Singing to the Plants

A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By Stephan V. Beyer
Published by UNM Press
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This accessible study of ayahuasca shamanism introduces its ritual practices including healers' spiritual relationships with the native plants used in its ceremonies.

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Stephan V. Beyer

Stephan V. Beyer has a law degree and doctorates in both religion and psychology, and has previously published three books on Buddhism and Tibetan language and religion. He has been a university professor, a trial lawyer, a wilderness guide, and a peacemaker and community builder. He studied wilderness survival among the indigenous peoples of North and South America, and sacred plant medicine with traditional herbalists in North America and in the Upper Amazon.

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  • Publisher: UNM Press (June 30, 2010)
  • Length: 544 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826347305

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A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By Stephan V. Beyer
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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