Wade Davis - The Serpent and the Rainbow

“carbonization” by, 154

datura as, 35–43

dosages of, 125

effect of, 146–47

existence of, 58, 80, 82–83, 84, 265

“explosive,” 164, 168

fake, 54–56, 64, 87–88, 90–91, 155

as illegal, 60

ingredients for, 31, 46–47, 59, 61, 108, 129, 162–67

magical act vs., 80, 84, 101, 148, 154, 167–68, 169

medical applications of, 30

Pierre’s formula for, 44, 52, 53–56, 60, 87–101, 112

preparation of, 32, 87–88, 91–96, 124–26, 152–55, 162–63

samples of, 32, 44, 52, 158–59

as topically active, 126, 163

“traps” for, 83, 148, 153–54, 167, 232, 237–39

types of, 164, 166–67

as used by secret societies, 154, 188, 195–96, 213, 214, 215, 223

zombis:

“baptism” of, 187

existence of, 26–29, 32, 43, 55, 129, 213–14

judgment of, 147–48, 188, 213, 223, 252–53

as “living dead,” 26–27, 29, 58–59, 131–42

masters of, 28, 80

medical verification of, 27–28

press reports about, 27, 28–29, 30, 31, 44, 52, 60, 87, 97, 101, 217

psychiatric view of, 61–62

“resurrection” of, 39, 99, 121, 142, 168, 179–80, 185–87, 216–17, 265

return to homes by, 27

as slaves, 28, 62, 80, 139

as social outcasts, 29, 46, 76, 78, 79, 156, 188, 253–54

symptoms displayed by, 44, 57, 60–61, 108, 111, 121–22, 126, 140

types of, 159, 167, 168–69, 186–87

will absent from, 84, 139

see also Narcisse, Clairvius; Ti Femme

zombi’s cucumber, 35–43, 56, 57, 59–60, 61, 104, 112, 164–65

Zuni Indians, 39

Wade Davis holds degrees from Harvard University in Anthropology and Biology, and recently received his Ph.D. in Ethnobotany. Mostly through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he has worked in the field as a plant explorer, ethnobotanist, and photographer, investigating fifteen tribal groups in eight Latin American nations, before undertaking the assignment to Haiti that led to his writing The Serpent and the Rainbow . A native of British Columbia, Mr. Davis has worked as a logger, surveyor, hunting guide, and park ranger. He has published numerous scientific papers and lectured extensively.