Aya Awakenings

A Shamanic Odyssey

Rak Razam, Dennis J. McKenna, PhD

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
01 November 2013

Shamanism, paganism & druidry

"Experiential journalist Rak Razam sets out to document the thriving business of 21st-century hallucinogenic shamanism starting with a trip to the annual Amazonian Shaman Conference in Iquitos, Peru, where he meets a motley crew of ""spiritual tourists,"" rogue scientists, black magicians, and indigenous and Western healers and guides, all in town to partake of the ritual--and the medicine--of ayahuasca, ""the vine of souls."" Combining his personal story with the history of Amazonian shamanism, Razam takes the reader along on an entertaining, enlightening adventure.

In areas of Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, the traditional herbal brew known as ayahuasca or yaje is legally used to heal physical ailments and to cleanse and purify the spirit by connecting it to the web of life. Sting and Tori Amos have admitted sampling it in Latin America, as has Paul Simon, who chronicled the experience in his song ""Spirit Voices."" Aya Awakenings works as a cautionary tale, a travelogue, and a memoir, but primarily acts as a portal through which readers are able to gain more information about the perils and the promise of spiritual reconnection through ayahuasca."

By: Rak Razam
Foreword by: Dennis J. McKenna PhD
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 789g
ISBN: 9781583948002
ISBN 10: 1583948007
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

RAK RAZAM is a new wave entheogenic researcher and the cofounder of Undergrowth.org, Australia's leading online counterculture arts and literature magazine, and the Icaros Foundation. An author, freelance journalist, and editor, he specializes in underground and counterculture communities, spirituality, and technology. He has written features for The Age, Dazed and Confused magazine and Dazed Digital, Disinfo.com, Reality Sandwich, High Times, Filmmaker magazine, Australian Penthouse, and many other publications.

Reviews for Aya Awakenings: A Shamanic Odyssey

A memorable--and deeply personal--journey into the hearts and minds of those who carry on the shamanic traditions of ayahuasca. --Rich Doblin, founder of MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies An excellent work! This is definitely the best thing I've read on ayahuasca tourism, and beyond that, the whole apparent reemergence of shamanic consciousness as a force for change and evolution on a global scale. --Ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna, PhD, author of The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss As Razam so aptly demonstrates, a new kind of traveler is emerging--one that embarks into the mysterious and uncharted domain within, where they aim to conquer their own hearts. Written in the tradition of a great adventure narrative, Aya Awakenings is a timely story for a new emerging era. --Yossi Ghinsberg, author of Lost in the Jungle The best Canterbury Tales of the modern pilgrimage to Iquitos. --Richard Meech, filmmaker, director of the documentary Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca