Fulfilling Manuel Córdova’s promise of another story, F. Bruce Lamb’s Rio Tigre and Beyond recounts an unparalleled Amazonian adventure, completing the life story of Manuel Córdova Rios who at the beginning of the 20th century was abducted by Native American tribals to be trained as their new shaman. Here he remembers the rest of his life, a series of missions and adventures guided by his pre-Columbian training but in the context of the upper Amazonian Peruvian river city of Iquitos, in a world intricately changed by its millennial contact with the imported Columbian civilization.
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"The most interesting part of the book is that which deals with the intake of a hallucinogenic compound called ‘ayahuasca’...It is at this point that the narrative becomes a priceless revelation."
—Carlos Castaneda, Los Angeles Times
"Many experiences and happenings in the story might strain the credulity of all who have not lived themselves amongst Indians in primitive Amazon societies."
—Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard Museum
—Carlos Castaneda, Los Angeles Times
"Many experiences and happenings in the story might strain the credulity of all who have not lived themselves amongst Indians in primitive Amazon societies."
—Richard Evans Schultes, Harvard Museum
About the Author
F. Bruce Lamb was born in Colorado in 1913 and holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He has traveled widely, in North, South and Central America, as well as Africa and Asia, and has held many posts and consultancies in the field of forest engineering, specializing in tropical forestry. He has published two books and numerous articles in this field. Married and father of one daughter, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is retired Technical Director, Forest Resources for Champion International Corporation.
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This review is from: Rio Tigre and Beyond: The Amazon Jungle Medicine of Manual Cordova-Rios (Paperback)
Manuel Cordova-Rios apprenticed with shamans of the Huni Kui people of eastern Peru at the turn of the century. During his lifetime as a healer and physician he utilized this knowledge to its maximum, recording and proving the comprehensive health system of these indigenous people to be one of the most sophisticated in existence.
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This book is the sequel to Wizard of the Upper Amazon, the story of a mestizo youth who is kidnapped by a nearly non-contact indigenous tribe and taught their ways in order to make him the next tribal chief and shaman. That story is summarized in the first chapter of Rio Tigre. The rest of this book is the story of how that man, Manuel Cordova-Rios, became one of the best-known and widely respected curanderos in the western Amazon. The book is written by F. Bruce Lamb, a westerner who met and became friends with Cordova-Rios through a business relationship in the Amazon. As Cordova related various stories during the course of their friendship, Lamb realized that he had met an extraordinary man and began to record these accounts for publication. Cordova spoke many indigenous languages plus Spanish, while Lamb spoke Spanish along with his native English, so he was able to converse directly with Cordova without an interpreter. I found the tale well-written and warmly conversational in tone; easy reading. The story is an incredible window into another way of being in the world, especially with respect to illness and healing, so it could be considered a narrative of medical anthropology - but it's really an engaging and entertaining read!
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Too bad this book has gone out of print. It is truly one of the most fascinating of all time. Shows the incredible potential of the human mind. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Between daylight and dark in the tropical forest the brief dusk brings on an interesting change of scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
curare production, chicuro piripiri, mashed vine, rubber cutters, curare extract, taking ayahuasca, vision vine, cockfighting ring, natural plant substances, vision session, winged death, this vine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Huni Kui, New York, Rio Tapiche, Rio Tigre, Aguano Isla, Rio Blanco, Juan Hidalgo, Rio Napo, Padre Agustin, Santa Elena, Chief Santos, Remo Indians, Rio Ucayali, Casa Borda, Chief Huanichi, Cocama Indians, Rio Purus, San Pablo de Sisa, Santa Rosa, Bella Vista, Don Alfredo, Juan Arirama, Peruvian Amazon, Rio Corrientes, Rio Moa New!
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Huni Kui, New York, Rio Tapiche, Rio Tigre, Aguano Isla, Rio Blanco, Juan Hidalgo, Rio Napo, Padre Agustin, Santa Elena, Chief Santos, Remo Indians, Rio Ucayali, Casa Borda, Chief Huanichi, Cocama Indians, Rio Purus, San Pablo de Sisa, Santa Rosa, Bella Vista, Don Alfredo, Juan Arirama, Peruvian Amazon, Rio Corrientes, Rio Moa New!
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- Wizard of the Upper Amazon by F. Bruce Lamb on 5 pages
- The Natural Mind: A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness by Andrew Weil on 4 pages
- The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens by Richard Evans Schultes in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Hallucinogens : Cross-Cultural Perspectives by Marlene Dobkin De Rios in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Health and Healing by Andrew T. Weil M.D. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century by John Jay Harper in Back Matter
- Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century by John Jay Harper on page 273
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