The Serpent and the Rainbow (book)

The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
Cover of the first edition
AuthorWade Davis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHaitian Vodou
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1985
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages304 pp
ISBN978-0-684-83929-5
OCLC37462868

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, discovering their use in a reported case of a contemporary zombie, Clairvius Narcisse.