Witch-Doctor's Apprentice: Hunting for Medicinal Plants in the Amazon (Library of the Mystic Arts)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806511745 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 412 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her tales span countries and decades, as we watch her mature from an enthusiastic if somewhat naive idealist to a true trouper. This memoir of travels in the has an agreeable twist: Nicole Maxwell was hunting for medicinal plants with the triple goal of conserving the jungle, improving the lot of humanity and having a great deal of fun. Despite setbacks and disillusionment, she never lost sight of her goal, and lived to see others pick up the task of cultivating important medicinal plants and knowledge, and further her cause of preserving the jungle through wiser use.
Decades before Americans became aware of the riches to be found in the knowledge of plant medicines which native shamans had passed down over thousands of years, Ms. Witch-Doctor's Apprentice is an inspiring and amusing plea to modern civilization to save these plants -- and the people who know how to use them -- before they are destroyed forever.On the occasion of this newly revised edition, Ms. This edition also includes a newintroduction by the noted ethno-botanist Terence McKenna."A spirited and engrossing personal narrative, as much about people and places, discomforts and dangers, the beauty of the jungle and the arc-leap of wordless communication across cultural barriers, as it is about bringing natu. Of the plants which are found only in the rain forest, only a tiny percentage have been tested for their full medical possibilities. When Nicole Maxwell first visited the more than forty years ago, she had no idea that she would make a life's work of the people, plants and lore to be found there. L
Joe Silva said Five Stars. Fast shipment and product as described. Thanks!. ""Read this book!"" according to jennifer. For anyone interested in medicinal plants and adventure, this book is for you. I can't say enough about it. I've read this book years ago and was so excited to find it at Amazon. I liked it so much, I bought a copy for my library.Nicole Maxwell tells an extraordinary tale of trying to unlock the secrets of jungle medicine. This book is very informative, but it's not in the least bit dry. Maxwell goes into detail on her encounters with the indigenous people and what it . Remarkable woman, ethnobotanical classic Nicole Maxwell was an amazing woman who devoted much of her life to collecting and studying jungle plants for medicinal purposes. I read the first edition twenty years ago before leaving for the same location she had been to in the late 1950's of the Peruvian Amazon. This third edition is also first class.After putting up with remote jungle river travel, wading through swamps knee deep, fighting off persistent insects, confronting the hot, humid climate and accommodati