Liquid light: ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition Liquid light: ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition , by G. William Barnard, New York, NY, Colombia University Press, 2022, 384 pp., $35 (pbk), ISBN: 9780231186612

An accomplished scholar of colonial and post-colonial Morocco and North Africa applies his analytical framework to a new context, examining the intersections of spirituality, psychedelics, and drug studies, particularly focusing on ayahuasca. The work explores how these substances and practices are understood within historical and cultural frameworks, drawing on the scholar's expertise to offer insights into the evolving discourse on psychedelics in humanities scholarship.

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an accomplished scholar of colonial and post-colonial Morocco and North Africa, extends his analytical lens