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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Compré este libro a raíz de una exposición en el CCCB y luego me olvidé completamente de él. Salí fascinada de la exposición, pero luego otros libros se entrometieron y he tardado en leerlo. Estoy eternamente agradecida a mi yo del pasado por haber decidido comprar este libro. Es una mezcla de mitología, conocimiento chamánico, biología, psicología y antropología y, a mi parecer, no podría existir mejor mezcolanza. Narrado desde la subjetividad y experiencias personales del autor, es un libro fácilmente digerible por el público no especializado (aunque quizás requiera alguna búsqueda en Google para profundizar en algún aspecto que él toca tangencialmente y que es muy relevante). Sin lugar a dudas recomendaré encarecidamente este libro a todas aquellas personas que busquen un libro de no-ficción memorable.
Fascinating exploration into the origins of DNA and its connection to the shamanic potion of Ayahuasca. Jeremy Narby's open mind and willingness to combine western scientific knowledge with that of tribal, more esoteric, knowledge in order to form a greater understanding of our origins and the world around us, is breathtaking. A must read for anyone with an open-mind and a burning curiosity of the mysterious cosmos that we find ourselves in.
-Natur hat ein Bewusstsein
-Schamanen können mithilfe von tabak und ayhuasca auf molekularbiologische Ebene der DNS
-Quartz Kristalle sind real
-Alles ist connected :)
-Schamanen können mithilfe von tabak und ayhuasca auf molekularbiologische Ebene der DNS
-Quartz Kristalle sind real
-Alles ist connected :)
This is the kind of book that can be an eye-opener. Maybe one can find in it more juice if one has already some inkling about psychedelic experiences and studies, or if you have had some experience with hallucinatory substances, especially ayahuasca, which is central to the thesis of the book.
At times Narby seems to get too carried away with his part of the argument, but that also makes this book a very humane one, as it carries us through a simplified stream of consciousness as an idea evolves throughout the author's investigative effort.
In the end, what one takes from it depends on how open-minded one might be to face the world around us under different conceptual assumptions than those we (westerners, particularly) are mostly used. In any case, it's a good book to show how thinking outside-the-box can be achieved and how defocalizing (using Narby's word) one's attention while trying to solve a problem can lead to very interesting results. If for nothing else, this book would already be worth a reading.
At times Narby seems to get too carried away with his part of the argument, but that also makes this book a very humane one, as it carries us through a simplified stream of consciousness as an idea evolves throughout the author's investigative effort.
In the end, what one takes from it depends on how open-minded one might be to face the world around us under different conceptual assumptions than those we (westerners, particularly) are mostly used. In any case, it's a good book to show how thinking outside-the-box can be achieved and how defocalizing (using Narby's word) one's attention while trying to solve a problem can lead to very interesting results. If for nothing else, this book would already be worth a reading.
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
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A work of truly creative synthesis whose bold central thesis is made even more interesting by the lucidity of its presentation. Even if one does not agree with the author's connections or conclusions, I believe it only helps the practitioners of any field of scientific endeavour to understand that a premise not being falsifiable doesn't mean it's not be true; it's simply no longer within the realm of current science. As Narby himself states in the chapter on Biology's Blind Spot: "The problem is not having presuppositions, but failing to make them explicit. If biology said about the intentionality that nature seems to manifest at all levels, “we see it sometimes, but cannot discuss it without ceasing to do science according to our own criteria,” things would at least be clear." Personally, my intuition is that the supposedly unsophisticated idea that mindedness is a fundamental fact of the universe itself is a more elegant explanation of numerous and diverse phenomena than the materialist alternative, and that this should be properly recognized as a legitimate sphere of inquiry without ridicule or dismissal being the default attitude, even if not scientific by its inherently unprovable nature. Furthermore, to bring it back to Narby's central thesis, thousands of indigenous cultures may possibly have something valuable to say on this subject.
This really doesn't belong on a science shelf. Terrible biology but cool reading on psychedelics and an interesting (and utterly failed) attempt to scientifically explore the origin of knowledge.
emotional
fast-paced
I enjoyed this book, I liked the reflections on the links between science and the spiritual. I can really see how that could be a thing - I would love to see an update with the scientific knowledge we have now.
However, it’s a lot of speculation and what ifs as opposed to concrete scientific conclusions
However, it’s a lot of speculation and what ifs as opposed to concrete scientific conclusions
Fascinating theory. The so-called "junk DNA" is proposed to have the secrets of the Universe within.