Maroney, Gabriel Quinn

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

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  Correspondencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/242   Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:113-113 (2006)Gabriel Quinn Maroney, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, U.S.A.gabrielquinn@sbcglobal.netA shaman placed upon my head,The doorway to ancestors lead,Scripture within vine and lotus petal,Reconnection with death brought new life to settle.“The jungle is your blood” he knew,Brilliant colors danced a cosmic stew.Plant medicine from his bag,Vanquished self doubt, the inner hag.Breath and smoke blasted from his lips,Fabric of reality tore after many sips.What was it that I saw behind the veil,That came down upon me like meteors of hail?Illness is a sacred treasure,A rite of passage never to measure.  Rite of PassageGabriel Quinn MaroneyEthnobotany Research & Applications114http://hdl.handle.net/10125/242

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