Description:
In the critically acclaimed The Rope in the Water, Sylvia Fraser described her three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." In The Green Labyrinth, Fraser continues her journey, this time deep into the jungle of the Amazon in the company of shamans, traditional spiritualists practicing ancient rituals. At the heart of Fraser's quest lies the mind-expanding drug "ayahuasca", a gateway to worlds beyond her own, to a better understanding of the mysteries of existence. Fraser takes us to shamanic sanctuaries that hover at the edge of our modern world, providing a portal to the unknown. Along the way she introduces us to a diverse group of pilgrims searching for their own answers with the help of shamans and ayahuasca. Through meaningful visions and with spiritual guidance, Fraser and her fellow travellers acquire insight into their emotional and psychic lives, and discover that many of the answers they are searching for lie within themselves.
Brief description:
Sylvia Fraser is the best-selling author of nine books, including the internationally acclaimed My Father's House: A Memoir of Incest and of Healing, and The Quest for the Fourth Monkey: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Physic and Spiritual Revolution (previously published as The Book of Strange). A resident of Toronto, she is currently working on a book about shamanism in the Amazonian Basin.
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