The Serpent and the Rainbow

by Wade Davis · first published 1985

The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic is a 1985 book by anthropologist and researcher Wade Davis. He investigated Haitian Vodou and the process of making zombies. He studied ethnobotanical poisons, claiming to discover their use in a reported case of a contemporary zombie, Clairvius Narcisse.

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Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (2 on Open Library)

Year page:

1985