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Title: The 3 Halves of Ino Moxo: Teachings of the Wizard of the Upper Amazon by Cesar Calvo, Kenneth A. Symington ISBN: 0-89281-519-1 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning Prose!
Comment: I started this novel a bit hesitantly, as I'm not the type to trust translations; "poetry is what is lost in the translation," to para-quote Rilke. Fortunately, my initial apprehension about this work proved worthless, as it was a stunning read, start to finish. While it does perhaps romaniticize the life of ayahuasqueros and their students, it very well might also be that I'm just not able to completely buy into such a hyper-magical/mystical view of quotidian life. Still, the book definitely conjures a spell over the reader, as Symington - who was of great help at the recent ayahuasca conference in SF - is seemingly a virtuostic translator; I only wish I could read Spanish at the level this novel must have been written at. Those interested in ayahuasca, the legendary "vine of the soul," will NOT be disappointed. I'd say this book is just as valuable as non-fiction works like Luna and Amaringo's *Ayahuasca Visions* or other works by Luna, and certiainly one heck of a lot more informative (though not from a practical perspective) than Ralph Metzner's recent ayahuasca-centered publication. A key moment for me occurs somewhere in the first quarter of the book, in which an ayahuasquero is conversing with the book's narrator, and what unfolds is a mystical challenge of knowledge. Can the adept come to *KnOw* (as in the Gnostic "know") and live the path ayahuasca offers? This section - you'll know it when you come to it - is among the most poetic, stunning passages in the book. Overall, this is a fine read, and much more intelligent than a lot of other like-minded fictional or semi-fictional works (check out Paul Tullio's *Mushroom Man* for some better than average psychedelic fiction). Books about ayahuasca are quite hit and miss, so it's especially pleasing to have such a mature work generally available in English (a great deal gets written in Spanish and Portuguese, and without those languages, ayahuasca adepts are a bit lost, IMHO). If you're up for highly evocative prose worthy of a master fiction writier, then by all means purchase this book. It's definitely a lot less annoying than reading Jonathan Ott for fun...
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Title: Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Cordova-Rios by Cordova-Rice Lamb, F. Bruce Lamb, Manuel Cordova-Rice ISBN: 0938190806 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Rio Tigre and Beyond: The Amazon Jungle Medicine of Manuel Cordova by F. Bruce Lamb ISBN: 0938190598 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: July, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ayahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul by Joan Parisi Wilcox ISBN: 0892811315 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title:Ayahuasca Songs from the Peruvian Amazon ASIN: B000050I9U Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon by John M. Perkins, Shakaim Mariano Ijisam Chumpi, Shakaim Mariano Shakai Ijisam Chumpi ISBN: 0892818654 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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