Black smoke : healing and ayahuasca shamanism in the Amazon

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General Note:	Originally published by Sterling Publishing Co., under the title "Black smoke: a woman's journey of healing, wild love, and transformation in the Amazon," 2009.
Formatted Contents Note:	Initiation -- Gum boots -- Purging -- Burial -- Vine of the maestros -- The holy terror -- The jungle lives in us -- Spirit of the waters -- The ghost child -- Petroleros -- The boiling waterfall -- Woman from the north -- Apprenticeship -- Dangerous nonsense -- Threats of drought and famine -- Bare arms touching -- Madre -- A billowing light -- I want to be alone -- Rosita -- The women of Gualaquiza -- God of the black jaguars -- A crystal palace -- Union -- Bird bones and plastic bags -- Possession -- Partnership -- Flechas -- The dueño of New York -- A poultice of tar -- A different kind of power -- The bay of beavers -- Medicine of the stars -- The quill -- The bust -- Running naked in Toronto -- Epilogue.
Summary, etc.:	A diagnosis of cancer leads to healing and transformation in the Amazon jungle. Provided by publisher.