Exploring Indigenous Knowledge of Nature and the Universe: Jeremy Narby's 'The Cosmic Serpent'

Scatty: After taking a few Ayahuasca sessions, this is a must read.
I wish I could have read it bevor hand. But I love it right now too.
Must read!

Germany on Sep 12, 2023

Kathryn: A perspective I have always wondered about.

United Kingdom on Aug 29, 2023

Ray Cole: Great seller! The book was in perfect condition and the delivery was fast.

United States on Aug 24, 2023

Ronald Walker: Great information

United States on Aug 22, 2023

Charlene Kehoe: This book was recommended to me by my guide in Ecuador. It is the story of Amazon shamans and ayuwaska from a European's experience. I keep lending it out and then reordering. Ordered 3 times...so far. Changes the way I think about knowledge.

United States on Jul 27, 2023

Marco: This is almost a page-turner with its incredible investigation into Shamanism and links to DNA. It demonstrates with limits of reductionism and the blinkered, scientific view of Nature and life on this planet.

The world would be a better place if all scientists were obliged to read this book with an open mind lol

Science refuses to make connections as its specialists remain isolated in their own fields, this book details how a global view could revolutionise Western thought and help to solve many of our current problems.

In his scouring of other cultures for serpent symbols, it seems curious that Buddhism and Kundalini Yoga are not mentioned. Buddhist medicine has evolved an impressive vision of the human body using meditation techniques to see within our bodies and understands the flow of energy within in such incredible detail that allows Chinese medicine to be far ahead of Western practises in many fields. Perhaps the subject of his next book?

Buy this book and be amazed...open your eyes

Italy on Jul 20, 2023

Rachel Nielsen: Fresh and appealing anthropological perspective on the cosmic mystery of the two snake imagery experienced in shamanic visions.

United States on Jun 01, 2023

Legendary: A good read and great content.

United Kingdom on May 11, 2023

Daryl Tharp: It makes one wonder about the natural world around us, and how we might be able to communicate with it

United States on Apr 02, 2023

Zago: Construit comme certains reportages scientifiques TV actuels, où on suit l’avancée de recherches dans un domaine particulier, avec les différents acteurs qui ont fait avancer le domaine étudié, les erreurs, les doutes, un peu comme une enquête policière pour éclaircir un mystère, chronologiquement, et non pas en donnant le résultat pur et simple .
On peut alors progresser de néophyte plus ou moins total vers l’amateur éclairé, la connaissance ayant été distillée dans cette durée de l’ « enquête » . Une lecture passionnante . Il est prudent pour ne pas se faire perdre en route, d’arriver avec l’esprit grand ouvert et nos propres questionnements : Les hallucinations du chamanes induites par l’ayahuasca par exemple sont-elles une production brute du cerveau, où un monde extérieur peuplé d’esprits réels accessible par la transe, un monde où toutes les connaissances sont accessibles, permettant alors de soigner, de prédire l’avenir .
Et des questionnements annexes qui s'ouvrent, par exemple : Le pratiquant spirituel qui médite accède-t’il au même résultat, au même fond de connaissance absolu, et l’enjeu est-il le même, quand...

France on Mar 18, 2019