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The Four Winds: A Shaman's Odyssey Into the Amazon

by Alberto Villoldo, Erik Jendresen · 1990

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In this narrative of spiritual discovery, the authors journey to Peru to investigate the jungle plant Ayabuasca, used by Indian shamans to access the four paths of the medicine wheel. Through ritual, ceremony and mind-wrenching potions, the authors enter a realm of mind and body.

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medium · 288 pages

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