Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism - Brossura

Pinchbeck, Daniel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0767907434 ISBN 13: 9780767907439

Casa editrice: Crown, 2003

Riassunto

A study of contemporary shamanism and the spiritual possibilities of psychedelic plants draws on the works of top thinkers and current studies while sharing the author's research of tribal, ritual, and shaman use of psychedelic compounds. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"Grippingly dramatic, powerfully moving, this is a classic of the literature of ecstasy."
--Booklist (starred review)

"In his reporting, [Pinchbeck] manages to walk a difficult tonal tightrope, balancing his skepticism with a desire to be transformed. He thoughtfully serveys the literature about psychedelic drugs, but the most exhilirating and illuminating sections are the descriptions of drug taking...Pinchbeck's earnest, engaged and winning matter carry the book."
--Publishers Weekly

"I much admire Breaking Open the Head for being the account of an authentic quest for enlightenment in jungles, up rivers, in deserts, and hardest of all to access, the human mind and heart via one of the oldest thoroughfares on earth, mind-expanding drugs. This is a serious and illuminating journey."
--Paul Theroux
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore:

DANIEL PINCHBECK is a founding editor of Open City, and he has written for such publications as Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and The Village Voice, where sections of his book have previously appeared.
From the Hardcover edition.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Crown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0767907434
• ISBN 13: 9780767907439
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336