Everything we know about zombies is a lie. Wade Davis, a young ethnobotanist, arrives in Haiti in the early 80s of the 20th century, having received an assignment from his scientific supervisor: to obtain and export for further pharmacological research a drug through which zombification is carried out. The circumstances revealed in the book related to this sinister practice, meetings and conversations with people who have been zombified, sorcerers who specialize in poisons and dope, descriptions of the history of Haiti, scientific studies in libraries and laboratories, horse racing with Tonton Macoutes, night grave digging, - all this makes “The Snake and the Rainbow” - and these are not just anyone, but the main characters of the cosmogonic myth of the Vodun cult (voodoo) - an outstanding example of adventure anthropology. The publishing layout is saved in a4.pdf format.