a best selling author of The Secret History of the American Empire and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. His other books include Shapeshifting; The World Is As You Dream It; Psychonavigation; Spirit of the Shuar; and The Stress Free Habit. He served during the late 1960's 1970's in the Peace Corps (Amazon and Andes) has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East; studied extensively with indigenous prophets and shamans; and taught at universities and learning centers on four continents.

the worst) of them and been way, way beyond the chrysanthemum on many a dark jungle night. This is the intensely personal story of an old-school jungle rat for whom ayahuasca is not just a hobby, but a life-long quest."

-- Dennis McKenna, Ph.D, co-author of The Invisible Landscape

a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. She is literally plunged into a swirl of chaotic occurrences, while the characters she encounters on this odyssey reveal the deeper, hidden knowledge she doesn't even realize she has asked for. Like every hero, Amanda is thrown into crisis, questioning the fundamental premises of her life ? that the reality she has believed in about how men are, how relationships with others should be, and how her emotions are affecting her work isn't reality at all!