The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

Whilst living amongst Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby learned of their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemical interactions, gained under the influence of the hallucinogen ayahuasca. Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive quest. He researched cutting-edge scholarship in subjects as diverse as molecular biology, shamanism, neurology and mythology, which led him inexorably to the conclusion that the Indians' claims were literally true: to a consciousness prepared with drugs, biochemical knowledge could indeed be transmitted, through DNA itself.

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• Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism
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• Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
• Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
• Ecstasy : The Complete Guide : A Comprehensive Look at the Risks and Benefits of MDMA
• Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
• Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
• DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences