The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge - Softcover

Narby, Jeremy

 
9780753808511: The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 075380851X ISBN 13: 9780753808511
Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

'Cutting edge' - GUARDIAN

'Thoroughly enjoyable' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

While living among Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby became intrigued by their claim that their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemistry was communicated to them directly while under the influence of hallucinogens.

Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive personal quest. The evidence he collected - on subjects as diverse as molecular biology, shamanism, neurology and ancient mythology - led inexorably to the conclusion that the Indians' claims were literally true: to a consciousness prepared with drugs, specific biochemical knowledge could indeed be directly transmitted through DNA itself.

A gripping investigation that opens fresh perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent is new science of the most exhilarating kind.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeremy Narby studied history at the University of Canterbury and received a PhD in anthropology from Stanford University. For two years he lived with the Ashaninca Indians in the Peruvian Amazon, studying their methods of using the rainforest's resources. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and children.

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Verlag
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
075380851X
ISBN 13 
9780753808511
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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