The Cosmic Serpent
by Jeremy Narby
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Author: Jeremy NarbyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-04-05
ISBN: 0874779642
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Tarcher
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Book Review: Extremely interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
I've always been interested in science, religion, and ancient cultures as well as neurology and the general workings of nature. Recently I've been doing a lot of research on the pineal gland, DMT, enlightenment, and Mayan/Aztec culture. A friend gave me this book with a little note that said "food for thought" and he was dead on. I was very surprised to see the majority of the above mentioned subjects discussed in a cohesive, plausible, and interesting way in this book. Narby has some outstanding ideas that lead to many unanswered questions (some of which we will probably never know the answers to) and I thoroughly enjoyed the read. Yea, he's not the best author in the world, but he does a good job and I didn't find myself bored at any point. I wish he'd gone into further detail describing his and others' hallucinogenic experiences and I honestly can't believe that he didn't go for a second try. If I had the chance to experience DMT in it's natural setting like he did, I'd definitely do it as many times as I could. That's beside the point, though. This is a very easy read. I sat down today and read the whole book in one sitting. The bulk of it is only 162 pages, but Narby provides a wealth of references to continue your search if you so desire. About half of the pages are reference materials to further your studies of any of the subjects you find in the book. I'm impressed with his theory and I hope he's right. I'm not sure if it changes anything for us at this stage, but it's a very powerful idea that has life changing potential. I recommend the read, even if you aren't into this sort of thing, just to get your brain working on something you probably wouldn't have thought of otherwise.
Summary of The Cosmic Serpent
A personal adventure, a fascinating study of anthropology and ethnopharmacology, and, most important, a revolutionary look at how intelligence and consciousness come into being.This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribune said might herald "a Copernican revolution for the life sciences," leads the reader through unexplored jungles and uncharted aspects of mind to the heart of knowledge.
In a first-person narrative of scientific discovery that opens new perspectives on biology, anthropology, and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent reveals how startlingly different the world around us appears when we open our minds to it.
"The Cosmic Serpent is a spellbinding, scholarly tour de force that may presage a major paradigm shift in the Western view of reality." --Michael Harner, Ph.D., president, Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and author of The Way of the Shaman
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