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The unique path to both health and spiritual illumination offered by the consumption of yaje, a hallucinogenic herb embedded in the indigenous Amazonian cultures of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, is thoroughly documented in this account of the culture and traditions that have developed around its use. The intensity of yaje-induced trances provoked the author to name them the new purgatory and resulted in this text's respectful and hard-earned insights into indigenous ritual and shamanic guidance. A complete survey of yaje ceremonies; recent botanical and anthropological research on yaje; records of scientific and medical studies; its social, psychological, and ethical boundaries; and a look at past attempts to adapt the ancient ceremony to contemporary therapeutic and religious purposes are also provided.

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Jimmy Weiskopf spent 12 years as an apprentice to shamans of yaje in Colombia. He studied modern history at Columbia University and Cambridge University and now works in English-language publishing in Colombia, where he has translated more than 20 books into English.

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