Black Smoke

A diagnosis of cancer leads to healing and transformation in the Amazon jungle.

Initiation

Gum Boots
Purging
Burial
Vine of the Maestros
The Holy Terror
The Jungle Lives in Us
Spirit of the Waters
The Ghost Child
Petroleros
The Boiling Waterfall
Woman from the North

Apprenticeship

Dangerous Nonsense
Threats of Drought and Famine
Bare Arms Touching
Madre
A Billowing Light
I Want to Be Alone
Rosita
The Women of Gualaquiza
God of the Black Jaguars
A Crystal Palace
Union
Bird Bones and Plastic Bags
Possession

Partnership

Flechas
The Dueño of New York
A Poultice of Tar
A Different Kind of Power
The Bay of Beavers
Medicine of the Stars
The Quill
The Bust
Running Naked in Toronto

Epilogue

Acknowledgments