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