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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Ayahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.53 You Save: $5.42 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 299.84 EAN: 9780892811311 ISBN: 0892811315 Label: Park Street Press Manufacturer: Park Street Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: October 10, 2003 Publisher: Park Street Press Release Date: December 31, 2003 Studio: Park Street Press Accessories:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A comprehensive autobiographical account of the transforming experiences possible with ayahuasca • Reveals the protocols of a traditional ayahuasca retreat and the importance of its ritual diet, isolation, and sacred songs • Relates an extensive personal account of the traditional indigenous use of ayahuasca for healing and revelation Ayahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul is an autobiographical account of the author's work with ayahuasca, a potent and sacred plant brew of the Amazon region that is known for its extraordinary visionary and healing powers. As she learned from her experience, with the help of ayahuasca we are able to grasp our paradoxical nature, the first step to acceptance of ourselves in both our glorious and dark aspects. Ayahuasca teaches us how to release the illusions we hold about ourselves and makes it possible to integrate our many diverse aspects to acquire our true power. This book reveals the ritual protocols that must be followed prior to partaking of ayahuasca, including the traditional preparatory "diet"-which requires enduring austere conditions, isolation, and only small amounts of bland food before receiving the powers of the plant spirit from an ayahuasquero, a healing master-and the sacred songs, icaros, that are sung when imbibing the substance. Although the use of ayahuasca is growing among "underground" spiritual seekers and through the burgeoning ayahuasca tourism trade in South America, few of its seekers understand how it is used traditionally and the importance of the rituals the indigenous people follow. With this book, the author hopes to restore the importance of these indigenous practices so that we may truly understand all the gifts of ayahuasca. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ayahuascaInteresting for the beginner perhaps...She went to Peru and took ayahuasca several times with a small group of friends. This is an interesting story of her trip but I wouldn't call it authoritative on the subject; ancedotal maybe. Ayahuasca tourism. Not that she didn't have some deep experiences, but it's kind of a new age tourist's perspective. Difficult to describe in words, one of these journeys. Kudos to her for trying. Rating:  - This could be it.Maybe you want help deciding if the ayahuasca experience is something you want to attempt. Maybe you hope that someone you can relate to, someone a little like you, is doing the thing you dream about, and telling the tale. You probably hope that when the story is told it's as honest as it can be when revealing personal information about the journey, and that the author describes both the difficult and the sublime instances of the story with little regard for how it might make them appear to ... Read More Rating: - Great account of serious experiences with AyahuascaThis is a great account of Joan Wilcox's experiences with ayahuasca within the context of the true Amazon shaman traditions and her own spiritual journey. A must read for anyone interested in shamanic wisdom and the use of ayahuasca and other plants as teachers. Rating:  - Peruvian VacationIf this book had been released in the late 80s it would have been revelatory. However, it's 2004 and there's nothing new here. In fact, you may read more words of wisdom by entering "ayahuasca trip report" on your net browser. It's all a bit dull. The author and various others she writes about seem to be interested in taking ayahuasca for sorting out their own neuroses/problems, e.g. "Mother Ayahuasca, help me with my fear". A straight sitter would have been an asset to record the trips as they happened. ... Read More Rating: - Personal view appreciatedWhat I really like and respect about this book, in addition to the excellent factual material it provides about ayahuasca, is the intensity of the personal viewpoint it provides. There are a lot of books that cover the science of ayahuasca, and its history and ethnobotany. There are even some good books, like Metzner's, that combine sciene with excerpts from experiences by "regular" people. But this is the only book I've found that showed in a sustained way what it's really like to study with this plant teacher ... Read More 
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