Tracked shipping to South Africa with premium packaging for just R199 

Ship to
South Africa
0

My Account

  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • españa
  • méxico
  • perú
  • estados unidos
  • internacional

menu

Select your country

Americas

Europe

Rest of the world

portada Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2003
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
Weight
1
ISBN
0767907434
ISBN13
9780767907439
Edition No.
1
Categories

Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism

Daniel Pinchbeck (Author) · Broadway Books · Paperback

Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism - Daniel Pinchbeck

Cheaper New Book Imported to South Africa
Delivery: 22 Oct - 04 Nov Shipping: 14 to 18 business days.
R 518
Faster New Book Imported to South Africa
Delivery: 21 Oct - 29 Oct Shipping: 13 to 14 business days.
R 603
R 518

Choose the list to add your product or create one New List

Go to My Wishlists
Calculate shipping cost

Synopsis "Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism "

A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the postmodern in a quest for the promise and meaning of the psychedelic experience.While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the spiritual sacraments of tribal cultures around the world. From the iboga of the Bwiti in Gabon, to the Mazatecs of Mexico, these plants are sacred because they awaken the mind to other levels of awareness--to a holographic vision of the universe.Breaking Open the Head is a passionate, multilayered, and sometimes rashly personal inquiry into this deep division. On one level, Daniel Pinchbeck tells the story of the encounters between the modern consciousness of the West and these sacramental substances, including such thinkers as Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Walter Benjamin, and Terence McKenna, and a new underground of present-day ethnobotanists, chemists, psychonauts, and philosophers. It is also a scrupulous recording of the author's wide-ranging investigation with these outlaw compounds, including a thirty-hour tribal initiation in West Africa; an all-night encounter with the master shamans of the South American rain forest; and a report from a psychedelic utopia in the Black Rock Desert that is the Burning Man Festival.Breaking Open the Head is brave participatory journalism at its best, a vivid account of psychic and intellectual experiences that opened doors in the wall of Western rationalism and completed Daniel Pinchbeck's personal transformation from a jaded Manhattan journalist to shamanic initiate and grateful citizen of the cosmos.

Customers reviews

More customer reviews
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

All books in our catalog are Original.

In what language is the book written?

The book is written in English.

What is the format of this book?

The binding of this edition is Paperback.

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews