The Serpent and the Rainbow (book)
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| Author | Wade Davis |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Haitian Vodou |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-684-83929-5 |
| OCLC | 37462868 |
The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic is a 1985 book by anthropologist and researcher Wade Davis. He investigated Haitian Vodou and the process of making zombies. He studied ethnobotanical poisons, claiming to discover their use in a reported case of a contemporary zombie, Clairvius Narcisse.