The Cosmic Serpent

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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the

Origins of Knowledge

Penguin paperback cover, showing symbolic

correspondence between an image of a snake and DNA

Author Jeremy Narby

Original title Le serpent cosmique, l'ADN et les

origines du savoir

Language French

Publisher Georg

Publication date 1998

 Published in 1998
English

Media type Print

Pages 257

ISBN 2-8257-0495-4

OCLC 34122475

Followed by Intelligence in Nature

The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge is a 1998 non-fiction book by
anthropologist Dr. Jeremy Narby.

Contents

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1Research

2Hypothesis

3Documentary

4Further reading

5See also

6References

Research[edit]
Narby performed two years of field work in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian
Amazon researching the ecology of the Ashninka, an indigenous peoples in Peru.

Hypothesis[edit]
 Investigating the connections between shamanism and molecular biology, Narby hypothesizes
that shamans may be able to access information at the molecular level through the ingestion
of entheogens, specifically ayahuasca.[1]Biophysicist Jacques Dubochet criticized Narby for not
testing his hypothesis.[1]

Documentary[edit]
Narby and three molecular biologists revisited the Peruvian Amazon to try to test the
hypothesis, and their work is featured in the documentary film, Night of the Liana.[2]

Further reading[edit]
Posner, Michael. article, "Plants with Soul", [1]. The Walrus, Jul/Aug 2006.

Shanon, Benny. (2002). Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the
Ayahuasca Experience. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925292-0

Stewart, Todd. "The Cosmic Serpent: An interview with Jeremy Narby" in ascent
magazine. Issue 03. 1999.

See also[edit]
Serpent (symbolism)

Consilience

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Narby, Jeremy (2006). Intelligence in Nature. Penguin. pp. 12, 149
150. ISBN 1-58542-399-8.

2. Jump up^ Grant, John (2006). Discarded Science. Sterling Publishing. pp. 285
286. ISBN 1-904332-49-8.

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