A "what to expect" guide for first-time ayahuasca users paired with accounts from the author's extensive shamanic experiences in the Amazon - Describes how to prepare for the first ceremony, what to do in the days afterward, and how to maintain a shamanic healing diet - Details some of the author's own ayahuasca experiences, including an intensive trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies - Explores the many other plants that are part of the ayahuasca...