021 -- Wade Davis’ Hunt for Haitian Zombi Powder, Part Two

We continue a two part story about famed explorer, anthropologist, and ethnobotanist Wade Davis’ 1982 expedition to Haiti to figure out what was in the mythical zombi powder. As the story progresses we realize that the real treasure is Davis’ insight into Haitian culture and the Haitian Vodoun worldview.

Source List:

Davis, Wade. The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey Into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1985.

Davis, Wade. Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie. Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Davis, Wade. One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1996.

Davis, Wade. “Culture, Anthropology, and Sacred Plants.” In Visionary Plant Consciousness, edited by J.P. Harpignies. Rochester : Inner Traditions International, Limited, 2007.