was born and raised in northern
California. Has a bachelor's degree in
psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and masters'
degrees in cultural anthropology from California State University, Chico,
and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he is a Ph.D
candidate and lives with his wife and two daughters. He made three trips
to
Acre and Amazonas states in 2002, 2003, and 2006-7 to study the Centro
de
Iluminação Cristã Luz Universal--Alto Santo.
Publications:
2000.
Interpreting the Mushroom Stones of Mesoamerica. Paper presented at the
20th annual meeting of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness,
Tucson, AZ.
2003.
The Seringueiro, the Caboclo, and the Forest Queen: Origin Narratives
of an Ayahuasca Church. Paper presented to the Department of Anthropology,
University of Virginia.