A Shaman's odyssey into the Amazon / Alberto Villoldo ; interviewed by Karole Selmon.

Alberto Villoldo provides a look at the world of Shamanism, which is both a physical adventure and a spiritual search. Villoldo traveled to South America to research traditional healing practices, but later established the biological self-regulation laboratory at San Francisco State to investigate the neuropsychology of shamanistic healing practices. Alberto explains the Ayahuasca ritual, which takes the participants to meet death.|A SHAMAN'S ODYSSEY INTO THE AMAZON / Alberto Villoldo| interviewed by Karole Selmon. - Alberto Villoldo provides a look at the world of Shamanism, which is both a physical adventure and a spiritual search. Villoldo traveled to South America to research traditional healing practices, but later established the biological self-regulation laboratory at San Francisco State to investigate the neuropsychology of shamanistic healing practices. Alberto explains the Ayahuasca ritual, which takes the participants to meet death. - RECORDED: July 1991.