Psychoactive Plants of the Amazon forest with Dr Glenn H Shepard
Dr Glenn H Shepard is an ethnobotanist, medical anthropologist and film maker whose work focuses on the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. He speaks eleven languages and has done fieldwork with diverse native groups in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East researching shamanism, medicinal plants, and traditional environmental knowledge. His work features in the documentary Spirits of the Rainforest.
We talk about:
Glenn’s work with the indigenous people of the Amazon forest
Biopiracy
Medicinal/Psychoactive plants, in particular ayahuasca
How psychoactive plants may be used in the West vs the countries they originate from
The ecological and legal consequences of exporting psychoactive plants
The fires in the Amazon forest
Links
Dr Glenn H Shepard Jr Blog – Notes from the Ethnoground
Glenn on Twitter @tweettropiques
Spirits of the Rainforest Documentary
The Ethnobotanical Assembly www.tea-assembly.com
