Download or read book Amazon Healer written by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the healing practices of an urban Amazonian folk healer, don Hilde, who uses a powerful plant psychedelic, ayahuasca, in the treatment of witchcraft and emotional disorders. His healing style is in many ways unique, since he incorporates a new spiritualist perspective into the traditional and cosmopolitan healing arts of the region.