Introduction
Part 1: Ayahuasca and Iboga
The Dangers and the Benefits
Shamanism
The Ayahuasca Experience
Tools for the Trip
Iboga
Part 2: The Mysteries Encountered
The Visions
The Idea of God
Differences between Ayahuasca and Iboga
More Advice
Expectations and Misconceptions
Glossary
About the Authors
Index
Jeremy Narby is an anthropologist best known for his books The Cosmic Serpent and Intelligence in Nature. Filmmaker Jan Kounen has created a number of films and documentaries, including the celebrated Blueberry, released in the United States as Renegades. Vincent Ravalec is a prizewinning writer and filmmaker whose book Iboga has been translated into English by Park Street Press.
“Wide-ranging and provocative, these trialogues entice us with
colorful personal encounters with South American and African
shamanism. Brimming with practical and insightful advice, and
displaying a refreshingly broad conceptual framework, this book is
both entertaining and informative. It will satisfy both the
newcomer to the field as well as those with a well-established
interest in hallucinogens and their social implications.”
*Rick Strassman, author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule and clinical
associate professor of psychiatry,*
"This book will be valuable to professionals counseling young
people and to those working with 12-Step programs and rehab
facilities. Salespeople should understand what it is about so that
it does not get passed over as being sensational and exotic."
*Anna Jedrziewski, New Age Retailer, March 2010*
"Since the 1950s there has been considerable interest in the use of
natural hallucinogens by indigenous people as part of their
spiritual beliefs. . . . the conversation that is recorded does
offer some insights into this strange world."
*The Cauldron, UK, May 2010*
“In The Psychotropic Mind, 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. With sincerity and depth, noted anthropologist Jeremy Narby,
filmmaker Jan Kounen, and writer/filmmaker Vincent Ravalec explore
the questions of indigenous plant medicines, initiations 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, as found in
indigenous cultures, and how this knowledge offers immense benefits
and likely solutions to some of the modern world’s most pressing
problems.”
*Odyssey Magazine, October 2013*
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