Ayahuasca and human destiny.

نویسنده

  • Dennis J McKenna
چکیده

In this essay, the author shares his personal reflections gleaned from a lifetime of research with ayahuasca, and speculates on the societal, political, planetary, and evolutionary implications of humanity's aeons-old symbiosis with this shamanic plant. The thesis is developed that at this critical historical juncture, ayahuasca has developed a strategy to broadcast its message to a wider world--a reflection of the urgent need to avert global ecological catastrophe. While ayahuasca has much to teach us, the critical question is, will humanity hear it, and heed it, in time?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of psychoactive drugs

دوره 37 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005