The Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios: 45 Years with Shamans, Ayahuasqueros, and Ethnobotanists
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594773130 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Over the course of her adventurous life, she has learned love magic from women concerned about her then single status, used fortune-telling cards as an ethnographic research method, and counseled burn victims and other traumatized individuals using insights gleaned from her studies of shamanism. Of special interest are the passages discussing the increasingly influential ayahuasca rituals and the effects of LSD and ayahuasca on creativity and artistic expression. This is a valuable academic resource as
She is the author of seven books and several hundred professional articles. Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. (1939-2012), was a medical anthropologist, associate clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine, and professor emerita of anthropology at California State University, Fullerton, where she taught cultural anthropology from 1969-2000.
Nancy A. Fox said Difficult to categorize. This is an interesting overview of Dr. de Rios work studying the cultural uses of hallucinogenic plants. I'm not sure who the intended audience is. It's not written in a purely scholarly manner to appeal to the academic crowd, but it's also not written for a general audience that isn't a student of anthropology, ethnobotany, etc. While it is an overview of Dr. de Rios career, it is definitely no. A Classic by a Classy Lady eregibra algibra As of last year (2012), Marlene Dobkin de Rios is no longer with us, alas, but her books remain a testimony to her goodwill and powerful intelligence.Here she describes what she experienced when she first went to the Amazon as a young woman, and how she met her husband-to-be and his father, a powerful traditional healer and shaman. Marlene was straight as an arrow and only tried ayahuasca once, . "A Memoir of a Highly Respected Researcher" according to Krystle Cole. I really enjoyed reading this book. I liked that it was written for a general audience rather than an academic one. I read academic papers all the time, and it is refreshing to read something a bit more lively and interesting. Although the author described one of her experiences of taking ayahuasca in a ritual context, I wish she would've went into more detail regarding her own personal spiritua
A look inside almost half a century of pioneering research in the and Peru by a noted anthropologist studying hallucinogens, including ayahuasca • Reveals how ayahuasca successfully treats psychological and emotional disorders • Examines adolescent drug use from a cross-cultural perspective • Discusses the deleterious effects of drug tourism in the Ayahuasca is an alkaloid-rich psychoactive concoction indigenous to South America that has been employed by shamans for millennia as a spirit drug fo