Sacred Science

The very term ‘sacred science’ may appear contradictory to those for whom ‘science’ is identified with that particular mode of knowledge which has come to monopolize almost completely the term science since the seventeenth century in the West. Science, thus understood, has by definition nothing to do with the sacred, a term which is meaningless in its worldview, while what is called sacred, to the extent that this category still possesses meaning in the contemporary world, seems to have little to do with science. Even if the term sacred science is used from time to time, it is in relation to ancient civilizations and bygone days.

by Todd Hayen (Author)

In 2010, Nick Polizzi did something unimaginable. He assembled a group of eight desperately ill patients from around the world and brought them into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to put the mysterious medicines of native shamans to the test.

Sacred Science is an analysis of post-war discourses concerning health and illness.