Over Sky: An Ayahuasca Tale

by Dov Rubin

Jackie Politzer travels to Peru to visit an old friend conducting ethnobotanical research in the Amazon rainforest. An unexpected change in plans plunges her into an adventure featuring deadly snakes, pink dolphins and indigenous shamans. Joining a group of tourists who have arrived in the jungle to drink a hallucinogenic brew known as ayahuasca, Jackie taps into the mythical Akashic Hall of Records, a mystical compendium of universal knowledge in which every thought, event, and action in the history of the cosmos is recorded. Revisiting her own history puts her face to face with trauma and a long-simmering grief. Will she receive the healing that ayahuasca adherents claim the jungle brew offers?

Over An Ayahuasca Tale is a timely story for an age in which fascination with non-Western healing modalities—particularly psychedelics—is exploding.

355 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2024

Reviews

[Karen Benge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really gripping right until the end. A great way to learn more about ayahuasca. The author clearly has reverence and respect for this special medicine and the culture from which it comes.