Includes bibliographical references and index.

A group of people sit around a table theorising, categorising and telling stories. Their real purpose is never quite clear, but they continue on, searching for

This is a study of the phenomenology of the special state of mind induced by Ayahuasca, a plant-based Amazonian psychotropic brew. The author's research is base

How do we understand a country? At a time when many easy assumptions about how we live and how our society functions are being questioned there is room for cont

"If you dug a hole all the way to the other side of the earth, where would you be? What animals would you see?"--