The Cosmic Serpent

Publié par Weidenfeld & Nicolson, le 11 février 2016

272 pages

Résumé

'Cutting edge' - GUARDIAN 'Thoroughly enjoyable' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH While living among Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby became intrigued by their claim that their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemistry was communicated to them directly while under the influence of hallucinogens. Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive personal quest. The evidence he collected - on subjects as diverse as molecular biology, shamanism, neurology and ancient mythology - led inexorably to the conclusion that the Indians' claims were literally true: to a consciousness prepared with drugs, specific biochemical knowledge could indeed be directly transmitted through DNA itself. A gripping investigation that opens fresh perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent is new science of the most exhilarating kind.

Intelligence dans la nature - En quête du savoir

Plantes et chamanisme - Conversations autour de l'ayahuasca et de l'iboga

Anthologie du chamanisme - Cinq cents ans sur la piste du savoir

The Cosmic Serpent

Le serpent cosmique, l'ADN et les origines du savoir

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