Listening to Ayahuasca
New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety

Dr. Harris has written a well balanced, well researched (both empirically and subjectively) book about Ayahuasca and the experience of drinking it. I do find it rather amusing that a person as intelligent and open as Dr. Harris is seems to have so much difficulty reconciling her views as a scientifi......more

Reading Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety, was enlightening, but disturbing. The book provides a history of this substance, ayahuasca, a brew that originated in Peru, made from a vine that’s typically concocted by Shamanic leaders. Traditionally it’s been......more

I liked the perspective Rachel Harris brought as a therapist with a background in scientific research. Her experience with the human potential movement at Esalen shines through in that she is willing to hold the seemingly contradicting world views of the scientific and shamanic world without discern......more

Endorsements: “Finally, finally, finally — an ayahuasca book I can recommend without reservation.” — James Fadiman, PhD, author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys “An excellent book on the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca; clearly written and well researched,......more

This is obviously a book about about Ayahuasca, and a great one. For a person that have already experienced the plants magical qualities (in the correct way) this book might not give that much more information.. Though, I will most defintely handle it over to my Very sceptical (*chatolic, anti-drug,......more