Shedding the Layers: How Ayahuasca Saved More Than My Skin - Softcover

Flaherty, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470017334 ISBN 13: 9781470017330

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

“As the power of fear and hatred threatens to drive me back over the edge, I desperately try to focus on the positive. The harder I try, the faster my head vibrates, about to explode...Something suddenly cracks, followed by a rushing sound... I vomit again and again. The stench of death fills the air. Seconds later, the purest peace I’ve ever felt fills my body. I open my eyes and see the world for the first time, as it really is: pristine, beautiful and perfect...” Thirty-year-old computer programmer Mark Flaherty’s world is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with an incurable illness, and a voice within insists the answer lies with ayahuasca—a sacred, visionary plant medicine. Flaherty leaves his native England to live among the shamans of the Peruvian Amazon where he participates in hundreds of ayahuasca ceremonies. What he discovers about himself and the nature of existence is as shocking as it is inspiring. This captivating true story of a man’s fight to heal himself demonstrates that anything really is possible and everything does happen for a reason.

About this title

About the Author:

In 2004, Mark was diagnosed with severe eczema. With his body oozing and covered in sores and his skin falling off in chunks, Western doctors could do nothing to stop the progression of the disease. As a last resort, he moved to the Peruvian Amazon to live among ayahuasca shamans. Shedding the Layers tells the story of his time there, and how he went from being a sceptic to understanding that there is so much more to life than he ever thought possible.

Mark now works as an astrologer with an international client base. Find out more and schedule a reading with him at mark-flaherty.com

Review:

"A painfully gorgeous journey into the depths of ayahuasca shamanism. 'Shedding the Layers' depicts the triumph of the warrior spirit in overcoming impossible odds, not just to reclaim one's health, but the miracle of living."
- Jonathan Talat Phillips, author of "The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic"

"Mark's healing journey is worth reading, and his spiritual realizations are worth knowing--for all of us. Shedding the Layers makes a valuable contribution to the literature on shamanic healing."
-          Chris Kilham, The Medicine Hunter

"Flaherty reminds us that living from the heart is not just the only path worth taking, it's the only real medicine."
-          Adam Elenbaas, author of "Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest," and contributing editor at RealitySandwich.com

"This is a story of ultimate soul triumph: the twists and turns of the hero's journey."
-          Mags MacKean, author of "Meetings On The Edge"

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1470017334
• ISBN 13: 9781470017330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200