When Plants Dream: free chapter sampler

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea with a long history of ritual use among indigenous groups of the Upper Amazon. Made from the ayahuasca vine and the leaves of a shrub, ayahuasca is associated with healing in collective ceremonies and in more intimate contexts, generally under the direction of a specialist ayahuasquero.

More and more Westerners are flocking to drink this powerful transformational tea in a quest for greater self-knowledge, healing, and a reconnection with the natural world. This formerly esoteric, little-known ‘brew’ is now a growth industry. But why? Is ayahuasca the LSD of our time? Does the tea, which seems to inspire environmental action, simplified lifestyles and more communitarian behaviour, act as an antidote to frenzied consumerist culture?

Daniel Pinchbeck and Sophia Rokhlin’s new book When Plants Dream (10th September, Watkins Publishing) is the first of its kind to look at the science and expanding culture of ayahuasca, from its historical use to its appropriation by the West and the impact it now has on cultures beyond the Amazon. To read Chapter 6 of When Plants Dream, just follow the download link below!

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Author: Daniel Pinchbeck, Sophia Rokhlin
Title: When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism, and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance
Extent: 216pp
Format: Hardback
Size: 234x156mm
Publication date: 10/09/2019