Simply the best account of a person's ayahuasca experiences. Period. Have you wondered what an ayahuasca experience is like, from the perspective of the participant? What are the visions like? And the teachings? And what's the point of it all, anyway? Is ayahuasca a pathway to God? A doorway to the shamanic realms? Are you considering drinking this visionary brew yourself, and wondering what to expect? Or, having drunk it, are you trying to make sense of your discoveries? Award-winning journalist and author Guy Crittenden offers, finally, a profound and thorough account of his first 12 ayahuasca experiences, taking readers from the Peruvian rainforest to ceremonies in North America, revealing the full potential of this transformative medicine. The Year of Drinking Magic: Twelve Ceremonies with the Vine of Souls is more than a collection of spell-binding accounts of journeys to the spirit realm; it's also an inspiring roadmap for individuals in search of deep personal healing, accelerated spiritual growth and a call to action in saving our living Earth-Gaia-from the predations of our technocratic material culture, disconnected from Source. In this book, you'll discover: • lucid writing about the author's incredible journeys with ayahuasca and other Amazonian psychotropic plants • insights into how to work with visionary plants and interpret their teachings • an experiential blueprint for implementing the hero's journey in your own life • revelations from Source about humanity's past, future and current predicament • direct reports about working with other "entheogens" such as San Pedro cactus, cannabis, and DMT (including 5-MeO-DMT "toad" sacrament) and their sacred messages for humanity The Year of Drinking Magic: Twelve Ceremonies with the Vine of Souls is set to become a classic in the spiritual growth and psychedelic category, and will no doubt be read by thousands of people eager to prepare for their own spirit quests and personal healing journeys. Buy The Year of Drinking Magic and supercharge your quest into personal fulfillment and revelation!