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Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine

by Luis Eduardo Luna

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The Ayahuasca Reader is an expansive anthology of texts translated from several different languages covering multiple aspects of the ayahuasca experience. The book is a classic in ayahuasca literature and a must read for those interested in learning more about this sacred plant medicine.

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Independent Publisher Book Awards (Bronze – Multicultural Non-Fiction – 2017)

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Important places: Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Basin, South America

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Languages: English
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 4

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Published: 2000
Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Anthropology, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 394.14
LCC: BF209 .A93 .A95

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