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Ayahuasca has gained significant popularity these days in cities
around the world. Why? What effect might ayahuasca be having on our
culture? Does this psychoactive brew, which seems to inspire
environmental action, simplified lifestyles and more communitarian
behaviour, act as an antidote to frenzied consumerist culture? In
When Plants Dream, Pinchbeck and Rokhlin explore the economic,
social, political, cultural and environmental impact that ayahuasca
is having on society. Part 1 covers the background; what ayahuasca
is, where it is found, and its cultural origins. Part 2 explores
the role and practices of the ayahuasquero in both Amazonian and
Western cultures. Part 3 examines the medicinal plants of the
Amazon, looking particularly at the ingredients in ayahuasca and
their therapeutic qualities, covering the most up-to-date
biomedical research, psychedelic science and psychopharmacology. It
also covers all the legal aspects of ayahuasca use. Lastly in Part
4 Pinchbeck and Rokhlin question the future of ayahuasca. When
Plants Dream is the first book 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 is having on cultures
beyond the Amazon.
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