The Wizard of the Four Winds

This book by Douglas Sharon was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Hamilton Morris. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, consciousness, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “douglas sharon wrote a beautiful book called the wizard of the four winds that goes into peruvian cactus shamanism that i recommend”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “a beautiful book called the wizard of the four winds that goes into peruvian cactus shamanism that i recommend”
  Hamilton Morris · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202101:42:07

  Said during "Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, and More". The episode features Hamilton Morris: Chemist, science journalist, and filmmaker who writes and directs the documentary series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. He researches the chemistry, anthropology, and culture of psychoactive drugs and has studied them in more than 30 countries. Hamilton Morris and Tim Ferriss explore iboga ritual, 5-MeO-DMT toad sustainability, xenon anesthesia, and the ethics of the psychedelic boom.