Psychedelic Shamanism, Updated Editio..., Jim DeKorne
Psychedelic Shamanism, Updated Editio..., Jim DeKorne
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Psychedelic Shamanism, Updated Edition
The Cultivation, Preparation, and Shamanic Use of Psychotropic Plants

Author: Jim DeKorne

Narrator: Paul Brion

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2019

Synopsis

Psychedelic Shamanism presents the spiritual and shamanic properties of psychotropic plants and discusses how they can be used to understand the structure of human consciousness. Author Jim DeKorne offers authoritative information about the cultivation, processing, and correct dosages for various psychotropic plant substances including the belladonna alkaloids, d-lysergic acid amide, botanical analogues of LSD, mescaline, ayahuasca, DMT, and psilocybin.
 
Opening with vivid descriptions of the author’s personal experiences with psychedelic drugs, the book describes the parallels that exist among shamanic states of consciousness, the use of psychedelic catalysts, and the hidden structure of the human psyche. DeKorne suggests that psychedelic drugs allow us to examine the shamanic dimensions of reality. This worldview, he says, is ubiquitous across space, time, and culture, with individuals separated by race, distance, and culture routinely describing the same core reality that provides powerful evidence of the dimensional nature of consciousness itself. The book guides the reader through the imaginal realm underlying our awareness, a world in which spiritual entities exist to reconnect us with ourselves, humanity, and our planet.

About The Author

Jim DeKorne has been a political activist, epidemiologist, and college English teacher, and is the author of several books. The former publisher of The Entheogen Review, he lives in Pahoa, HI.Paul Brion has a passion for storytelling. He believes that audiobooks—our most current form of the oral tradition—are the purest of the interactive and co-creative arts. An autodidact with eclectic interests, he enjoys learning about a wide variety of subjects, as he has an avaricious hunger for knowledge. A jack-of-all-trades in the industry, he’s as just at home narrating romance and suspense as he is history, counterculture or psychology.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brendon

Humorous and intriguing to read even if you don't agree or buy into whole hog his ideas on archons, imaginal realms, etc.; also a great snapshot of psychonaut thinking circa '94 for those of us of later generations; I found this as good background reading to David Pinchbeck's Breaking Open the Head......more

Goodreads review by Thomas the reader

Phenomenological depictions were highly enjoyable, as was his integral thinking and attempts at synthesizing various theories and perspectives on what the psychedelic phenomenon is. Although, it should have either a) stopped there or b) continued in the same vein. Only the 2nd part of the book is ab......more

Goodreads review by Blair

I appreciated the author´s clear explanations of alternate dimensions and his postulations on what kinds of entities inhabit them. His descriptions of how they make contact with us, and how this could have led to many of the world´s religions, are good cautionary tales for any psychedelic explorer. F......more

Goodreads review by Noumnemonicon

Never have arguments been put forth with such a subtle blend of eloquence and psychosis.......more

Quotes

“No hands-on explorer of psychedelic hyperspace will want to be uninformed of the facts and techniques in this book. It is a valuable contribution to the new literature of do-it-yourself shamanism and psychoactive ethnobotany.”
—Terence McKenna, author of Food of the Gods: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution

“Jim DeKorne’s Psychedelic Shamanism is a classic in the field of exploratory ontological musings on substance-induced changes of consciousness and their multidimensional implications. I recommend it highly.”
—Daniel Pinchbeck, editorial director of Reality Sandwich and author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism
 
“The original Psychedelic Shamanism filled a crucial niche in the literature on the use of psychoactive plants in spiritual practice. This updated and revised version establishes its relevance to the current generation’s search for insightful and thought-provoking treatments of a controversial topic.”
—Rick Strassman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule

“At last, a book about drugs and the paranormal that makes sense. I recommend it to everyone.”
—Robert Anton Wilson, coauthor of The Illuminatus! Trilogy
 
“DeKorne writes closely from experience, within an informed background of inner exploration and growth, and that is what makes this book good. Kudos to North Atlantic Books for bringing it back into print.”
—Dale Pendell, author of Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
 
“An indispensable guide to the theory, practice, cosmology, theology, and ethnobotany of plant teachers.”
—Howard Rheingold, editor of The Whole Earth Review
 
“The myth and mystery of shamanism—the drugs, taboos, sex, death, and genius—get a first class Broadway showing, thanks to Jim DeKorne. This book is indispensable reading for anyone interested in drug or state of consciousness issues. DeKorne proves that passion can produce real art!”
—Thomas Lyttle, publisher of Psychedelic Monographs and Essays
 
“DeKorne describes not only how to handle your plants, and the journeys you’re about to take, but he gives you a flight plan, explaining with personal stories and shamanic theory just what it is you will be experiencing.”
—Richard Kadrey, author of Covert Culture Sourcebook

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