If Tripping with Allah is a road book, it's a road book in the tradition of 2001: A Space Odyssey , rather than On the Road . Amazonian shamanism meets Christianity meets heretical Sufism meets West African religion in this reflection on religion, the brain, and globalization. Knight the "Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature" is not an emotionally detached academic, but a full participant in the Santo Daime rituals and the drinking of ayahuasca, an entheogenic tea that has been used in this indigenous South American religion for thousands of years. His experience becomes an opportunity to investigate the borders between religions and colonization, the complex issues of drugs and spirituality. He addresses the chief political concern of the Santo Daime, the preservation of the Amazon in our modern time of globalization. Though essential for readers interested in Sufism or the growing popularity of ayahuasca, this book is truly about neither Sufism nor ayahuasca. Tripping with Allah provides an accessible look into the construction of religion, the often artificial borders dividing these constructions, and the ways in which religion might change in an increasingly globalized world.