The Shaman and the Jaguar: A Study of Narcotic Drugs Among the Indians of Colombia by Reichel-Dolmatoff, G.; Schultes, Richard Evans - 1975

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 280 pp, indexed and illustrated. Bookplate on front pastedown, very slight spine slant. Dust jacket has some light rubbing and a one-inch closed tear to the rear panel. According to the jacket, this book "is rich in both subjective and objective accounts of the hallucinogenic drugs used in native religions. The author describes in detail his own participation in the drug-taking ceremonies of these tribes and his experience of deep dimensions of altered consciousness. He also gives full weight to the botanical, chemical, and physiological properties of the hallucinogens.