The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook: The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying Paperback – Illustrated, November 4, 2014

This was a great read! Really insightful on ayahuasca and gives a good sense of how to get a full experience of it. It doesn't enforce anything on you but gives you lots of helpful tips, ideas, and ways to get the fullest experience out of ayahuasca. Helpful on letting you know harmful plants and dark shamans as well. A really great general knowledge for anyone interested in journeying with La Medicina. I can not wait to have an experience of my own but this book has made me much more knowledgeable on what to do in order to have a good experience using ayahuasca. For anyone who is expecting this book to go in detail about an ayahuasca experience it touches on it but it can't fully describe it because everyone will have their own experience. It's more helpful to learn about the plants it comes from, shamans, and tips to make your experience happen in the most useful way possible than describing only his experience with the drink.

for someone thinking about having this experience this is a Great read. Well rounded , well written. Lots of great insight and info

Good book with good information but could build a lot of expectations to a first timer of mother ayahuasca. Even though it says everyone experience is different and you shouldn't have expectations. I would suggest it to someone who perhaps has already been to one ceremony and looking to return to another.

This is an essential tour guide for those who explore inner space.Unlike so many writings which focus simply on how to get there, the Tests Pilots handbook bravely guides you on how to navigate the terrain when you do get there--including the key spiritual doctrine of "Ask for what you want!"It seems the collective reality experienced with Ayahuasca is an immense and novel space, full of spiritual treasures and risks, where we are truly children. Like any child new to a big big city, it is critical to have proper guidance and protection. This is what the Consciousness of the Ayahuasca gives you (obviously massively!) on the innerpaths, that a chemical alone does not.Practical and important guidance is also offered on a day to day level .A fun Must Read for those who would travel inner space!

The clarity and truthfulness of the book make the book a jewel for the beginner in the journey. Following his advice will give you wisdom. I totally enjoyed the reading of the book and I strongly recommend it.

This was a very good read. The large print made it very easy to read even in poor lighting. Thank you for that. Definitely recommend.

Having just returned (3 days earlier) from 18 days of living with 2 separate Shuar shaman families in Morona Santiago, Ecuador, this book caught my eye. In those 18 days I attended 16 ceremonies, the majority of those with Natem, the Shuar word for ayahuasca. I can say from personal experience that this book should be considered a necessary element for anyone who has even the slightest interest in personal growth through the use of ayahuasca.My journey to the Shuar was my first experience with ayahuasca and while I had read deeply and broadly for years previously, the author's own experience and research provided me with new knowledge. I am fortunate enough to be retired (age 67) and traveling solo in the Andean portion of South America. I hope to meet up with other Test Pilots and share flight plans.

Its an interesting, entertaining book, but the idea that you can somehow prepare for an ayahuasca experience by reading this book is ridiculous.The author knows this- but I guess the title sells his books.Truth be told, in the end, you leave everything you’ve read at the door of the maloca and enter with nothing but openness and intention.