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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies October 1, 2019 P. Sreekumar
expand as ethnobotanists make new discoveries (including perhaps kuśa/darbha grass, used throughout Vedic ritual). “Vedic and ayahuasca rituals” (chapter 15) compares textual accounts of soma rites with ethnographic accounts of rituals in the Brazilian Santo Daime church, where ayahuasca is the main sacrament; in Clark’s estimation, psychedelic experiences constitute the church’s raison d’être....