May i humbly suggest my book, Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul as an introduction to the general topic of plant spirit medicine and the shamanic approach to healing plants. It contains information on ayahuasca, san pedro, the shamanic diet and its typical plants (guayusa, ajo sacha, chiric sanango, etc), and other aspects of Amazonian/ayahuasca healing (floral baths, pusanga and perfumes, etc).

Dennis McKenna reviewed Plant Spirit Shamanism in HerbalGram, the Journal of the American Botanical Council, and concluded that: “You will find much here that is of value… Whether you want to learn to practice plant spirit medicine or simply want to gain a better understanding of it, this book will be a useful addition to your botanical library”.

The full review can be read here: content.herbalgram.org/wholef...iew.asp

The book was also reviewed at length by Timothy White, founding editor of Shaman’s Drum, in issue 73 of the magazine. Mr White concludes that: “Plant Spirit Shamanism offers a readable melange of information, insights, and viewpoints on spiritual plant medicines. I feel comfortable recommending this volume to readers interested in magical herbs, as well as to those beginning to work shamanically with plant spirits”.

The full review can be read here: shamansdrum.org/Pages/Revi...Spirit.html

Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul is published by Destiny Books/Inner Traditions, 2006. Append.; biblio.; glossary; illus.; index; notes; 250 pp (paper).

Thank you,
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Pretty much anything by Schultes, Richard Evan.

For some reason the issue of brain tumors has come up. It seems to be increasing with the advent of the Apple iPod. Metastatic brain tumors are a potential risk. It got The Mac. The Pods were not so imaginary. At least back in the early 90s. They were Sun Pods, then. A return to Sun Pods? They had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with Ayahuasca, though. Nor have they, nor will they ever. Brazil, Brasil is a big country...go for it. And, thank you? :)

p.s. "c", clancy, it could be controversial because the chickens have come home to roost. It took it a few years, but they have come full circle. Headed for their second lap, maybe. It's pretty unreadable from my perspective...unwritable...and unexecutable, also, but that's beside the point. Re: My OS, it was actually ahead of its time, initially, but enough people have caught up to it, progressed their souls enough, that it's somewhat usable by more than just me. I've been waiting up ahead in time for awhile. It was actually inevitable for you to reach me. You have no choice but to go forward in time. There's no circling back. If you don't progress your soul, you die. If you don't evolve, you die. Some call it "natural selection". I consider that a fact. Beyond the drug thing. And contrary to popular belief, it's not all about n,n- Dimethyltryptamine. I'm actually way beyond it. But, sometimes, people are just looking for some excuse. Human nature. That's the simple explanation, it's actually more complex. Part of my independent study on population, demographics, and human psychology. I do and have done most of my own work. Some I do for my own edification, enlightenment. That's just how I am. I have my own direction, always have. If we're doing similar research, it's cool. If not, I'm not going to change my direction for you. Sorry, I've got new projects, I'm working on...some independent, some not. It helps if we're working on the same things, if we're going to live together. Kind of an inside joke, I guess. But, anyways, why do I post in this tribe? Well, the original moderator kicked the bucket, and people keep bugging me for information, I guess. It bothers the fuck out of me, but you get tired of the questions, so, you go find a forum on the web, and put up what you know, or your experiences. I have beaucoup experience with some subjects, believe it or not. It annoys the fuck out of me when you have some johnny or janey come-lately come up and profess to know everything about something that you were doing before they were even born, that they couldn't possibly know more than you about. Especially about ayahuasca... or medicine...COPY is an apt label, don't you think? Come again? Fuck Dobkin De Rios. Fuck Christopher(man, woman, and child), and Fuck David. Inside Brasilian joke. :)