iboga are tools for communicating with other life-forms \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Offers insights into the role this indigenous knowledge can play in solving the current problems facing the world \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Amazon, shamans do not talk in terms of hallucinogens but of tools for communicating with other life-forms. Ayahuasca, for example, is first and foremost a means of breaking down the barrier that separates humans from other species, allowing us to communicate with them. The introduction of plant-centered shamanism into the Western world in the 1970s was literally the meeting of two entirely different paradigms. In \u003ci\u003eThe Psychotropic Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, three of the individuals who have been at the forefront of embracing other ways of knowing look at the ramifications of the introduction into our Western culture of these shamanic practices and the psychotropic substances that support them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith rare sincerity and depth, noted anthropologist Jeremy Narby, filmmaker Jan Kounen, and writer\/filmmaker Vincent Ravalec explore the questions of sacred plants, initiations, hallucinogens, and altered states of consciousness, looking at both the benefits and dangers that await those who seek to travel this path. Focusing specifically on ayahuasca and iboga, psychotropic substances with which the authors are intimately familiar, they examine how we can best learn the other ways of perceiving the world found in indigenous cultures, and how this knowledge offers immense benefits and likely solutions to some of the modern world's most pressing problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremy Narby is an anthropologist best known for his books \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmic Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntelligence in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. Filmmaker Jan Kounen has created a number of films and documentaries, including the celebrated \u003ci\u003eBlueberry\u003c\/i\u003e, released in the United States as \u003ci\u003eRenegades\u003c\/i\u003e. Vincent Ravalec is a prizewinning writer and filmmaker whose book \u003ci\u003eIboga\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into English by Park Street Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Park Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643456131346,"sku":"9781594773129","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2324c118-a9f3-47fb-8a57-61312feaffac.jpg?v=1733086085","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-psychotropic-mind-the-world-according-to-ayahuasca-iboga-and-shamanism-9781594773129","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}