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Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis (1986, Hardcover) 
Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis (1986, Hardcover)
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0671502476
ISBN-13: 9780671502478
Product ID: EPID2199995
Description: This classic work of anthropological narrative nonfiction, written in 1985, follows Harvard ethnobotanist Wade Davis to Haiti on a mission to discover the drug compounds at the root of zombie-making voodoo practices. Davis learns how suc...
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This classic work of anthropological narrative nonfiction, written in 1985, follows Harvard ethnobotanist Wade Davis to Haiti on a mission to discover the drug compounds at the root of zombie-making voodoo practices. Davis learns how such magical potions are made by bribing and befriending a local houngan (priest of voodoo, or "Voudon" as it's referred to in this book) and the chemicals he finds end up proving to be of value to the field of anesthesiology. He dispels Western preconceptions and fears about the nature of zombies and voodoo ceremonies, as over the course of the story he comes to realize that the fate of slavery beyond death is administered to law breakers as a part of a complex localized judicial system. This is an exciting blend of botanical treatise, travelogue, and blood-soaked Haitian history lesson. It also provides an intriguing glimpse inside a very complex and strange culture. Despite the ultimately positive conclusion of Davis's explorations, the book was adapted into a more conventionally creepy movie in 1988 by horror maestro Wes Craven.

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Publication Date:1986-01-01

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Length:288 pages
Weight:22.4 oz

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A Harvard ethnobotanist chronicles his undercover investigations of Haitian voodooism and the phenomenon of Zombies, a quest that yielded the actual chemical formula for producing the Zombi state.

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      Who do that Voodoo Zombie thang
    Review created: 06/05/07(updated 09/08/07)
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    5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

    This is a strange book by an ethnobotanist, named Wade Davis.

    A search for the poisons used in zombification, to use in Western medicine as anesthetics.

    Wade Davis enters into the circles of Haitian secret societies never before penetrated by a foreigner.
    He presents a fascinating account of zombification, saying it requires a sort of faith healing along with the poisons, or drugs, both at the same time to make it work.

    his research is quite impressive, as he sights much past literature, both medical and historical.

    Max Beauvoir, is Davis' key connection in Haiti, an important Voodoo leader during the period of Duvalier's fall. Beauvoir, today is a highly respected scholar and houngan.

    In 1988 an american horror film, directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman.loosely based on the book was made and also titled The Serpent and the Rainbow.

    This book is good, well writen, the reader learns, and it is a little spooky.


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