The Cosmic Serpent
| File:Cosmic serpent.jpg Penguin paperback cover, showing symbolic correspondence between an image of a snake and DNA | |
| Author | Jeremy Narby |
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| Original title | Le serpent cosmique, l'ADN et les origines du savoir |
| Illustrator | |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Georg |
Publication date | 1998 |
Published in English | 1998 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 257 |
| ISBN | 2-8257-0495-4 Search this book on  . |
| OCLC | 34122475 |
| Followed by | Intelligence in Nature |
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge is a 1998 non-fiction book by anthropologist Jeremy Narby.
Research
Narby performed two years of field work in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon researching the ecology of the Asháninka, an indigenous people in Peru.
Hypothesis
Postulating connections between shamanism and molecular biology, Narby hypothesizes that shamans may be able to access information at the molecular level through the ingestion of entheogens, specifically ayahuasca.[1] Biophysicist Jacques Dubochet criticized Narby for not testing his hypothesis.[1]
Documentary
Narby and three molecular biologists revisited the Peruvian Amazon to try to test the hypothesis, and their work is featured in the documentary film, Night of the Liana.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Narby, Jeremy (2006). Intelligence in Nature. Penguin. pp. 1–2, 149–150. ISBN 1-58542-399-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Grant, John (2006). Discarded Science. Sterling Publishing. pp. 285–286. ISBN 1-904332-49-8. Search this book on
Further reading
- Posner, Michael. article, "Plants with Soul", [1]. The Walrus, Jul/Aug 2006.
- Shanon, Benny. (2002). Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925292-0 Search this book on .
- Stewart, Todd. "The Cosmic Serpent: An interview with Jeremy Narby" in ascent magazine. Issue 03. 1999.
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