The Serpent and the Rainbow
A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
by Wade Davis · first published 1985
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A Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic.
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…It's like leading a horse to salt water and then complaining the horse won't drink. > EDIT: for that matter, any history anyone has written in this style? The Social History of the Machine Gun or The Serpent and the Rainbow (the book, not the movie). > see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkson%27s_paradox Is your point here to argue that entertaining, accessible writing and accurate historical writing are mutually…
on “The Rise of Post-Literate History” ↗…the reasons for its continued over-the-counter legality might make for an interesting book. Obviously it has healthy uses, and many deliriants have long-established religious uses in North America. The Serpent and the Rainbow and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie are two books that explain how anticholinergic drugs are what create real-life zombies.
on “Strong Link Found Between Dementia and Common Anticholinergic Drugs (2015)” ↗…following texts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Jacobins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comedians_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent_and_the_Rainbow_(b... http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=9966
on “In Search Of The Red Cross' $500M In Haiti Relief (2015)” ↗The Year of Living Dangerously. The Serpent and the Rainbow.
on “90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet” ↗