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The Jaguar that Roams the Mind: An Amazonian Plant Spirit Odyssey | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Tindall
Creator: Mark J. Plotkin
Publisher: Park Street Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 239686
Media: Paperback
Pages: 296
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1594772541
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.321089808113
EAN: 9781594772542
ASIN: 1594772541
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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Product Description
A journey into the deeper workings of indigenous healing in the Amazon
• Explores the three pillars of Amazonian shamanism: purging, psychoactive plants, and diet
• Shares the experiences of apprenticing with an Ashaninca master shaman
• Reveals the intimate relationship between shamans and plant spirits
The Jaguar that Roams the Mind is a journey into the vanishing world of Amazonian shamanism--an adventure of initiation and return--that explores the unique reality at the heart of the Amazonian healing system. Robert Tindall shares his journeys through the inner and outer landscape of the churches of ayahuasca and with the Kaxinawa Indians in Brazil; his experiences at the pioneering center for the treatment of addiction, Takiwasi, in Peru; and his studies with an Ashaninca master shaman deep in the rainforest jungle.
Moving beyond the scientific approach to medicinal plants, which seeks to reduce them to their chemical constituents, Tindall illustrates the shamans’ intimate relationships with plant spirits. He explores the three pillars of Amazonian shamanism: purging (drawing disease out of the body), psychoactive plants (including the ritual use of ayahuasca), and diet (communing with the innate intelligence of teacher plants). Through trials and revelations, the subtle inner logic of indigenous healing unfolds for him, including the “miraculous” healing of a woman suffering from a brain tumor. Culminating in a ceremony fraught with terror yet ultimately enlightening, Tindall’s journey reveals the crucial component missing from the metaphysics of the West: the understanding and appreciation of the sentience of nature itself.
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Great journeyof the mind November 17, 2008
Bob Aislesix (Washington state)
This is another gem of the paths to healing through entheogens; I can not praise this book enough. Do yourself a favor and get it.
A Very Closeup View of the Ayuaska Culture November 13, 2008
Marshall Masters (Northern CA United States)
There are a lot of books about Ayuaska, but this one is different from the rest. It is not an after-the-fact intellectual Ayuaska tourism dissection. Rather, it is a very personal, existential experience that puts you in the heart of the Ayuaska culture in Brazil. With a captivating writing system, Tindall shares his experiences in a non-judgmental way. A powerful page turner.
spectacular cat's eye October 15, 2008
Author Brian Wallace (Mind Transmission, Inc.) (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book features a powerful tour through the wondrous caverns of the entheogenic, visionary landscape. It delightfully captures one man's amazing journey of mind, heart and soul as he travels through foreign lands in pursuit of higher knowledge. I was captivated by the extraordinary insights and intense self-analyzing that keep the reader hypnotized and enriched throughout the process. There are vivid, engaging stories of environmentalism and stories of love. He recalls interesting parables and dabbles in some of the world's greatest offerings in the domains of literature, science and religion. He ties them into his personal experience with originality and vivacity. Excitement abounds in this work!
This highly colorful and enlightening book will bring your spirit higher and take you into rich, expanded territories of thought. It will obliterate close-mindedness and open your eyes to a whole new world of thinking and feeling about the world around you - and the world within.
The unique love story that evolves adds a poignant touch. Also, I enjoyed the heartfelt memories of his special feline.
Every chapter stimulates the reader to question ideas of philosophy, psychology, metaphysics and hedonism. You might even salivate as you turn the pages.
I invite you to sink your mind into one of the most delectable and rapturous soul-twisters I have read in quite a while. It is completely worth the effort and will leave you permanently changed.
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