{"product_id":"visionary-ayahuasca-a-manual-for-therapeutic-and-spiritual-journeys-9781620553459","title":"Visionary Ayahuasca: A Manual for Therapeutic and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1999 Jan Kounen has regularly traveled to the Peruvian Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies. At first only a curious filmmaker, over multiple trips he transformed from explorer to apprentice to ayahuasqueroand often found himself surrounded by other foreigners coming to the jungle for their first taste of ayahuasca medicine. Knowing how little guidance is available on how to prepare or what to expect, he naturally offered them advice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart visionary ayahuasca memoir and part practical guide, this book contains the same step-by-step advice that Kounen provides first-time ayahuasca users in the jungle. He describes how to prepare for the first ceremony and what to do in the days afterward. He explores how to deal with the nausea and details the special preparatory diets an ayahuasca shaman will put you on, often lasting for months but necessary for life-transforming results and teachings from the plant spirits. He also explains how it is far easier to maintain these restrictions in the jungle than in the city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetailing his own ayahuasca experiences over hundreds of sessions, including a trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies in 25 days, Kounen describes how ayahuasca transformed him. He tells of his meetings with Shipibo healers, including Kestenbetsa, who opened the doors of this world for him, and Panshin Beka, the shaman to whom Kounen became an apprentice. He details the many other plants and foods that are part of the ayahuasca healer's medicine cabinet, such as toé and tobacco, as well as their icaros, or healing songs. A veritable \"what to expect\" guide, this book should be your first step prior to committing to ayahuasca.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is the first book that anyone thinking about taking ayahuasca, or taking it again, must own. The manual section is honest, revealing, invaluable, and packed with everything, including how to find a safe and sane teacher, how to sit during ceremony, what kinds of clothes to bring, and why \u003ci\u003edietas\u003c\/i\u003e are necessary for real healing. Jan’s own journal of his progress is unusually candid in disclosing the obstacles and difficulties that arise even as your commitment to this path deepens.” * James Fadiman, Ph.D., author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide *\u003cbr\u003e“This is a great book for anyone who is planning to attend an ayahuasca ceremony. It is packed with useful information, observations, and relevant facts providing a valuable guide to what you can \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e expect from the vine of souls.” * Ross Heaven, author of Plant Spirit Shamanism *\u003cbr\u003e“A rich, honest, informative testimony based on numerous courageous acts, this book is both extremist and full of good sense--outlandish and matter of fact. A filmmaker’s guide to the cinematic world of ayahuasca.” * Jeremy Narby, anthropologist and author *\u003cbr\u003e“Jan Kounen’s descriptions of his experiences with ayahuasca are informed, poetic, and at times authentically visceral. This book provides excellent insights into the discipline and the rigors of the traditional plant diet as well as the underlying relationship between human and plant consciousness. This is definitely a book for both the person considering working with ayahuasca and for those with significant experience with the plant. It was a pleasure to read this book.” * Howard G. Charing, coauthor of Plant Spirit Shamanism *\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eVistionary Ayahuasca\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 years of experience with ayahuasca medicina is laid out beautifully. It has lots of information for anyone considering going down the ayahuasca trail. Don’t leave home without it!” * Alan Shoemaker, author of Ayahuasca Medicine *\u003cbr\u003e“A veritable what to expect guide, this book should be your first step prior to committing to ayahuasca. This book is overflowing with helpful information, facts, and personal accounts of what you can expect from your ayahuasca experience.” * Common Ground, Jackie Cassidy, December 2014 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForeword by Alejandro Jodorowsky \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAyahuasca: Illegal Drug or National Cultural Heritage? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eInner Journey Notebooks\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugust 1999-November 2010\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCredits \u003cbr\u003ePrologue \u003cbr\u003eYarinacocha Quarter \u003cbr\u003eWelcome \u003cbr\u003eA Good Drink, Peaceful \u003cbr\u003eHouston, Do You Read Me? \u003cbr\u003eA Whiff of Love Does You Good \u003cbr\u003eThat Kounen, He’s Really Wacky \u003cbr\u003eDying Over There \u003cbr\u003eBlueberry Madness (Part One) \u003cbr\u003eBlueberry Madness (Part Two) \u003cbr\u003eThe Return of the Sierra Cactus \u003cbr\u003eNausea Under the Stars \u003cbr\u003eMystic Terror \u003cbr\u003eTonight, Some People Will Encounter Fear \u003cbr\u003eThe Wages of Fear \u003cbr\u003eFaced with a Breast \u003cbr\u003eThe Serpent Breathes Out \u003cbr\u003eTwin Towers \u003cbr\u003eLa Cucaracha \u003cbr\u003eAyahuasca Movie at the Cannes Festival \u003cbr\u003eStar Wars in the Maloca \u003cbr\u003eRemembering the Closing Diet \u003cbr\u003eI Wanna Go Home \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyahuasca Medicina, A Manual\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForty Questions and Answers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Basics \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAyahuasca Medicine, Diets, and Songs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreparing for Ayahuasca \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMind, Ceremony, and Intoxication\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVisions \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvice for Encounters with Scary Serpents and Talking Plants\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSongs \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReceiving the Ícaros\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter the Ceremony \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetermining if This Medicine Is Right for You\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChoosing a Healer \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealer Recommendations and the Ethics of Paying for Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTreatments and Contraindications \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReceiving Plant Healing Safely\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePractical Preparations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat to Bring and When and Where to Go\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlossary of Plants \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA Small Shipibo Lexicon \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFour of Kestenbetsa’s Ícaros \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBonus Track 1: My First Ceremony with Guillermo \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBonus Track 2: My Final Ceremonies with Guillermo \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA Big Thank-You \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Inner Traditions Bear and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410698150231,"sku":"9781620553459","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781620553459.jpg?v=1730511044","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visionary-ayahuasca-a-manual-for-therapeutic-and-spiritual-journeys-9781620553459","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}