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Working on the beliefs of Peruvian Indians, the author embarks on a scientific quest that takes him from the Amazonian rain forest to the libraries of Europe in hopes of proving that DNA can conduct knowledge. Reprint.

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9780874779110 | J P Tarcher, April 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Working from the beliefs of Peruvian Indians, the author seeks to prove that DNA can conduct knowledge

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9780874779646, titled "Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge" | Reprint edition (J P Tarcher, April 1, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Working from the beliefs of Peruvian Indians, the author seeks to prove that DNA can conduct knowledge

Product Description: A survey of five hundred years of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women-individuals with the power to summon spirits...read more
By Francis Huxley (editor) and Jeremy Narby (editor)

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9780756757762 | Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A survey of five hundred years of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.
9781585420919 | J P Tarcher, April 1, 2001, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Collects essays by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and anthropologists tracing Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women.

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A collection of essays by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians and anthropologists--including Carlos Castaneda, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Black Elk, and Frank Boas--traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women, shamans capable of summoning spirits. Reprint.

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9781585423620 | Reprint edition (J P Tarcher, September 9, 2004), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians and anthropologists--including Carlos Castaneda, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Black Elk, and Frank Boas--traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women, shamans capable of summoning spirits.

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The anthropologist author of The Cosmic Serpent presents an around-the-world study of traditional healers and modern researchers to offer insight into the nature of biological intelligence, presenting evidence of intelligence in non-human life forms while discussing what the human world can learn from nature's examples. Reprint.

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9781585423996 | J P Tarcher, March 3, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Offers insight into the nature of biological intelligence, presenting evidence of intelligence in non-human life forms while discussing what the human world can learn from nature's examples.

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9781585424610 | Reprint edition (J P Tarcher, March 2, 2006), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The anthropologist author of The Cosmic Serpent presents an around-the-world study of traditional healers and modern researchers to offer insight into the nature of biological intelligence, presenting evidence of intelligence in non-human life forms while discussing what the human world can learn from nature's examples.

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