AYA AWAKENINGS - RAZAM, R. - PAPERBACK BOOKCRYSTAL Her passion for nature and

Her passion for nature and myth resonates in her intricately detailed works

that blends confession

complemented by black hands and markers

in came large women in saris meditating in the living room and lurid paintings of smiling deities on the walls

AYA AWAKENINGS - RAZAM, R. - PAPERBACK BOOKCRYSTAL Her passion for nature andExperiential journalist Rak Razam sets out to document the thriving business of 21st century hallucinogenic shamanism starting with a trip to the annual Amazonian Shaman Conference in Iquitos, Peru, where he meets a motley crew of "spiritual tourists," rogue scientists, black magicians, and indigenous and Western healers and guides, all in town to partake of the ritual and the medicine of ayahuasca, "the vine of souls." Combining his personal story