Dream People of Ikiam: Ayahuasca and the Physics of Spirit

A field guide to the living intelligence of the Amazon

* Explores the worldview of the Achuar, Shuar, and Shiwiar peoples, revealing a cosmology in which the forest is a conscious, spiritually animate entity

* Illuminates the intersection of Amazonian animism and subquantum physics, drawing on the theories of Paul LaViolette, David Bohm, and Gunther Kletetschka

* Offers firsthand accounts of natem (ayahuasca) ceremonies, traditional plant medicine, and daily life in remote Achuar communities o...