Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2022-08-17
Books mentioned on #615: Dr. Andrew Weil — The 4-7-8 Breath Method, Cannabis, The Uses of Coca Leaf, Rehabilitating Demonized Plants, Kava for Anxiety, Lessons from Wade Davis, The Psychedelic Renaissance, How to Emerge from Depression, Tales from 50+ Visits to Japan, Matcha Benefits, and More
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Andrew Weil discussed Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert. Tim Ferriss discussed One River by Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis, and The Fellowship of the River by Joseph Tafur MD.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tobacco and Shamanism in South America
Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert is a comprehensive ethnographic study detailing the ritualistic and traditional uses of tobacco among indigenous South American societies.
Discussed“after spending more time in south america and reading books i'm going to get the title wrong but it's something like tobacco and shamanism in south america i think it's johannes wilbur or johannes”
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One River
One River by Wade Davis is an account of ethnobotanical exploration in the Amazon that chronicles the adventures of Richard Evans Schultes.
Discussed“i believe it was one river that he wrote which chronicles much of richard evan schulte's adventures who's also considered in some respects the sort of godfather of modern ethnobotany”
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis is a non-fiction investigation into the cultural practices of voodoo and the phenomenon of zombification in Haiti.
Discussed“it's not a purely factual account but still touches on the investigation of zombification and zombie potions in haiti and is one of the trippier historical investigations that you can imagine i mean it's and that was made from a book that was wade's first book was the serpent in the rainbow”
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The Fellowship of the River
The Fellowship of the River by Joseph Tafur MD is a non-fiction book exploring the intersection of modern Western medicine and traditional Amazonian plant medicine, specifically the use of ayahuasca.
Discussed“there's a book called the fellowship of the river i think i'm getting that right about a western trained physician who ends up engaging very heavily with ayahuasca specifically”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i wrote a book called spontaneous happiness which is about emotional mental health”
“you know uh my first book the natural mind alan watts wrote a blurb for it which was great”