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Books about humans
The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca ExperienceThe Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience by Benny Shanon
Buy new: £23.48 / Used from: £29.76
A fascinating piece of research
Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of KnowledgeCosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby
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Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to KnowledgeShamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge
Very comprehensive
Dmt: the Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of near-Death and Mystical ExperiencesDmt: the Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of near-Death and Mystical Experiences by Rick Strassman
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A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far EastA Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East by Tiziano Terzani
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Magnificent and charming
The Other Side of Eden: Hunter-gatherers, Farmers and the Shaping of the WorldThe Other Side of Eden: Hunter-gatherers, Farmers and the Shaping of the World by Hugh Brody
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Throughly brilliant - deserves to be widely read
Living Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer SocietyLiving Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer Society by Walter Schwarz
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Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo FamilyNever in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family by JL Briggs
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A classic
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our FamiliesWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
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Chilling
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread: At work in the Fields of AnarchyWhere Soldiers Fear to Tread: At work in the Fields of Anarchy by John Burnett
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You can hardly believe it
Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Ravens and River Notes: The Dance of HeronsDesert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Ravens and River Notes: The Dance of Herons by Barry Lopez
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I first read this as a teenager and it blew me away. So beautiful.
Death without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book)Death without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil (Centennial Book) by N ScheperHughes
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